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Venice is sinking very slowly -only about two inches every 100 years. But worse, the Adriatic sea is rising around Venice as well. A proposed plan to save the Italian city involves “inflating” its porous foundation with sea water to raise the whole town about a foot. Forty billion gallons of water would need to be pumped! Read more about the plan at National Geographic News. Link -Thanks, Marilyn!
(Image credit: Jim Richardson/National Geographic)
Narwhal Horns Candy – $3.95
Are you crazy about narwhals? Well, you are going to love the Narwhal Horns Candy from the NeatoShop. This fantastic arctic mint flavored candy is shaped like little narwhal horns. Unicorns of the sea are awesome!
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Mints & Candies.
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Narwhal Mini Squishable – $19.00
Have you always wanted your very own Narwhal? Of course you have! Who doesn’t want their own adorable arctic sea creature?
Now with the Narwhal Mini Squishable from the NeatoShop your dream of cuddling up with this amazing unicorn of the sea can finally come true!
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more lovable Plush Toys!
Comments Off I was wondering just this week when we’ll get a new animation from PES. Here it is! The Deep looks like an underwater wildlife film, except its made with everyday objects instead of marine animals. -via The Daily What
The Census of Marine Life is a series of projects to find out exactly what lives in our oceans. The latest report is an inventory of microscopic sea creatures such as plankton and animals, some in a larval state. National Geographic has published pictures of five of these creatures, including this larval stage of a tube anemone, which is only one centimeter wide. Link
(image credit: Cheryl Clarke-Hopcroft/UAF/CMarZ)
Comments Off In the movie Avatar, there is a plant that disappears into the ground the instant it’s touched. The good news for those afflicted with Pandora Depression it that we have a similar plant organism, right here on Earth! The Sea Pen (a soft coral) expels water from its body when touched, so as to avoid being eaten.
nudibranch photos from Raymond's Flickr
WebEcoist rocks with an informative piece on a species commonly confused with a sea slug, and yes the name is pronounced how you think it is-
Nudibranchs’ unusual name comes from their distinctive breathing method: “naked” branchial (breathing) tubes on their backs which resemble branches or bushes. However, not all nudibranchs sport this unusual-looking breathing apparatus. While nudibranchs are commonly referred to as “sea slugs,” which is technically a valid title, it should be noted that not all sea slugs are nudibranchs.
So how did we get here anyway? Call it evolution, call it luck, but really the best and brightest creatures above and below the waves found powerful allies. In some cases these are completely unexpected – predator and prey, friend and foe – but the ones that stuck it out and stayed friends through the toughest of times managed to make it to today’s oceans and seas.
Evolution alone is an amazing thing – but species that evolve together can be all the more spectacular, protecting, feeding and cleaning one another in incredible ways. Sharks pair with fish, fish with shrimp and shrimp with sea cucumbers and much much more. From boxing crabs that wield poisonous anemones as weapons to shrimp that scour the mouths of electric eels, here are seven of the most radical symbiotic relationships from the shallowest to the deepest waters of our world.
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