montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium:

Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters.

Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word “experience” to 56512 to find out when our exhibits are being fed!

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todropscience: “ The heartwarming moment when two waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) lovers recognise each other and reunite after much time apart. This albatross is unique in being the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands, and the only...
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todropscience: “ The heartwarming moment when two waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) lovers recognise each other and reunite after much time apart. This albatross is unique in being the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands, and the only...
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todropscience: “ The heartwarming moment when two waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) lovers recognise each other and reunite after much time apart. This albatross is unique in being the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands, and the only...
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todropscience: “ The heartwarming moment when two waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) lovers recognise each other and reunite after much time apart. This albatross is unique in being the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands, and the only...
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todropscience:

The heartwarming moment when two waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) lovers recognise each other and reunite after much time apart.

This albatross is unique in being the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands, and the only albatross species found entirely within the tropics. Waved albatross mate for life; a relationship that starts with an elaborate courtship ritual. This routine is a precise sequence of moves, which includes rapidly circling and bowing their bills, clacking their beaks together and raising their bills skyward whilst letting out a “whoo-ooo” call.

Presumably monogamy evolved in situations where young have a much better chance of surviving if both parents cooperate in rearing them. Nonetheless, the amount of time and energy invested by monogamous male parents varies greatly. By the way, 90 percent of all bird species are monogamous.

cetacean-nation: “ watershedplus: “ Humpback whales use a special hunting technique known as bubble net feeding. Whales, either individually or in a group, swim in a shrinking circle, blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of...
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cetacean-nation: “ watershedplus: “ Humpback whales use a special hunting technique known as bubble net feeding. Whales, either individually or in a group, swim in a shrinking circle, blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of...
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cetacean-nation: “ watershedplus: “ Humpback whales use a special hunting technique known as bubble net feeding. Whales, either individually or in a group, swim in a shrinking circle, blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of...
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cetacean-nation:

watershedplus:

Humpback whales use a special hunting technique known as bubble net feeding. Whales, either individually or in a group, swim in a shrinking circle, blowing bubbles below a school of prey. The shrinking ring of bubbles encircles the school and confines it in an ever-smaller cylinder. The fish trapped in the middle of the bubble net are then eaten in one go as whales rise from below with an open mouth.

Pictures by Wayne Davis and  Christin Kahn

Wow! I’ve never seen this from above before! So cool!

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zooophagous: “ stewarti1: “ Bumble bee mimics have become a secondary fascination of mine as I study real bumble bees. These robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are fantastic mimics that go so far as to mimic color patterns of endemic species across...
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zooophagous:

stewarti1:

Bumble bee mimics have become a secondary fascination of mine as I study real bumble bees. These robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are fantastic mimics that go so far as to mimic color patterns of endemic species across their geographic distribution!

I wonder how many “bumblebees” I’ve seen have really been just very clever robber flies

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