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Shark Bait: Gordon Ramsay Helps Expose Shark Finning

Below is a highlights video of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s special Shark Bait in which he does his part to root out shark finning and trace it back to the fishermen who are tryign to make a living...

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Shark Siblingicide

Came across this in a youtube search for something unrelated (I swear distraction is built into the YT search algorithm), but it reminded me of a blog post from back in the day by one of favorite...

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PETA, Still Consistent in Being Idiots

@SfriedScientist brought to my attention on twitter PETA’s new campaign, saying PETA is “now only concerned with the ethical treatment of *some* animals, vilifies sharks”. Indeed, their new campaign is...

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The friendly shark

The Snickers and PETA billboard folks could learn a thing or two from this ad:

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Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination

If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a surprising recent find by a Mexican fisherman of a very special...

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The real cookie monster

Field Museum scientist Josh Drew recently brought to my attention a new and unusual paper describing a world first. The manuscript by Randy Honebrink and co-authors in Pacific Science describes the...

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TGIF – Battle Scars: Dubstep Great White

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What’s In Your Stomach?

With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche brioche-style cake is now also popular along...

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Sharks and lasers, not just for entertainment!

In midsummer 2009, under the intense Mexican sun, a whale shark, MXA-182, arrived at Holbox. He is injured. A nasty cut nearly severs his right pectoral fin. His fin eventually heals, but a hole...

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@TheAverageShark only follows one

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Megalodon…phhh…most sharks are Microlodons.

Dr. M measuring one of the ocean’s largest sharks A year ago, I jumped off the side of a perfectly good boat. Infinite water hides the land to the west and the ocean floor below. Moments ago, the...

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It’s Shark Week…Let Us Drink!

At DSN we believe in 100% actual science 100% of the time. 250-50% of the time we like to mix in cocktails. So to help you with choosing the appropriate drink for the week are some shark inspired...

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LOL Ocean Giants

As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include a LOL photo of thier study organism(s) The photograph...

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Where are all the ladies at?

Last week 70-odd of the world’s whale shark researchers converged on Atlanta for the 3rd International Whale Shark Conference. It was an unusual meeting in having so many exotic tropical countries...

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3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving Dinner

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) This is a guest post from Sizing Ocean Giants team member Lindsay Gaskins 1) Not the best cook? No worries, Greenland sharks won’t complain! Forgot to thaw...

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An Oceanic Ode

This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass.  Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral ecology of pinnipeds. She is also author...

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No Honey, there are no sharks in Ontario Lakes

This post is authored by Andrew Lewin a Marine Ecologist, Marine Conservationist, and Oceanpreneur. He is the founder of SpeakUpForBlue.com, a website dedicated to help people get involved in Ocean...

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The Tension of Intention: A Surfer, A Shark, A Fox, And A Grizzly

Guest post by DSN Alumni Rick Macpherson When my pal Dr McClain yanked me out of retirement and asked me to pen a quick post on all the hubbub around the televised and much discussed close encounter...

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Ninja Lanternshark: the New Shark Species You Will Never See Coming

You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be swimming below 1,000 feet deep off the coast of Central America any time soon. The Holotype...

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@TheAverageShark only follows one

Hat tip to RedditThe post @TheAverageShark only follows one first appeared on Deep Sea News.

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