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Insect-eating salmon and cloned crayfish: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, February 8th, 2018

Posted on February 8, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Follow wildlife illustrator Marc Dando on twitter!
  • The rise of fishing apps. By the Fisheries Blog.
  • Misled penguins swim to fishing grounds that no longer have food. By Katie Peek, for Scientific American

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • A pet crayfish is cloning itself and spreading around the world. By Sarah Zhang, for the Atlantic.
  • Science at the speed of law. By Roberta Kwok, for Hakai.
  • Why it’s better for the environment for salmon to eat insects.  By Heather Brady, for National Geographic.
  • Scientists watch ocean plastic hotspots form in real time. By Erica Cirino, for OceansDeeply.
  • Earthquakes triggers spawning in rare fish thousands of miles away. By Shreya Dasgupta, for MongaBay

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