"With 95% of all living things, living in our Oceans, it is an amazing fact that we have only explored 5% of the world's vast expanses of water. Here are the most fantastical facts about The Ocean! ..."
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"Octopus ink is one of nature’s most theatrical defense mechanisms, but what is it made of? ..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months ago • 23 views • 46 secsYouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 658 views • 3:23"... Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, visits the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (http://www.healthebay.org) to experience sea creatures for the first time in his life..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 13 views • 7:03The complete series of The Voyage of the Mimi. All 13 episodes and expeditions. (2/Seco)nd/Sequel Playlist (5 hours, 55 minutes and 19 seconds): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL906D4A47FFF4D76F
posted by ant 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 16 views • 6:12:54UPDATE: We're still working on a species ID with our science partners at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, but currently we're thinking the purple orb is a pleurobranch, a nudibranch relative.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 219 views • 3:12I never knew how this worked before.
posted by brycewi19 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 46 views • 6:27Where the desert sands of Dubai meet the ocean, a troop of shipbuilders are taking on the enormous task of building the world's largest handmade ship.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 325 views • 4:06Soon to be extinct no doubt. YouTube: This astonishing video from Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life is the story of life on Earth over millions of years.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months ago • 196 views • 5:25For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats. Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years ago • 957 views • 4:33My current craving? barkTHINS Dark Chocolate Pretzel with Sea Salt
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 55 views • 3:09YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32YouTube: Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 315 views • 3:23YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,145 views • 2:59YouTube: From French fries to icy roads, Salt is a vital part of our lives. It's in our blood, sweat and tears and a $13.4 Billion dollar global business. Let's Consider The Source… of Salt.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 239 views • 11:27YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 170 views • 2:56"Mishka" the sea otter knows nothing about wildfires, but the 1-year-old did learn what it's like to have trouble breathing when smoke got thick and hovered over Seattle skies.
posted by newtboy 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 198 views • 1:47"The deeper you go, the weirder it gets." YouTube: We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 474 views • 3:10Like Anna, I wouldn't mind the ability to defend myself with bright purple ink. Take THAT assailant! Aiii-yah ... squirt YouTube: The California brown sea hare has gigantic neurons. It also has a very... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 1:56YT: This extreme oasis of life deep in the Caribbean Sea may hold clues to life on other planetary bodies, including Jupiter's moon Europa.
posted by mintbbb 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 2:16