marine wildlife

Viral video of sea otter’s temperature being taken courts controversy

This is a cute viral animal video on Twitter. It’s been converted to a .gif on the imgur.com website. It’s done the rounds on the Internet...

January 12, 2022 by MikeB Animal training

Fish can navigate on land

Fish have learned to navigate a vehicle on land in exchange for a reward. The video I think explains the test and the study nicely. I...

January 6, 2022 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

Cute selfie culture is bad for conservation of seals

Capturing everything on the camera has become almost a way of life in the modern world. If you can do it you’ve got to photograph it...

January 1, 2022 by MikeB Conservation

Picture of the interior of the mouth of the leatherback turtle

The interior of the mouth of a leatherback turtle showing the papillae which stop jellyfish being regurgitated with water

The UN declared the mouth of the leatherback turtle the most terrifying thing in the world. I’m not sure about that. I can think of more...

December 23, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Otters protective of their young inadvertently provoked to attack a tourist

NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS: A British expat, Graham Spencer, was attacked by a horde of 20 otters and bitten 26 times on his buttocks, ankles...

December 11, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Japanese are losing their appetite for whale meat thank God

A whale is unloaded at a port in Kushiro

NEWS AND COMMENT: Ayukawa in north-eastern Japan have a long history in the whale meat industry. They are linked to whaling and they are proud of...

December 4, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

Albatrosses divorcing more often because of climate change

The albatross is known for its high fidelity in relation to their “marriages”. They stick around. They don’t give up like humans. But things are changing...

November 24, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Hermit crabs climb into discarded tires but can’t get out and die of starvation

Hermit crabs get trapped inside discarded tyres on the seabed and die

It’s been found that discarded tires lying on the seabed are death traps for hermit crabs. They climb into the tyres but can’t get out because...

November 2, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Vampire Kermit bites Vincent Price

Vampire Kermit biting Vincent Price in Intergalactic Quality

This is a bit of fun and it is about the animal-human relationship in a strict sense! I just like the expression on Vincent Price’s face....

October 19, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

China improves conservation of the white dolphin despite the building of a bridge

China has mitigated the impact on the conservation of the white dolphin when building a bridge across the estuary of the Pearl River. China has hailed...

October 15, 2021 by MikeB Conservation

Underwater power cables cause crabs to sit still and their cells change

The Times reports today (Oct 11, 2021) that undersea electricity cables cause brown crab to sit still. It seems that the electromagnetic field around the cables,...

October 11, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Reason why ducklings swim in a nicely spaced row behind their mother

After seven years of thinking and research, Zhi-Ming Yuan, has figured out why ducklings swim in a neat, nicely spaced row behind their mother. It is...

October 8, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

Canned fish from Russia

Some of the Reddit comments: In soviet Russia canned fish eats you! Looks like that fish came from Chernobyl. SOME MORE ON MARINE WILDLIFE: Post Views:...

September 4, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Fish with scary human teeth

The teeth are remarkably like a human’s. This fish was apparently spotted by some beachgoers in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The picture is published...

August 5, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Trout can become hooked on drugs

The Times reports that fish can become addicted to drugs like people. Dr. Pavel Horky, from Prague, in the Journal of Experiment Biology, tells us that...

July 7, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife 0

Male dolphins form alliances to get and keep their new female partner

I recently wrote about male dolphins who remember other males who did not come to their aid when they needed it. They bore a grudge against...

April 23, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Dolphins remember members of the group who help and those who don’t

Bottlenose dolphins can hold grudges against individuals who fail to assist when needed

STUDY – NEWS – COMMENT – ANALYSIS: Researchers say that male dolphins can hold a grudge because they can remember those dolphins who are likely to...

April 23, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Octopus wanted to hug female diver off Oahu, Hawaii

Caleb Heikes a diver enjoys the company of an octopus who wanted a hug

When I saw this photograph I thought of another similar situation. It concerns a Netflix documentary called My Octopus Teacher, which I have not seen. It...

April 14, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife

Tire preservative chemical responsible for killing returning salmon

Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA: Researchers have discovered that a formerly unknown chemical, 6PPD, in vehicle tires (tyres) which preserves them from ground level ozone, ends...

April 7, 2021 by MikeB Uncategorized

Angry octopus attacks geologist while walking along the shore in Western Australia

In a highly unusual video captured by Lance Karlson, a geologist, the viewing public can see the angriest octopus attacking him. He was left bruised and...

April 3, 2021 by MikeB Marine wildlife