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Time to release the Kraken ! Addressing controversial questions in marine conservation

Posted on September 30, 2016October 2, 2016 By Chris Parsons
Conservation, Uncategorized

A few years ago, we organized a group of marine conservation scientists to meet to discuss, and list,  the most urgent issues that need to be studied. The resulting paper  came up with 71 questions which urgently needed to be addressed, because a lack of an answer was severely impeding marine conservation. However, during this exercise we also came up with a list of other questions – these were issues that were controversial, that everyone  knew were important, but were unwilling to raise as being an issue. These were the Voldemorts of marine conservation questions (they that shall not be named), the elephant (or elephant seal) in the room questions …. or as we more aquatically termed them: “the kraken in the aquarium” questions.

love-a-kraken

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Did monster hunters find a 120 meter long giant squid on google maps?

Posted on June 17, 2016June 19, 2016 By Andrew Thaler 5 Comments on Did monster hunters find a 120 meter long giant squid on google maps?
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No. No they did not. I awoke this morning to a delightful flood of emails in my inbox pointing to this article: Has a KRAKEN been spotted on Google Earth? Monster hunters claim to have found 120m long giant squid-like creature. In short, while exploring the area around Deception Island on Google Earth, some well-known anomaly hunters … Read More “Did monster hunters find a 120 meter long giant squid on google maps?” »

Our favorite sea monsters – The Kraken (#1)

Posted on September 10, 2010August 24, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Our favorite sea monsters – The Kraken (#1)
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It should come as no surprise that our favorite sea monster is the legendary giant of giants – The Kraken.

Originally of Norwegian and Icelandic legend, the Kraken is described as a giant, tentacled monster that rises from the deep. In the earliest legends, the Kraken resembles an island feeding on schools of fish. Bold fishermen would set their lines above the Kraken, catching the huge schools of fish that surround it. In these earliest stories, the danger to ships was not from the Kraken itself, but from the whirlpool formed when it dives.

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365 days of Darwin: September 10, 2010 (6/7)

Posted on September 10, 2010August 31, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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Charlie squares off against the mighty Kraken!

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