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Friday Smorgasbord: Ocean Love Edition

Welcome back to our Friday Smorgasbord! It has been a few weeks, but we’re back with some incredible videos for you all to enjoy. Have a great weekend!

Cephalopod Ink

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Will cephalopods one day be as ubiquitous in labs as mice or fruit flies?

Posted byThe Macroscopeon Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Here is a great video on Bret Grasse’s work with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) to better understand the world of cephalopods.

Working Hard for a Bite

Bird Diving for Fish Caught on Whale Shark

Cormorants always feed by diving for fish, but no one had ever seen the bird go for a fish stuck to a whale shark.

Posted byNational Geographicon Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Persistence can pay off, just as this cormorant found out. Divers caught this bird diving to pluck a remora off the side of a whale shark.

How to Grow Coral

How To Grow Coral

This team of biologists is helping restore coral in the wild—by cultivating them in the lab.

Posted byScience Fridayon Wednesday, June 6, 2018

As if you needed to know….but a great video to share with our significant others and family that wonder WTF we do with all our time and money.

Teaching an Old Fish New Tricks

Fish Can Follow Commands And Recognise Objects

This fish can recognise and remember shapes and objects! ??ViralHog

Posted byUNILADon Monday, May 28, 2018

Wow! And I got excited when my fish come to the top to eat!

Can You Hear Me Now?

Recording A Trans-Pacific Ocean Soundscape | The Swim

This underwater microphone is being used to make the first-ever soundscape of the Pacific Ocean.#TheSwim #BenLecomte Make sure to follow The Swim on @Seeker and @Discovery!

Posted byScience Channelon Friday, July 13, 2018

There is a rather unique project underway with the goal to record a soundscape of the Pacific Ocean. Check out this video of how the team is using an underwater microphone to make it happen.

For You Sweet Tooth

Ocean Blue Mirror Cheesecake

What's blue as the ocean and sweet like the tropics? Taste for yourself! via Tastemade JapanSave this recipe: https://taste.md/2wDRQov

Posted byTastemadeon Wednesday, July 11, 2018

I have a love/hate relationship with these kind of over simplified social media recipes (like who actually gets these to turn out like the example?!?!?!), but if you’re looking for an ocean-themed desert…check this out!