We’re battening down the hatches on the east coast (feel free to read that as stocking up on beer and poptarts), but I’ve got a few links for you. 1. There have been a few dead giant squid encounters recently, here’s a video of one near the Canaray Islands. 2. I confess to not being [...]
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Friday pre-hurricane linktacular
Posted in clams, conch, snail, squid on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday links
Posted in lollusk, nudibranchs, snail, squid, Uncategorized on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s that time again: 1. Did you see the incredibly gorgeous squid photography in this boingboing post? If not, please click the link immediatamente. 2. I first saw this video on Deep Sea News. Squideo! 3. io9 has a hilarious post about snails who migrate via avian digestive tract. That’s one way to do it, [...]
Friday Linktopia
Posted in cute, lollusk, mating habits, snail, squid on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lots of good stuff came across my desk this week. 1. The Encyclopedia of Life has a podcast and their newest episode is about sea slugs. There’s also a recent one about giant squid. 2. Speaking of, giant squid in Florida! Gotta love local news. 3. A snail thought to be extinct isn’t. 4. Punxsutawney [...]
More Glass Mollusks: you know, for kids!
Posted in art, octopus, squid on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in Seattle over Memorial Day weekend, I went to Tacoma for an afternoon of beer, wildlife viewing (seals and bald eagles! In an urban park!), and glass. I love Tacoma’s Museum of Glass. The first time I was there, quite a few years ago, there was a glass octopus! This time, there [...]
DC Loves Mollusks Part II: Extant Mollusks Preserved
Posted in shells, squid on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Onto the extant mollusks at the Natural History Museum. The museum with which I am most acquainted, AMNH in New York, has lots of preserved specimens, but not that many invertebrates. They really focus on the mammal dioramas there and the creepy halls of stuffed birds. The NMNH in DC, in addition to doing the [...]
Sneak Preview
Posted in squid on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I just got back from a whirlwind and very mollusk-filled weekend in DC. I have lots to talk about, but I’m flying off to St. Louis today for my spring break vacation on my friend’s farm. I’ll give you a little glimpse into my weekend, though… Tentacular!
If you’re going to San Francisco…
Posted in conch, knitting, shells, snail, squid on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to San Francisco! Tomorrow, in fact, for the National Science Teachers Association conference. I’ve been furiously browsing the schedule to figure out what sessions will be best for me to go to, but I was delighted to find quite a few sessions that focus on mollusks! There are not one but two sessions [...]
Friday is for linking
Posted in snail, squid on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Time for some Friday linkage! 1. First things first, it’s Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium! I’ve been to this aquarium, and they had the busiest octopuses I’ve ever seen, so I’m guessing they’re going to have a great week. 2. In continuing cephalopod news, I’m rather fond of this large knitted squid made from [...]
Colossal squid exhibition!
Posted in paua, squid on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you should find yourself on the North Island of New Zealand, be sure to go to Te Papa, the museum of New Zealand. Right now they have an exhibition devoted to the enigmatic colossal squid! There’s lots of cool stuff on their website about the exhibition, and the build-a-squid applet is especially cute. Here’s [...]
Mollusks and art documentaries
Posted in art, octopus, shells, snail, squid on January 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I recently watched two documentaries (available instantly on Netflix) that got me thinking. One was called A Man Named Pearl, about an extraordinary topiary artist named Pearl Fryar, who lives in Bishopville, SC. The other was a documentary about paper folding/origami called Between the Folds. A Man Named Pearl was interesting mostly because his topiaries [...]
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