(via Deep Sea News)
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Here we go again! Who is cooler, Echinoderms or Molluscs?
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From NASA JPL's Global Climate Change website, here is a very cool map of sea level rise around the world.
The Galapagos National Park announced last week that the Ecuadorian government will open sea cucumber fishing in the Galapagos Islands beginning on June 25th for 50 days or two million sea cucumbers, whichever comes first.
note, this video was out there on YouTube for a while, but then Peter Wainwright, who made it, showed it in the intro Bio class I teach with him at UC Davis a few weeks ago and I tweeted about it, and it went viral â see my post for more detail â http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-sling-jaw-wrasse-makes-it…
There are several species of cichlids which have similar jaws. I haven't kept up with cichlid taxonomy, but take a look at the genus Petinia (if it is still there).
Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGILi8p5Y8
This is the red form of the bay snook.
Oh lord, that is a creepy fish!