Comments on: Your Word… now animals! http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/ Exploring our Oceans Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.14 By: Maria http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-82817 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:23:17 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-82817 Just reread the post and it says animals… So scrap the bit about diatoms (although they are pretty!!). I’ll stand behind my choice of (zoo)plankton and isopods as they are what came to mind.

]]> By: Maria http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-82800 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:09:17 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-82800 The first that came to mind is plankton. Followed by isopods. (I think I’ve been unduly influenced by last weeks articles and images!) Diatoms are so pretty so I don’t mind though 🙂

]]> By: Mary Gruner http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-80521 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:35:41 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-80521 I love jellyfish and sea horses!

]]> By: ruivieira http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-79247 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:42:31 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-79247 Hi Clarissa,

have a look here:
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=106
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/fishes/california-moray-eel
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/absurd-creature-of-the-week-this-eel-fires-extra-alien-jaws-out-of-its-throat/

A very good article about giant moray eels: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0040431

]]> By: Marc Pradas http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-77589 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:27:55 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-77589 Difficult to pick one. The first that comes to my mind is the Great Hammershark.

]]> By: clarissa http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/2014/10/30/your-word-now-animals/#comment-76685 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:08:55 +0000 http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/oceans/?p=1227#comment-76685 I would love to know more about Moray Eels.

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