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apparently one whale years ago was observed doing this for hours and now more and more whales in the area are seen copying it so we think it’s a whole new behavior and it seems to be a response to shrinking food sources.

Instead of expending any energy actively hunting, the whale just holds its mouth open wherever fish are being hunted by birds. To escape the birds, the fish try to hide in the whale’s mouth because it’s a darker area that looks like shelter. …They’re turning into giant, sea-mammal pitcher plants.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mms.12557?referrer_access_token=bXLTS5BeSw_vlIKHkM0bYIta6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC654HjreJ8D19K86UreR5JPsSRb0CuGhiJSV1L1ht-N1Gf_K_1a9MREFzQGU9oJDNctsKDin_HXcYEdsLg3EbcTl

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A snapshot of online classes for y'all. God, I love embryology

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This yeti crab (Kiwa hirsuta) was discovered in 2005 and has no eyes. It was found by the Census of marine Life on a hydrothermal vent near Easter Island at a depth of 2,200 meters. Credit: A. Fifis, Ifremer/ChEss, Census of Marine Life

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*me forcing everyone i know to learn about my favourite snail/entire brand *

Guys i just think they're neat. I do not have a problem. Look at my goopy guys. Gods prettiest boogers.

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HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!! NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE… Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can perhaps buy precious time to get themselves to a phone and dial 911. Rather than sharing another joke please contribute by broadcasting this which can save a person’s life! Be prepared and become part of the solution. Get your free next-of-kin notification card today. Click here: https://www.InCaseOfEmergencyCard.com/

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This floating alien egg is Octameroceras, they're part of a group of cephalopods called Oncocerids which diverged earlier than the nautiloids and ammonites.

As they reach maturity, their shell opening, the aperture closes in on their face creating these Giger-esque shapes, and we can only speculate what bizarre mangled forms the creature peeping through that opening would have.

[image credit: Stridsberg, S. 1 985 05 09: Silurian oncocerid cephalopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata, N o. 1 8, pp. 1-65. Oslo ISSN 0300- 9491. ISBN 82- 00- 07575-3.]

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Trick or Treat!

You Get: Hedonism, personified

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Would you do a fish fact about the Flashing Tile Fish please? My wife says they're cool.

Sure!

Daily fish fact #621

Chameleon sand tilefish!

They're most known for their ability to swiftly change their colour, which they owe to special iridophores in their skin: colour-producing cells that are able to reflect different wavelengths of light! The species also is exhibits obligate monogamy.

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Hello travelers! Welcome to the Science Blog!!!

It is here that you will find a lot of random science things that I currently find really cool and interesting. I made this blog because my other blog is getting filled with physics and bio-centric posts. So here is a blog dedicated to my hyperfixations XD

The topics you will mainly encounter here are ecology, general zoology, entomology, marine bio, microbio, neuro, botany, human health, behavioral biology, research, laboratory science, studying, and probably a lot more. It really depends on what has caught my interest that day.

Thanks for reading the post and have fun!!!