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This is another great example of interspecies cooperative foraging, and one that I hadn't heard about before

Looks like they're on joint maneuvers now.

Once the Orca's secret of disabling boats spreads throughout the cetaceans, it's curtains for us tool monkeys.

a bald man wearing a chicago fire department vest is clapping his hands Alt: a bald man wearing a chicago fire department vest making a polite tiny clap

Yes, we know.

Norway, EU, UK agree to cut quotas in North Sea; cod fishery kept open in 2026 The North Sea cod fishery will have a quota in 2026 despite ICES advice to shut down fishing

#fishing #cod #norway

Norway, EU, UK agree to cut quotas in North Sea; cod fishery kept open in 2026 | SeafoodSource share.google/8McaEGtkfBQL...

Orcas and dolphins caught on video by researchers collaborating to forage, hunt salmon | CBC News Researchers from Dalhousie University were trying to study how northern resident orcas find salmon to eat, but they ended up finding an unexpected symbiosis with another species — dolphins.

🦑 #Dolphins help #orca hunt #salmon, eat scraps

“They were sort of spread out and pinging through the water in a much broader area than what the whales can search — and the whale was listening.”

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Popular press coverage on the recent pandemic of #Diadema #seaurchins

"Spreading eastwards across the archipelago over the course of that year, the disease caused the sea urchins to move less and in an abnormal way, become unresponsive to stimuli, and lose their flesh and spines before dying."

Frontiers | Insights on the last sea urchin Diadema africanum mass mortality suggest a worldwide Diadematid pandemic in 2022-2023 IntroductionThe sea urchin Diadema africanum, a key herbivore shaping shallow benthic ecosystems of the Canary Islands, has experienced recurrent mass mortal...

The 2022-2024 die off of Diadema #seaurchin was *BIG*

"Visual censuses indicated...adult densities decreasing by 73.8% in La Palma and 99.66% in Tenerife relative to 2021 levels..."

Insights on the last sea urchin Diadema africanum mass mortality event share.google/Xx28oZJaofRb...

Popular press coverage of study describing new viruses found in #Atlantic #orca and #pilotwhales

New circoviruses discovered in pilot whales and orcas from the North Atlantic share.google/IGtBxPVKz2M9...

Novel circoviruses identified in short-finned pilot whale and orca from the North Atlantic Ocean The family Circoviridae comprises viruses with small single-stranded DNA genomes that are known to infect various animals, resulting in considerable m…

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New study in Virology identifies two new types of #cetacean #viruses isolated from #orca and #pilotwhales in the #Caribbean

Novel circoviruses identified in short-finned pilot whale and orca from the North Atlantic Ocean - ScienceDirect share.google/oL9stGIUdPLf...

Vietnam suspends controversial minimum size rules for tuna, other fish species The Vietnamese government has temporarily suspended the enforcement of minimum size regulations for skipjack and other species.

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"The Vietnamese government has temporarily suspended the enforcement of minimum size regulations for several key marine species, including various types of #tuna, following calls from local fishermen to abolish the regulation.*

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#whalestranding

"Looking ahead, tribal members will decide together what to do with the animal’s usable remains. Its blubber, for example, might be used for soap, fuel or oil, while its bones may become part of their tribal regalia."

When a Humpback Whale Got Stranded in Oregon, a Native Community Turned the Tragedy Into a Revival of a Traditional Practice Members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians salvaged a beached whale’s remains, a practice that hadn't been performed in generations

On Nov 15, a #humpbackwhale was found stranded near #Yachats, #Oregon. Rescue efforts failed, & the #whale was euthanized.

Afterwards, #Siletz "tribal members harvested as many usable parts as possible from the whale...blubber, bones, skull and baleen."

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Whenever I see Chunky Dunk, one name springs to mind.

Eek. There’s a shark on the giant I Spy Christmas tree quilt on my long arm.

#crustmas

Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200 percent increase in krill catch, aligning with nationwide ambitions Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has largely expanded its krill catch in 2025, causing its profits to soar.

🎣 #Fishing
🦐 #krill
🇨🇳 #China

Chinese fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International expanded its krill catch for 2025 by nearly 200 percent share.google/CIhrYes8R0Rn...

That is an Elden Ring boss.

Lemon shark caught preying on invasive freshwater fish in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil Researchers recorded lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) preying on an invasive species, the jaguar cichlid (Parachromis managuensis), for the first time. This observation was made in Sueste Bay in ...

A saltwater fish eating a freshwater fish? Seems unlikely, right? But researchers observed lemon sharks eating an invasive jaguar cichlid which entered the estuary via the freshwater outflow in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil share.google/vMOnR614fvUO...
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This was the same justification used to authorize the Juvenile Goliath Grouper harvest, too. That one just never made it to court where they had to admit it publicly.

New deep-sea species discovered during mining test There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...

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Mega-shark remains found on beach in Australia. Experts say it was absolutely massive | Discover Wildlife After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length and weighed significantly more than today's great white sharks.

#Fossil #shark #Darwin #Australia

"After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length..."

Mega-shark remains found on beach in Australia. Experts say it was absolutely massive | Discover Wildlife share.google/s7TVjX56tHZF...

IDEA is the reason I was able to succeed in elementary school. My individualized education plan was so effective, I didn’t even realize my ADHD was a disability until I left the public school system for college.

I’ve published scientific papers, got a masters degree and now have a good, steady job.

The eel wars: Japan and America fight tooth and nail against new protections as some freshwater populations plunge over 90% from the 1980s | Fortune Mitchell Feigenbaum, one of America's largest eel dealers, decries “an international body dominated by volunteer scientists and unelected bureaucrats."

#eels #cites #usa #china #japan

Another good article from Patrick Whittle

The eel wars: Japan and America fight tooth and nail against new protections as some freshwater populations plunge over 90% from the 1980s | Fortune share.google/Ygx1o2XvGoih...

This is like when Disney told someone they weren't liable for their partner's death because they'd signed the Disney Plus subscription agreement.

We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public pressure for meaningful climate action.

#Coral #coralreefs #coralbleaching #oceantemperature #Australia

"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."

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Confirmed—Chinook salmon return to the Klamath River for the first time in decades, but now they are invading agricultural canals After a tremendous environmental effort, salmon have returned to the Klamath River. Weeks after massive dams were demolished, salmon are now swimming upstream

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"After a tremendous environmental effort, salmon have returned to the Klamath River. Weeks after massive dams were demolished, salmon are now swimming upstream and spawning in the upper reaches of the Klamath River, where they had been absent for a century"

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YouTube video by Pacificklaus Who Is NOT a (racing) Sea Slug? #marinebiology

A delightful panoply of various Philippine gastropods including nudibranchs and etc. #molluscmonday #nudivember via @pacificklaus youtu.be/fvNvyjLM4Bc?...

... And their fur is much more coarse than I had expected

Further coverage, now from ScienceDaily, of discovery that mammal eating #Orca on the west coast aren't 1 pop.

"Inner-coast #whales hunt smaller prey in shallow, maze-like waterways, while outer-coast orcas pursue large marine mammals in deep offshore canyons."

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