dan. sometimes oceans sometimes animals (maybe both). sometimes life.Tumblr (3.0; @symbiodinium)http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb301hKh3u1r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelovelyseas.tumblr.com/post/32481501775/nurse1-by-samui13coconut13-on-flickr">thelovelyseas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26034596@N08/5783543318/" title="nurse1">nurse1</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26034596@N08/">samui13coconut13</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526457480http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526457480Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:03:32 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb30boSyqg1r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelovelyseas.tumblr.com/post/32481897088/bioluminescing-with-the-plankton-by-laura-storm-on">thelovelyseas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebel-angel/7293629194/" title="Bioluminescing With The Plankton">Bioluminescing With The Plankton</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebel-angel/">Laura Storm</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526438238http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526438238Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:03:13 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb312t0nzP1re1nvdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://metazoa-etcetera.tumblr.com/post/32482931349/sawtooth-feather-starfish-oligometra" class="tumblr_blog">metazoa-etcetera</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span><strong>Sawtooth Feather Starfish</strong> (<em>Oligometra serripinna</em>).</span></p> <p>[Photo by <strong class="username" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1348872719229_1889"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbmexplorer/" id="yui_3_5_1_3_1348872719229_1888">BBM Explorer</a>.]</strong></p></blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526413068http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32526413068Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:02:47 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazbpbFSRD1qc6j5yo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazbpbFSRD1qc6j5yo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazbpbFSRD1qc6j5yo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazbpbFSRD1qc6j5yo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/32356311439/mbari-researchers-discover-what-vampire-squids-eat">rhamphotheca</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3><strong>MBARI researchers discover what vampire squids eat</strong><br/><strong>(it’s not what you think)</strong></h3> <p>About 100 years ago, marine biologists hauled the first vampire squid up from the depths of the sea. Since that time, perhaps a dozen scientific papers have been published on this mysterious animal, but no one has been able to figure out exactly what it eats. A new paper by MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Henk-Jan Hoving and Senior Scientist Bruce Robison shows for the first time that, unlike its relatives the octopuses and squids, which eat live prey, the vampire squid uses two thread-like filaments to capture bits of organic debris that sink down from the ocean surface into the deep sea…</p> <p>(photos/read more: <a href="http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2012/vampfood/vampfood-release.html">MBARI</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32394951097http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/32394951097Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:52:14 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mapkeq7Ri81qc6j5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/31988845618/no-gps-needed-bumblebees-find-their-own-flight" class="tumblr_blog">rhamphotheca</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>No GPS Needed: Bumblebees Find Their Own Flight Paths </strong></p> <p><em>by Virginia Morell</em> </p> <p>Bumblebees foraging in flowers for nectar are like salesmen traveling between towns: Both seek the optimal route to minimize their travel costs. Mathematicians call this the “traveling salesman problem,” in which scientists try to calculate the shortest possible route given a theoretical arrangement of cities.</p> <p>Bumblebees, however, take the brute-force approach: For them, <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001392">it’s simply a matter of experience, plus trial and error</a>, scientists report in the current issue of <em>PLoS Biology</em>. The study, the first to track the movements of bumblebees in the field, also suggests that bumblebees aren’t using cognitive maps—mental recreations of their environments—as some scientists have suggested, but rather are learning and remembering the distances and directions that need to be flown to find their way from nest to field to home again…</p> <p>(read more: <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/09/no-gps-needed-bumblebees-find-th.html">Science NOW</a>)       (image: Andrew Martin)</p></blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/31992645906http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/31992645906Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:55:25 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majzdbNWyh1r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>lets put a smile on that face!</p>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/31813767804http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/31813767804Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:49:23 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PQ4cRW8gLpw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/30457038167http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/30457038167Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:50:14 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7fyxqYrr21rayxpno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shutter-bug-child.tumblr.com/post/27606551827/day15-froggy-3">shutter-bug-child</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[Day15] Froggy :3.</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/27611278693http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/27611278693Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:46:48 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6x5lcymNm1r5jpfvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gastornis.tumblr.com/post/26872491378/the-phylum-tardigrada-is-comprised-of-the">gastornis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal">The phylum <em>Tardigrada</em> is comprised of the waterbears. These are very hardy organisms and true survivors, capable of living even in the vacuum of space.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Though some species are known to eat plants or bacteria, the Tardigrade pictured above, <em>Paramacrobiotus craterlaki</em>, is predatory, with both rotifers and nematodes being prey items.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Photo credit: <a href="http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/151932/enlarge">Eye of Science/Science Photo Library</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Learn more</strong>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://etabeta.univ.trieste.it/dspace/bitstream/10077/3799/1/Bertolani,%20Rebecchi,%20Cesari,%20bioidentify.pdf">A model study for tardigrade identification</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342025/">Transcriptome Analysis in Tardigrade Species Reveals Specific Molecular Pathways for Stress Adaptations</a></p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26893494653http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26893494653Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:40:20 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6b71bubMq1qa4karo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26059088895http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26059088895Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:15:27 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44348000" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>this is absolutely amazing</p> <p>our city is amazing</p> <p>the world is amazing</p>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26059012868http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/26059012868Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:13:00 -0700portlandtime lapsevideoepic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4agiylZuG1qlxziho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeah-seacreatures.tumblr.com/post/23371580033/blue-shark-by-jcp-van-uffelen-sidenote-my">fyeah-seacreatures</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Blue Shark. By: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcpintotheblue/">JCP van Uffelen</a></p> <p>Sidenote: My apologies on being a little behind on messages lately. I’ve been oddly busy lately. I promise to answer them later C:</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25837848689http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25837848689Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:02:29 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kwfcVUuC1r3u9xmo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelotustile.tumblr.com/post/21212649764/todays-owl-i-was-supposed-to-spend-the-day">thelotustile</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Today’s owl</strong>. </p> <p>I was SUPPOSED to spend the day painting this, but got distracted by gardening and rabbit sorting. So this quicker one will have to suffice :)</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25564416540http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25564416540Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:57:36 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5jouczcFE1qb3y59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/25557916109/forest-guardians-by-boywhoturnedtostone">rhamphotheca</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Forest Guardians</strong> by <em>Boywhoturnedtostone | DeviantArt</em></p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25564354673http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25564354673Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:55:26 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vrtwEZ0D1r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thelovelyseas.tumblr.com/post/25452311014/drifting-through-by-paul-cowell-on-flickr" class="tumblr_blog">thelovelyseas</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulcowell/6714723867/" title="drifting through">drifting through</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulcowell/">Paul Cowell</a> on Flickr.</p></blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25471270268http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25471270268Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:48:09 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m56jqdXMJv1r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelovelyseas.tumblr.com/post/24523683025/cartoon-turtle-by-fred-panza-on-flickr">thelovelyseas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/subaqua-maldives/6068628047/" title="Cartoon turtle">Cartoon turtle</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/subaqua-maldives/">Fred Panza</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote> <p>last one, i promise</p>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253132278http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253132278Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:53:40 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5l0t5uEH21r2rgtao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thelovelyseas.tumblr.com/post/25058828538/20100705-img-1330-by-todd-aki-on-flickr">thelovelyseas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90966819@N00/4769424963/" title="20100705-IMG_1330">20100705-IMG_1330</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90966819@N00/">Todd Aki</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253084886http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253084886Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:52:48 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mc5etNlS1qbieewo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://love4animals.tumblr.com/post/25100370891/dimitry-marchenko-photography">love4animals</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>~Dimitry Marchenko Photography~</p> </blockquote>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253061104http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253061104Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:52:21 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mugkyW6b1ry1tz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this is the coolest shot ever</p>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253053342http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253053342Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:52:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5n2a9hGb61qhw42oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253030845http://symbiodinium.tumblr.com/post/25253030845Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:51:48 -0700