Monterey Bay Aquarium « The World Through My Eyes. “The Jellies Experience” – My Favorite exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium. I find myself at peace watching these amazing creatures. Whenever we visit Monterey Bay, we try to visit the aquarium. This year they added new exhibits, which I missed especially the flower hat jellies, Japanese Sea Nettles and few other upside down jellies. Below are some of the jellyfish pictures I enjoyed clicking them in the last couple of years. Sea Nettle – Joined together Mediterranean jelly upside down jelly Sea Nettle Jelly Moon jellies galaxy of jellies Upside Down jelly Spotted Jelly Like this: Like Loading... Planet Earth Online homepage.
People love biodiversity, whether they know it or not « Musings on Nature. When people ask me what I went to school for, I tend to respond with “biology” as a general answer. Sometimes I say “conservation biology.” A lot of people translate that into “environmental science,” and I concede that that is usually close enough. My most specific answer, which is “I have a master’s degree in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Policy,” is the one that I use the least often, reserved only for people that I am pretty sure will know what I am talking about. It’s a small audience, and that’s ok; there are plenty of people that tell me what they do for a living, and I know it’s been reduced to their equivalent of simply “biology.”
“Finance,” for example, or “computer science.” They assume that if I actually care what they do for a living and am not just being polite, I will inquire further. Whether or not people know that the word biodiversity refers to all levels of diversity of life, they love what it stands for. References Nunes, P. & J.C.J.M. van den Bergh. 2001. Entry Details for NSF International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. You may upload up to three (3) JPG screenshots of your video. Please be sure that your screenshots do not contain personally identifiable information or other desktop information not related to your submission. Screenshot #3 Entry Title There's no such thing as a jellyfish Description By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever.
Original Creation Date 05/30/2011 What is the purpose or intended use of the entry? For what audience was the entry created? Explain how your entry fulfills each criterion: Visual Impact Unique videos and photos of never-been-seen animals Effective Communication Tree diagram to organize and convey the relationships between species discussed. Freshness/Originality BLING!! Fab's Themes in Twitter & Blogs - Filed under 'biodiversity' Tara Oceans - a 2.5-years marine and scientific expedition. Shark attack preserved in fossil whale bone | Biodiversity. A fragment of whale rib found in a North Carolina strip mine is offering scientists a rare glimpse of the interactions between prehistoric sharks and whales some 3- to 4-million years ago during the Pliocene epoch. Three tooth marks on the rib indicate the whale was once bitten severely by a strong-jawed animal.
Judging by the two-inch (six-centimeter) spacing between tooth marks, scientists believe the attacker was the mega-toothed shark Carcharocles megalodon, or perhaps another species of large shark existing at that time. The whale appears to have been an ancestor of a great blue or humpback. Gray and red silhouettes show estimated size of Carcharocles megalodon, compared to green, which is today's great white shark. The Smithsonian Science website featured a story about the discovery, November 9, 2011. Stephen Godfrey, who discovered the fossil, is a paleontologist at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland. Whale bone fossil showing three tooth marks from a shark.