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Thursday Afternoon Dredging: February 2nd, 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Watch how a goblin shark feeds in slow-motion. Footage originally from Shark Week’s “Alien Sharks.”

    A goblin shark, from Shark Week’s “Alien Sharks”
  • Follow amphibian conservation biologist Dr. Wendy Palen on twitter!
  • The most wonderful pikes, pickerels, and muskies of the world! By Sasha Doss, for the Fisheries Blog.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Lead ammunition has negative health and environmental effects, so why do we still use it? By Lynn Peeples, for UnDark.
  • Did you know that Steve Bannon (yes, that Steve Bannon) was involved in the Biosphere 2 project? By Samantha Cole, for Motherboard

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