(via 9GAG - Just for Fun!)
Bronze Whaler or Copper sharks are the most abundant shark found during the sardine run. They patrol the margins of baitballs in large numbers and charge into the seething mass of fish to feed.
(via theanimalblog)
My Science Blog: Mimic Octopus: Master of Disguise →
The mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus, was discovered in 1998 off the coast of indonesia. These octopus are really intelligent because not only can they mimic other creatures but they can distinguish which animals to imitate that can protect them from being eaten.
In the picture above,…
(Source: marinebio.org)
Female Fish Develop "Testes" in Gulf Dead Zone →
Oxygen-starved Atlantic croakers change sexes.
A low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico (map) is causing sexual deformities in fish, a new study says.
The Gulf dead zone occurs when agricultural and waste runoff from the Mississippi River spark blooms of algae and microbes. These organisms gobble up oxygen, starving other marine life and creating huge swaths of “dead” ocean.
Between 2006 and 2007, nearly a quarter of female Atlantic croaker fish caught in the northern Gulf’s dead zone had developed deformed, testes-like organs instead of ovaries.
(Source: m4g3)
For Stressed Bees, the Glass Is Half Empty →
When people are depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty than half full. In tough times, evidence of that same pessimistic outlook can be seen in dogs, rats, and birds. Now, researchers reporting online on June 2 in Current Biology, show that bees, too, share those very same hallmarks of negative emotion.
“We have shown that the emotional responses of bees to an aversive event are more similar to those of humans than previously thought,” said Geraldine Wright of Newcastle University. “Bees stressed by a simulated predator attack exhibit pessimism mirroring that seen in depressed and anxious people.”
“In other words,” added study first author Melissa Bateson, “the stressed bee’s glass is half empty.”
(Source: m4g3)
“During recent research into how cuttlefish adopt camouflage positions, a common cuttlefish (left) raises two of its eight arms in apparent mimicry of artificial algae placed in its tank. The animal reacted similarly when shown a photo of green algae”
photo by Justine Allen…read the whole thing about how awesome cuttlefish are here
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[Enter Arrested Development Reference Here] of the Day: An extremely rare electric-blue lobster was recently caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island’s North Shore.
How extremely rare are blue lobsters? Only one out of every four million gets to be this shade of awesome due to a genetic mutation.
Fisherman Blair Doucette and his wife Wendy told CBC News they are considering donating their one-in-several-lifetimes catch to an aquarium.
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[Enter Arrested Development Reference Here] of the Day: An extremely rare electric-blue lobster was recently caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island’s North Shore.
How extremely rare are blue lobsters? Only one out of every four million gets to be this shade of awesome due to a genetic mutation.
Fisherman Blair Doucette and his wife Wendy told CBC News they are considering donating their one-in-several-lifetimes catch to an aquarium.
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[Enter Arrested Development Reference Here] of the Day: An extremely rare electric-blue lobster was recently caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island’s North Shore.
How extremely rare are blue lobsters? Only one out of every four million gets to be this shade of awesome due to a genetic mutation.
Fisherman Blair Doucette and his wife Wendy told CBC News they are considering donating their one-in-several-lifetimes catch to an aquarium.
GREEN JUNGLEFOWL (Gallus varius) ©BxExAxTxE.
Native and endemic to Indonesia.
The Green Junglefowl, Gallus varius also known as Javan Junglefowl, Forktail or Green Javanese Junglefowl is a medium-sized bird (up to 75cm/30”)in the pheasant family Phasianidae.
The Green Junglefowl usually lives in groups of two to five in the wild led by a dominant male, who takes the flock to feed and drink and then back into the cover of the forest. In the night the flock roosts in bamboo stands at 15–20 feet above the forest floor. In the breeding season the dominant males in each flock are challenged by other males without flocks. The two males clap their wings and crow loudly while fighting each other with their spurs.
Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Junglefowl
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Reasons why octopuses in general are really weird:
- some have three hearts
- and venomous saliva
- and a hidden parrot-like beak
- they can change the color and texture of their skin with incredible ease and speed (they are much better at it than chameleons)
- they have “intelligent arms” that don’t seem to need instructions from the brain to perform certain actions
(this is a giant pacific octopus.)
