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Ocean Noise, Parasite Extinction, and Jellyfish Blooms: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: November 9th, 2017

Posted on November 9, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch this manta ray (or should I say mobula ray) at the Georgia Aquarium

    Video by Georgia Aquarium
  • Follow Serena Wong, a graduate student at SFU studying shark and ray respiratory physiology, on twitter!
  • 9 reasons you can’t help but love manatees. By Katie Hogge, for the Ocean Conservancy blog

 

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Scientists surprised to discover a new species of butterflyfish. By Mike Gaworecki, for MongaBay
  • What’s making all that Arctic noise? By William Halliday, for National Geographic Voices.
  • Parasite lost: did our taste for seafood drive an extinction? By John Platt, for the Revelator
  • What can jellyfish teach us about climate change? By John Abraham, for the Guardian.

 

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