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April 22, 2013

Who needs Pokemon cards, when you can get free CEPHALOPODA cards!

And these are just 10 of close to 500 different free biodiversity cards on the website, which are also playable as a game!

If you want to print them out, go to Phylogame.org/cephalopoda, and click “print” (on the left sidebar). Then click on page “2” (near the top) and click “print” again. If you want to include card backs with these printouts, then download the card back (the link is on the left sidebar), flip your card printouts and print the back on the other side.

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April 12, 2013

Crochet seafood (as in fish and chips and a shrimp salad)

By Kate Jenkins, via Visual News

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April 11, 2013

How are we ever going to evolve if you people keep pushing us back into the ocean?

From Bizarro Comics.

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March 4, 2013

How about a tea in the ribcage of a fully articulated 95-foot bowhead whale skeleton?

“In 1831 the skeleton of a 95-foot bowhead whale was displayed in a pavilion at Charing Cross, as part of a tour that had also touched Ostend and Paris. Visitors could ascend a flight of steps to a stage set within the ribcage, where they could sit at a table and write puns in the guest book. (“Why should we be mourned for if killed by the falling of the bones of the whale? We should be be-wailed.”)”

Text via Futility Closet.

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February 6, 2013

My goodness: This has to be one of the prettiest things I’ve seen – macrophotography of starfish.

By Alexander Semenov, via Colossal.

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February 5, 2013

Shark Attack Laundry Basket #awesome

By Jolanta Uczarczyk, via Thinx

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January 18, 2013

This: Chewbacca made from seaweed…

But what kind of seaweed(s) specifically?

Via Reddit.

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January 14, 2013

Crochet jellyfish: need I say more?

Pattern by Lazymuse, via Stacey Thinx.

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December 17, 2012

These photos of underwater scenes by Alexander Safonov are unbelievably beautiful #whoa

By Alexander Safanov, via Colossal.

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December 5, 2012

Awesome marine life plus human technology hybrids (a.k.a. how cool are these whale boats?)

WANT!

By Kyler Martz

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December 5, 2012

Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravaganza! – Day 5

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SNOWMAN SCIENCE
Courtesy of Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson

(see more of Popperfont’s Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravanganza here)

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October 17, 2012

Love this video and the fact that it’s full of stop motion invertebrate goodness.

Wax Tailor feat Aloe Blacc- Time To Go from Oh Yeah Wow on Vimeo.

By Oh Yeah Wow, via Colossal.

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September 24, 2012

Types of Sharks that Also Sound Like Heavy Metal Bands

By DAVID NG

Great White*

Clouded Angel*

Hammerhead*

Thresher*

Leopard*

Megamouth*

Requiem*

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September 13, 2012

Son of a B****, I’m Sick of These Dolphins

From a Wes Anderson quote in The Life Aquatic, and good for a segue into marine biology careers. Also see this.

By Nick McLellan, via Hey Oscar Wilde!

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September 4, 2012

If humans parented sea turtle style #funny

By Beatrice the Biologist, via Symbiartic.

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August 27, 2012

Amazing Jellyfish Photos by Alexander Semenov #wow

By Alexander Semenov, via Colossal.

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August 14, 2012

The Shark Week Drinking Game

For your Shark Week viewing pleasure…

1. Anytime someone is referred to as a “Shark Expert.” – 2 sips.

2. Begin drinking when any shark becomes airborn, don’t stop until it is all the way back in the water.

3. Anyone speaks with an Australian accent. – 1 sip.

4. Someone gives advice on how to survive a shark attack. – 2 sips.

5. Anytime you hear the Jaws theme music. – 3 sips.

6. Reenactment of an attack. – 2 sips.

7. Someone dies – finish your drink in their honor.

8. Anyone gets submerged in a steel cage. – 3 sips.

9. You see a shark caught or trapped. – 2 sips.

This is brilliant! From IFLS

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July 20, 2012

Hengki Koentjoro: Photography that captures the beauty of nature perfectly

These are breathtaking… And only a small sample of his amazing work.

“Photography is not just a way of expressing his most inner soul but also creating a window to the world where through his pictures the unseen and the unspoken can be grasped. Driven by the desire to explore the mystical beauty of nature, he develops his sense and sensibility through the elements of fine art photography. His freedom of expression is more reflected in the elaboration and exploration of black and white.”

By Hengki Koentjoro.