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Emily Russell
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Future molecular biologist and enjoyer of elasmos and other fish ⚗️🧬🦈🐠
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Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds | Scientific American
Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds
Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound
www.scientificamerican.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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A #squaretail #Tetragonurus #fish pokes out from the shelter of its drifting #pyrosome colony for just long enough to get a quick shot.

#squaretailfish #symbiosis #comensalism #tunicate #tunicates #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Further coverage, this time from National Geographic, of new paper by @dr-yannis.bsky.social discussing #electricrays using their shocks to avoid getting eaten by large sharks

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July 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Scientists sink cow 1,629m into South China Sea, then gigantic animal appears out of the gloom | Discover Wildlife
Scientists sink cow 1,629m into South China Sea, then gigantic animal appears out of the gloom | Discover Wildlife
The enormous deep-sea creature, which can grow up to seven metres in length, has never been filmed in this part of the world before.
www.discoverwildlife.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa - deceleration.news/deep-sea-min...
Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa – Deceleration
The U.S. military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore. The prospect of deep-sea mining, poised to emerge both off- and on-shore, has a...
deceleration.news
July 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Not mentioned in this article: illegal #fishing for #totobata is the thing that has doomed the #vaquita #porpoise to extinction

Mexico's totoaba fish is making a comeback share.google/BMz3H4i8WUra...
Environment Ministry releases 40,000 baby totoaba into the Gulf of California
Mexico’s threatened totoaba fish is making a comeback thanks to a public-private effort that included the recent release of 40,000 hatchlings in the Gulf of California.
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July 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
How This Whale Carcass Became the Ocean’s Hottest Housing Complex
This Whale Died Decades Ago. Its Carcass Is Now the Ocean’s Hottest Housing Complex.
And the rent is free.
www.popularmechanics.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM