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Catching you up with all the Southern Fried Fun this weekend. This morning, Grrlscientist terrified my Reader Feed with this awesome new species of nose dwelling leech. But hey, ugly, spineless blood suckers are people too. @kzelnio tweet a couple of pics from two of our ongoing top secret projects: the mysterious Project S and … Read More “Monday Morning Blogaerobics” »
For the last week, my Twitter feed (@sfriedscientist) has been overrun with pictures of half built canoes. Well, we finally finished the boat, so here is Bluegrass Blue Crab and the Southern Fried Scientist’s guide to building a plywood canoe on a graduate student budget.
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Most marine conservationists and environmentally conscious citizens believe that fisheries bycatch is a major problem that needs to be solved soon. In most cases, they are correct, but an interesting paper from Nature shows that bycatch can sometimes be good for certain species. Consider the case of the Great Skua. The Great Skua is a … Read More “Ethical Debate: Bycatch and the Great Skua” »
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