Photos of the Largest Fish on Earth. Spectacular Russian jellyfish of the White Sea – in pictures. SCIENCE IN PICS: Skeleton Shrimp on Whip Coral. Skeleton shrimps on a whip coral at Lembeh Strait in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
(Matthew Oldfield) Skeleton shrimp belong to the family Caprellidae, and are sometimes also referred to as ghost shrimp. They have slim, thread-like bodies that make them hard to spot on the fine filaments of their seaweed or invertebrate hosts. These shrimp are usually found in shallow waters living on eel grass or sessile animals in oceans around the world. A few species live at depth. Skeleton shrimp are omnivores, and eat a variety of food, including smaller crustaceans, planktonic algae, and detritus. Generally they ambush their prey, waiting motionless until it passes by, although some use their antennae for filter feeding or to remove it from the sea bed. Oh They’re So Surprised! Oh They’re So Surprised!
Posted by SHMO on November 5, 2012 · 124 Comments What if the animal kingdom could understand the dramatic presidential election? 12 Cutest Baby Seahorse Pictures. Marketing the Mystery of the Giant Squid. The new canary in the coal mine could be a giant squid.
Conservation efforts often rally around charismatic species like the African elephant or the bald eagle. Popular affection for these “flagship” animals can be leveraged into funding and political will. Slothville. The Mystery of the Suction-Feeding Sea Croc. A gallery of Late Jurassic sea crocs.
From Young et al., 2012. Wwf-lightbox.jpg (900×1350) The battle of Shark vs. Octopus has a shocking ending. How to Write About Hermaphrodite Sex. As regards "penis-fencing": clearly these two are each aroused, and each wishes to penetrate the other, because each is capable - and aroused - engorged if you will; there is quite evidently a competition afoot, which inevitably ends when one penetrates and the other is penetrated.
Deep-Sea News. Underwater. How Do Cats Purr? Biologists used to think that purrs were the sound of blood surging through cats’ inferior vena cava, the large vein that carries blood from the lower half of the body into the heart. More recent research suggests that the sound is actually produced by laryngeal muscles, which are responsible for moving the vocal cords and opening and closing the glottis (space between the cords). 5 Newly Discovered Creatures That Will Haunt Your Nightmares. I often wake in a cold sweat, swiping at my arms and inside my ears frantically trying to scatter the insects crawling on my skin.
These are my nightmares, invaded by creepy crawlers of all shapes and sizes. Perhaps it's because my worst nightmares seem to be coming true. Recently in China, a woman found that a spider had made a home of her ear for five days before doctors extracted it. Who Cleans Up After Seeing Eye Dogs? Dog turds are stealth weapons.
People with 20/20 vision often fail to notice them until they appear hours later, on the bottom of a shoe. How the heck is someone who can’t see supposed to track down and eliminate these sidewalk scourges, then? If You Touch a Baby Bird, Will Its Mother Really Abandon It? Mike Truchon / Shutterstock.com When I was a kid, our living room opened out onto a back deck through a set of French doors. A pine tree stood over the deck, providing a home for countless birds. Baby birds would regularly fall from their nests onto the deck, and would lie there crying in full view of my brother and me as we sat on the floor watching TV.
Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did - life - 21 August 2012. Video: Watch this bonobo go to all ends to get food.
Newly-discovered owl makes the ultimate "mwhaha!" face. Study shows one kind of squid can jettison parts of its arm (w/ Video) 7 Absolutely Insane Animal Defense Mechanisms. Scientists recently recorded footage of a never-before-seen defense mechanism deployed by a small species of deep-sea squid: When threatened, the squid attacks its predator and then pulls away, breaking off the tip of its own arm and leaving it behind as a distraction. The arm continues to glow and twitch, creating a diversion and enabling the squid to escape. BBC Nature - Ants 'sow the seeds' of the Cape. 16 August 2012Last updated at 01:50 By Matt Bardo Reporter, BBC Nature The fire-prone fynbos shrubland in South Africa's Western Cape is a biodiversity hotspot Ants helped create a biodiversity hotspot in the Cape region of South Africa, scientists believe.
Researchers have highlighted two recent studies that suggest seeds spread by ants may be an important driver of plant diversity in the Cape. The two studies used genetic data from areas with and without seed-dispersing ants to assess their contribution to diversity. The scientists said the evidence showed a "great role for tiny players". Professor Jonathan Majer and Professor Ladislav Mucina from Curtin University in Australia wrote their report in response to a scholarly article calling for the causes of diversification in the Cape region to be identified. Bombardier beetle. The spray is produced by a reaction between two chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, stored in separate reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen and mixed when needed in a third chamber with water and catalytic enzymes.
Heat from the reaction brings the mixture to near the boiling point of water and produces gas that drives the ejection. The damage caused can be fatal to attacking insects and small creatures and is painful to human skin. [citation needed] Some bombardier beetles can direct the spray over a wide range of directions. Habitat[edit] Sponging Dolphins Form Cultural Cliques. By Cassie RyanEpoch Times Staff Created: July 31, 2012 Last Updated: August 4, 2012 Juvenile female sponger and grand-daughter of the first sponger identified in the 1980s. (Eric M. Patterson, monkeymiadolphins.org) The first evidence of cultural behavior in dolphins may have been revealed, according to a study of the Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins in Australia.
Biologists now say that red tide algal blooms could be the ‘killer of the ocean world’ Blobfish: world's most 'miserable looking' marine animal 'facing exinction' A cephalopod that switches from male to female, depending who's looking. The First Ever Fossils of Vertebrates Who Died During Sex. Presenting The Hamster Jazz Band. The Latest on the Great Magnetic Cow Smackdown. Heterochromia in Dogs: Loveable Pooches With Different Colored Eyes. Shelter puppy with one light blue and one darker colored eye Everyone knows about ‘puppy dog eyes’ – that devious tactic which, if executed properly, can get certain members of the animal (and human) kingdom almost anything they desire. Who could resist, much less ignore, that oh-so-innocent expression coupled with those sad, gentle eyes? ‘I want,’ they say. And more often that not, they get. A Sea Slug Out of Water?
Dinosaurs are more incredible and diverse than you might think. Ever heard of Brachytrachelopan? Zombie-Ant Fungus Has Its Own Killer Fungus. The 7 Grossest Creatures To Ever Wash Up On Shore - InfoBarrel. Strange Science: Mammals.