If the title doesn't drive the Google hits in then hopefully word of mouth will. Sheril has the low down on this iconographic video of our field, red hot barnacle sex. Keep in mind that barnacles as a percentage of body length may have the largest penis in nature.
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Spring is in the air!
In honor of Darwin Day, I'd like to give a little shout out to some of Charles Darwin's contributions to marine science.
...said Charles Darwin, more than any man ever has. He should have, too - he spent seven years of his life working up the first encyclopedic monograph on the group. But that pales into insignificance compared to Alan Southward, who died last year.
Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science ha an awesome post highlighting recent research on the unique vision of mantis shrimps.
Thank you so much for posting this one....I was hoping to find it to show to a class I am teaching this semester. I didnt know the name. yeah deep-sea news!