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Japan Nuclear Disaster Update # 37: Glow in the dark fish, and the meaning of “Power”
Posted by Analiese Miller and Greg Laden on October 5, 2011 As a result of our last posting on Fukushima, we had a discussion initiated by commenter Daedelus2u about radioactive istopes of Cesium becoming concentrated in fish. I thought I’d take this opportunity to expand on that discussion a little. This relates to the possibility that radioactive elements spilled or spewed from a nuclear reactor site…
World’s Largest Fish that is not a whale* on film!
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2010 This sucker was filmed in the Gulf of Mexico swimming among the oil rigs!!! It propelled itself with undulations of its dorsal fin and looks a lot like a sea serpent. In fact, it is said to be “the origin of the sea serpent myth” but I’m not quite sure what the difference is between…
“I only fish for the fishing, not the catching”
Posted by Greg Laden on July 11, 2009 There are two lies you will hear from anyone who is into the sport of angling. 1) “It was THIS BIG!” and 2) “Catching fish isn’t the point. It’s the experience of fishing that matters.” The Mocking Bass. For four years this fish watched me cast lures and live bait from the end of the…
Hey Dawg, check out this fish…
Posted by Greg Laden on May 22, 2008 This is apparently some kind of a record.
Shark
Posted by Greg Laden on February 11, 2008 It is no secret that shark videos are very, very popular. So, it is not surprising that Mark Powell at Blogfish has posted this rare and unusual footage of shark-human interaction.
Giant Shark Freaks Out Oceanographers
Posted by Greg Laden on February 7, 2008 The video of the shark is cool, but to me it’s just a video of a shark. But listen to the commentary and you realize that this is a big deal. Five or six meters long, a head a meter wide, something really interesting about its gill slits. I’m glad these guys are having so…
Hybrids of Blind Fish Can See
Posted by Greg Laden on January 27, 2008 The loss of sight in cave dwelling species is widely known. We presume that since sight in utter darkness has no fitness value, the mutation of a gene critical to the development of the sense of sight is not selected against. Over time, any population living in darkness will eventually experience experience such mutations, and…
Hagfish: Aphrodisiac of the deep
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2008 The Hagfish, or Slime Eel, is said to be an aphrodisiac. Hard evidence that hagfish can enhance sexual prowess is lacking, but this fish can get evolutionary biologists very hot.
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