UnSharkWeek kicks off
Steve and Tony Palumbi, co-authors of The Extreme Life of the Sea, kick off UnSharkWeek with this terrific op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. “Americans are obsessed with sharks,” write the Palumbis. “But...
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#UnSharkWeek The fastest fish in the sea is not a shark
Sailfish have the unofficial record at 60 mph, and well documented speed trails have clocked tuna and wahoo at nearly 50 mph. By contrast the most celebrated human swimmers manage 6-7 mph. Billfish...
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#UnSharkWeek Sharks Don’t Fly, but Squid Do!
Squid move by pumping water in and out of their bodies. Propulsion comes from using the water itself, sucked into the mantle and squeezed out through a smaller tube called a siphon in a series of...
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#UnSharkWeek Think sharks are lethal? Meet the real “deadliest” in the ocean
How would a turtle eat a tiger? The old answer “with a knife and fork”, is not very much of an explanation. But this type of question popped up when biologists began cataloging the diets of a very...
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#UnSharkWeek Sharks have nothing on these deep sea adaptations
Most luminescence is blue-green to match the deep sea’s weak sunlight. But the loosejaw group of deep-sea dragonfish (family Stomiidae) project a unique hue. Large and powerful photophores just...
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Voice of America features Steve and Tony Palumbi and Extreme Life of the Sea...
Shark week is well underway and the celebrations and glamorizations of the most famous of ocean predators continues unabated. However, as the creators of Un-Shark Week and co-authors of The Extreme...
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