There is a bottlenose dolphin called Bubbles who is so irritating and ungovernable that a whole research paper was written about him
Bubbles chases fish around until they vomit, so he can eat it
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Langkawi dolphin project and the whale project are looking for volunteers to work on a whale survey this Dec. Volunteers have to pay a fee. Pretty good way to get involved in a scientific project for a short time
stunning image of baby seahorses and an adult seahorse wins Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026
UCSB is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in whale ecology and biology
Looks like a whale of a time
#California #UCSB #UC #GetFediHired #Marine #Science #Jobs
Postdoctoral Researcher in Gray Whale Ecology and Biology, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!recruit.ap.ucsb.edu
The fish they punched most were the groupers
“Sounds as if they earned it, though, as the groupers tended not to contribute much to the group and instead loitered opportunistically nearby to exploit the work of the rest of the team.”
"The [octopuses'] exhibited range of partner-dependent behavioral flexibility, especially concerning the use of social information when deciding to switch foraging strategies and whom and when to punch, indicates that day octopuses have hallmarks of (heterospecific) social competence and cognition," the researchers write in their paper.
This is my second favorite octopus story (that they can use coconuts as armor)
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My favorite one is that some octopus lead groups of fish in hunting together, and punch the fish that act up
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Octopuses Team Up With Fish to Hunt, And Will Punch Them if They Act Up
It turns out solitary octopuses actually like to partake in multi-species hunting parties.Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert)
Exhilarating captain's log entry from Monterey Bay where the captain and passengers of Sanctuary Cruises captures incredible video of a pod of Bigg's killer whales hunting 15 dolphins. High wire acrobatics etc.
"Seeing a predation event of this scale is a stark reminder of the raw, trophic dynamics of Monterey Bay. While these encounters can be difficult to watch, they represent the natural ecological balance of a healthy, functioning marine sanctuary."
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#Marine #Wildlife #Monterey #Orcas #Dolphins
Transient Killer Whales Hunt Common Dolphins in Monterey Bay | Captain's Log | Sanctuary Cruises
During a calm mid-day trip aboard Ocean Spirit, we watched seven Bigg's killer whales, including CA151 "Jimmy," hunting common dolphins over the Montere...Luke Kilpatrick (Sanctuary Cruises)
Some guy collected whale poop in his freezer for years before a researcher was interested to study them
“Samples of whale feces collected by a man from South Australia have contributed to what is described as a “groundbreaking” study of diets and microbiomes of southern right whales, according to researchers.”
Scientists found four jet black eggs in the deep ocean in the abyssopelagic zone, from a flatworm species previously unknown to science
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4 Black Eggs Surfaced From the Dark Heart of the Ocean—With Alien Creatures Inside
These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.Darren Orf (Popular Mechanics)
Meet a Newly Named Nudibranch With a Unique Approach to Sex
Scientists spotted Doto urak 40 years ago but are just discovering the full glory of its weirdness.
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Marine science people writing fake LinkedIn posts really send me
Kind of cursed.
Scientists documented whales in a group assisting in the birth
No cetaceans needed, they got video
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#Marine #Science #Nature #Whales #Cetaceans
Scientists saw a sperm whale giving birth. And then things got weird
Sperm whales are known to socialize, but scientists were stunned when they saw a group of sperm whales gather as one of them gave birthJackie Flynn Mogensen (Scientific American)
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On the joys of whales, lumpfish, the ocean:
I discovered something delightful this year. I have sea legs. Perhaps because I come from an island, and I have never lived far from a sea. My idea of ‘home’ is ‘small and annoying cities by the sea’.
I am never sea sick.
I know how to manipulate my body on a boat.
I know when to sit at the hull, and when to avoid it.
I have a special technique for stabilizing myself on the side of the boat while something exciting is happening in the distance.
Lately, I have learned: in which direction I should point my camera, on a wildly unstable boat, just sensing and hearing the sound and huff of a whale spout right as it happens.
The smell of whale breath in the air: like broccoli, and brussel sprouts, and anchovies, all at once.
I laugh too much at stories about whale poop, whale genital parasites. I am surrounded by people who say things to me like ‘I discovered that male lumpfish can have pink blood’, as matter of factly as describing what they’d just had for lunch.
I participate in speculation about why whales slap their pectoral fins. Nobody knows for sure, but it is fun to imagine.
Some days, I am surrounded by so many whales, whale spouts, whale flukes, that I don’t know where I should look.
I see specific whales and dolphins and I know some of their names. I was happy to learn that a humpback calf I had seen in May now had a name (Mr Magic).
I point out specific whales to friends and say; that one is Pepper. That one is Little Dimple. I’m not a marine biologist but I listen to every word from naturalists and marine biologists about each of the creatures in our backyard.
Some spotted a whale breaching. The captain (who calls himself Only Fins), floors it, so that I can get this photo.
Going out on a small boat regularly to see whales, and soon, orcas, was the pillar of my mental health I didn’t know I needed.
I wish I can go back in time and tell the younger version of me: one day; you will know many whales, some of them by name.
I have a cool video of the sea lions in Monterey
#Marine #Monterey #Sealions #Pinnepeds
Sea lions at Sister City Park, Monterey, California (Nov 2024)
A video of lots of male sea lions in MontereyAdrianna T (YouTube)
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I left Internet sea lions to go see some real ones
Went to look for Chonkers but he was not there (apparently first thing in the morning is best)
Making ‘run to see a giant sea lion every morning’ part of my self care routine
Crab Museum in Margate is hosting the launch party for the Everything Is Crab game
This is a very niche intersection of my interests
Apparently there are many puns
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#Marine #VideoGames #UK #Crustacean #Crab #Museum #Decapods
Everything is Crab: Video Game Launch Party Tickets | £6.66 | 8 May @ The Crab Museum, Margate | DICE
Join us on the 8th of May as we partner up with Secret Mode Games to launch their newest video game **EVERYTHING IS CRAB**. This rogue-lite game follows a bl...DICE
An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea
Something unusual and with far-reaching consequences is lurking in the sea off the California coast, stretching all the way down the Baja Peninsula and more than 500 miles to the southwest.
In this broad region, a large, long-lasting and record-setting marine heat wave has set in and is forecast to persist and intensify, altering the weather conditions on the West Coast and adversely affecting the marine food chain.
The marine heat wave may have widespread impacts on the weather in the West, making off-the-chart heatwaves like March’s more likely and intense, supercharging rainfall and even allowing tropical systems to come northward into California. #weather #marine #heatwave #CAwx
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Who can blame them
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I, too, partied so much my parents could barely recognize me
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The offspring of a rockhopper and macaroni penguin is a rockaroni penguin