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Parasitic mussel babies and big whale brains: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, November 30th, 2017

Posted on November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 By David Shiffman
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  • Big brother at sea: satellites are spying on illegal fishing from space. By Mara Johnson-Groh, for Hakai.
  • Cetacean’s big brains are linked to their rich social life. By Diana Kwon, for Scientific American.
  • How mussels fool fish into carrying their parasitic babies. By Jason Bittel, for National Geographic
  • EBay is outselling the darknet in the illegal wildlife trade. By Jack Elliot Marley, for MongaBay

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