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Category Archives: Just for Fun

Sea Anemone Swallows A Sea Bird

May 12, 2014by KLC

You wouldn’t think birds would be on the menu of a marine invertebrate, especially one that’s stuck to the sandy bottom of a tide pool.  But you’d be wrong, and Lisa Guy has […]

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Just for Fun, NEWS

Dancing Fishermen Myanmar

May 12, 2014by KLC

Dancing Fishermen Myanmar. Check out this video from National Geographic –a unique way to catch fish!  

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Just for Fun, NEWS

Sparkling Gems of the Sea

March 18, 2014by KLC

From bright gold, to sapphire and deep blue, these tiny copepods are the luminous gems of the sea that make the water sparkle as if it was filled with diamonds. […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun

No Fairy Gardeners Here

February 25, 2014by KLC

They’re called fairy rings. These circles of eelgrass growing on the ocean floor near an island in Denmark look as if they could have been planted. But with no gardeners in […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun

Ocean Heroes

January 17, 2014by KLC

THIS KID GETS IT! Watch what this six-year-old has to say about our responsibility to take care of the oceans. I love this kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVzgtzS-2Y

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Conservation, Just for Fun

Turkeyfish: It’s What’s for Dinner

November 25, 2013by KLC

The best way to ensure over harvesting of an animal is to turn it into a popular food. That’s why I’d like to make turkeyfish the next new thing in […]

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Conservation, Just for Fun

Bomb Squad Could Learn Lesson from Dolphins

November 4, 2013by KLC

When it comes to thinking up great ideas, nature provides a ton of inspiration. A falling apple clued Newton in to gravity. Gliding birds inspired the Wright brothers. And dolphins […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun

Isopod Got Your Tongue?

October 31, 2013by KLC

October Creature of the Week: Parasitic Isopod. Above all other creepy, crawly, nasty creatures, this one gives us the worst nightmares. It’s a parasite that crawls inside a fish’s mouth, grabs […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun

The Blob From the Deep

October 28, 2013by KLC

October Creature of the Week: This glob of a fish called a sculpin might appear scary to you, but it’s got good reason to be more afraid of us. It usually hangs out along […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun, Overfishing

Zombie Sharkweek Mashup

October 19, 2013by KLC

October Creature of the Week: Goblin Shark. This guy needs no makeup artist to fit right in on the set of a horror movie. It looks prehistoric, and in a way, it […]

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Amazing Oceans, Just for Fun

Snorkeler finds sea serpent

October 16, 2013by KLC 1 Comment

Animals turn up all kinds of places where you don’t expect them. Yesterday, a snorkeler swimming in shallow water ran into an 18-foot oarfish. Believed to be the inspiration behind the […]

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Just for Fun, NEWS

True Ghost Story

October 1, 2013by KLC

Ghost ship, abandoned near Bermuda, is drawn by currents and wind to the Sargasso sea where she resists rescue and drifts on silently, perhaps forever . . . In August, […]

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Just for Fun, NEWS

Stupid Animal Tricks

September 30, 2013by KLC

When this youtube video showed up, it seemed kind of unbelievable that someone who works underwater would be dumb enough to stick their hand in a fish’s mouth, but this […]

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Just for Fun

Ship Sunk in 1860 Identified

September 23, 2013by KLC

More than 153 years ago, a survey ship named the Walker went down in heavy seas just 10 miles off of New Jersey. Twenty sailors were lost, and the ship […]

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Just for Fun, NEWS

Eat the Invaders!

September 14, 2013by KLC

If you think about it, the first person to eat a crab or a lobster must have been pretty brave. I mean, look at those things–yuck. But if you don’t think […]

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Invasive Species, Just for Fun, NEWS

How to Make a Bunny Glow: Use a Jellyfish

September 2, 2013by KLC

You’re not likely to be find one at a pet store any time soon, but the world’s first glowing bunnies were born in early August in a Turkish laboratory. It’s […]

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Just for Fun, NEWS

Hungry Dogfish Gets Surprise

August 19, 2013by KLC

A crew from the University of Delaware was just trying to lure in one of their tagged sharks to see what she’s been up to, but a hungry dogfish got […]

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