If you haven’t had the chance to meet a flatfish, it’s a must! They are masters of disguise, spend most of their lives living on their side and are quite gregarious, all of which makes for great entertainment. There are more than 500 species of flatfish in the world. The halibut is probably the most… [read more]
Get to know the whales of the world
The American Cetacean Society (ACS) is selling an amazing poster depicting all the whales of the world! This poster is a great way to get a better grasp on all the whales, dolphins and porpoises out there. And it’s also a great gift for anyone in your life who is a whale, dolphin or porpoise… [read more]
Get really close to a gray whale with Cabrillo Aquarium
Join Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, March 6 through March 14, 2011, for a trip that truly is the Journey-of-a-Lifetime. For people out there who want to get as close as possible to a whale, this is the trip for you! Pacific gray whales return to San Ignacio Lagoon each year to mate and give birth. During… [read more]
Dumbo squid might be the dumbo octopus
I had to revisit the dumbo squid for two reasons. First, I realized the photo in the original post didn’t give a good view of the dumbo squid’s ear-like flaps that make it look like Disney’s famous flying elephant. So here is a better shot of the ear flaps, although they are slightly out of… [read more]
A lobster’s molting process
Okay, it’s time for more on lobster molting…something I would never want to experience firsthand, except to watch it. I found the section in “The Secret Life of Lobsters” by Trevor Corson on molting, for anyone interested it begins on page 35. So a lobster wears its skeleton on the outside, this is very rigid… [read more]
California spiny lobster sheds its shell
Breaking news…the California spiny lobster at Cabrillo Aquarium molted two weeks ago! Okay, so it’s not breaking news in the truest sense of the term, but it did happen very recently. I would have written about this sooner, but I just found out. If only I had known, I would have loved to watch that…sigh.… [read more]
Thanks to the Los Angeles Times Altered Oceans Series
In honor of Thanksgiving, I wanted to take a moment to thank the Los Angeles Times for publishing the Pulitzer prize-winning Altered Oceans Series, the articles that changed my life. On July 30, 2006, the first in the series ran titled “A Primeval Tide of Toxins” and I was riveted. It was the reading equivalent… [read more]
Meet baby California spiny lobster
What’s this crazy drawing you ask? This is an enlarged depiction of a baby California spiny lobster posted in Cabrillo Marine Aquarium’s research laboratory. At the beginning of life, California spiny lobsters spend several months as Phyllosoma larva. The term “phyllosoma” means leaf-like body. At this stage in life, spiny lobsters flow where the ocean… [read more]
The dumbo squid
Well, I had hoped to be able to share all sorts of fascinating tidbits about the dumbo squid featured in the adjacent photo. But alas, in the midst of doing research on this cute little critter my computer acquired a nasty virus and now I can only tell you the obvious and a few minor… [read more]
Sometimes it’s okay to eat whale tails
This weekend I attended the American Cetacean Society’s 12th International Conference and had a blast learning more about whales and dolphins, meeting great people and hanging out with fellow whale and dolphin fanatics. My brain is still swimming with information (no pun intended), so I’m going to give it a little break before writing about… [read more]
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