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Blue Whale Lessons: A Historical Perspective

Posted on December 6, 2013 By Catherine Chen

Hidden within the International Whaling Commission’s whaling data from the last 150 or so years are stories, if only we tease them out. What can…

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The Fish Olympics: Pitting Giants Against Each Other

Posted on November 19, 2013November 19, 2013 By Catherine Chen

Two contestants fight it out for the very official title of the WORLD’S BEST BIG FISH. Meet the Contestants! MR. OARFISH: And the MS. OCEAN…

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Shoddy Self-Esteem Sunfish: Anthropomorphizing a Sad Sad Fish

Posted on October 8, 2013November 8, 2013 By Catherine Chen

Don’t ride an ocean sunfish. I’m sorry, but why would you ever thinking getting on top of a big fish is a good idea? It…

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The Eeyore of the Sea

Posted on September 25, 2013November 8, 2013 By Catherine Chen

Sixty million times. That’s really big, but just how big? 60 million kilometers is almost half the distance from the Earth to the sun 60…

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How the Whale Got His Throat and Other Musings by a Nubbly Human

Posted on September 12, 2013September 12, 2013 By Catherine Chen

Adapted from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Long, long ago, there was a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) who ate everything in the ocean but a…

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Record Holders

  • Porifera (Sponges)
  • Cnidaria (Corals, Anemones, Jellyfish)
  • Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
  • Acanthocephala (Spiny-Headed Worms)
  • Gnathostomulida (Jaw Worms)
  • Gastrotricha (Hairy Bellies)
  • Loricifera (Brush Heads)
  • Rotifera (Wheel Animals)
  • Nematomorpha (Horsehair Worms)
  • Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
  • Nematoda (Round Worms)
  • Priapula (Penis Worms)
  • Annelida (Worms)
  • Sipuncula (Peanut Worms)
  • Tardigrada (Water Bears)
  • Onychophora (Velvet Worms)
  • Arthropoda (Crustaceans, Insects)
  • Nemertea (Ribbon Worms)
  • Mollusca (Snails, Clams, Squids, Octopuses, Chitons)
  • Echinodermata (Urchins, Crinoids, Starfish, Sea Cucumbers)
  • Brachiopoda (Lamp Shells)
  • Phoronida (Horseshoe Worms)
  • Bryozoa (Moss Animals)
  • Chaetognatha (Arrow Worms)
  • Hemichordata (Peanut Worms)
  • Chordata
    • Cephalochordata (Lancelets)
    • Urochordata (Sea Squirts, Tunicates, Salps)
    • Vertebrata (Fish, Sharks, Rays, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals, Birds)

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