Carnival of the Blue Eleven
Category: Carnival of the Blue
The latest installment of Carnival of the Blue is now available in all of its glory on Zooillogix.
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Now on ScienceBlogs: The Lights Stay On Inside a Black Hole!
Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage
Hairless Racoon

In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: Carnival of the Blue
The latest installment of Carnival of the Blue is now available in all of its glory on Zooillogix.
Posted by ableiman at 7:57 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: antarctica
Researchers from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research have discovered hundreds of potentially new species. Part of the International Polar Year survey program, the critters were hauled up from the briny depths around Antarctica. Among the 30,000...
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Category: crinoid
Our most popular post from our Blogger days did not fair so well in the migration to SB and Movable Type. I am reposting it here now for posterity. A relative of the starfish, crinoids are neither abundant nor well...
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Category: sea lily
A relative of the starfish, crinoids are neither abundant nor well understood. Also known as "sea lilies" or "feather stars" the strange creatures consist of a mouthpart, feeding arms and generally have a stem that connects them to the sea...
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