The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading
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When grown-up jellyfish love each other very much, they make huge numbers of teeny-tiny potato-shaped larvae. Those larvae grow into little polyps that cling to rocks and catch prey with their stinging... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 month 2 weeks ago • 38 views • 4:39At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean!... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month ago • 213 views • 1:46COLUMBIA, SC Three former Orangeburg County law officers caught in an FBI sting where federal agents pretended to be members of a Mexican drug-smuggling cartel have been sentenced to prison, according... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 14 views • 1:20YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months ago • 793 views • 5:43"Ant venom delivery captured, for the first time, in slow-motion (1,000fps) & up-close video. The ants (and stingers) featured in this video are the Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius and the trap-jaw... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 700 views • 3:31No one signed up to read to Sting, so the library put out a call for 4-8 year olds. Now he's booked solid, so I gotta ask, Sting....why the long face?
posted by newtboy 6 years 2 months ago • 278 views • 1:41YouTube description: From bee sting to cobra bites, we measure the deadliest substance known to mankind and see how much it takes to kill a person. Everything from the top 10 deadliest substance, most... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 2,401 views • 3:24The Velvet Ant, which is actually a species of wingless wasp, is well known for possessing one of the most painful stings in the insect kingdom. In fact, this legendary sting is so painful it has even... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 7 months ago • 110 views • 15:02"Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 392 views • 2:31YouTube 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 1 week ago • 170 views • 2:56Ever wonder how a Jelly Fish stings you?
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