Basking sharks are heavily exploited from the shark–finning industry. The damage is compounded by the fact we know so little about their distribution in the…
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Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…
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Coral spawning occurs when multiple corals release their gametes at the same moment. The underwater love fests are triggered by the moon, temperature, and mood…
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Researchers have been very concerned about the paucity of females of Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, an octopus inhabiting the hydrothermal vent community of the Eastern Pacific Rise.…
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These chicas are freaky. But if you lived on a whale vertebrae and eat through bone, perhaps you’d be a little on the kinky side…
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You are a giant swarm of Antarctic krill migrating daily from sunlit surface waters down to the 4500m in the abyss. Some portion of your…
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If the title doesn’t drive the Google hits in then hopefully word of mouth will. Sheril has the low down on this iconographic video of…
View More Steamy Hot Sex In The OceansLighted Whoopie In the Sea
Are animals of the deep giving lighted come-hither signals? Is there bioluminescent hanky panky going on?
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