Alex Ahrens Marshall
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I watch divestreams of noaa, nautilus and schmidt ocean institute 🪸 #marinebiology #deepseabiology #okeanos #nautiluslive
dive west mariana seamount #nautiluslive 1
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
dive west mariana seamount #nautiluslive 1
dive burke vent field in mariana #nautiluslive 1
May 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
dive burke vent field in mariana #nautiluslive 1
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Is it a spaceship? No, it's a Squid, feeding at night under the Palace Pier in Brighton, as photographed by Paul Parsons, who says:
"Night dives are like being in space - the water column is full of creatures."
A reminder of beauty in the dark this winter solstice
"Night dives are like being in space - the water column is full of creatures."
A reminder of beauty in the dark this winter solstice
December 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Is it a spaceship? No, it's a Squid, feeding at night under the Palace Pier in Brighton, as photographed by Paul Parsons, who says:
"Night dives are like being in space - the water column is full of creatures."
A reminder of beauty in the dark this winter solstice
"Night dives are like being in space - the water column is full of creatures."
A reminder of beauty in the dark this winter solstice
Reposted by Alex Ahrens Marshall
Reposted by Alex Ahrens Marshall
Baltic isopods. Did this for pollinator week last year, a study showed that this species of aquatic isopod helps certain kinds of seagrass spread, making them one of the first known underwater pollinators!
November 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Baltic isopods. Did this for pollinator week last year, a study showed that this species of aquatic isopod helps certain kinds of seagrass spread, making them one of the first known underwater pollinators!
Reposted by Alex Ahrens Marshall
Anomotaenia brevis is a tapeworm that completes its life cycle in woodpeckers, and the larva develops inside an ant.
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The tapeworm changes the ant's smell, appearance, and behaviour, but this also has other effects on the rest of the colony
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/12/anom...
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The tapeworm changes the ant's smell, appearance, and behaviour, but this also has other effects on the rest of the colony
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/12/anom...
<i>Anomotaenia brevis</i>
There are many examples of parasites altering the behaviour of their hosts, and some of them turn their hosts into functionally different a...
dailyparasite.blogspot.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Anomotaenia brevis is a tapeworm that completes its life cycle in woodpeckers, and the larva develops inside an ant.
🧪
The tapeworm changes the ant's smell, appearance, and behaviour, but this also has other effects on the rest of the colony
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/12/anom...
🧪
The tapeworm changes the ant's smell, appearance, and behaviour, but this also has other effects on the rest of the colony
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2015/12/anom...
Reposted by Alex Ahrens Marshall
And today in, well, no shit:
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report www.salon.com/2024/11/24/b...
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report www.salon.com/2024/11/24/b...
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report
A new study of samples from Ryugu found that microorganisms can avoid even stringent contamination controls
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November 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
And today in, well, no shit:
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report www.salon.com/2024/11/24/b...
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report www.salon.com/2024/11/24/b...