Archive for the ‘Sea Science’ Category
How Do Sharks Smell? Terrible.
June 12th, 2010 | 
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It’s one of those little scientific factoids which everybody knows: sharks can smell a single blood cell from approximately thirteen-thousand miles away, and are able to navigate their way towards it with terrifyingly implacable ease.
Less well known has been the mechanism by which they detect the direction from which the scent is coming. It was theorized that they, and other animals, used concentration of scent molecules as a means of assessing exactly where a smell is coming from.
But now scientists are declaring that in fact, it is the small- but-detectable time-lag between the stink hitting one nostril and then the other that provides the directional cue. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Supertrout Set To Muscle Its Way Into Supermarkets?
Are you a fan of fish? Maybe you love a nice smoked salmon, or Cajun-seasoned tilapia? But don’t you sometimes wish that instead of the thin and scrawny fillet in front of you there was a nice, thick slab of piscine flesh?
Well, you’re in luck. Scientists have just announced their success in breeding a transgenic trout which boasts a set of chest and shoulder muscles that could see it making an appearance on the next season of Jersey Shore.
The only problem? Well, you just get out there with your rod and try reeling in one of these bastards. Read the rest of this entry »
“Oceans For Pathi” Renamed: It’s Now “Oceans”, It’s By Disney, And It’s Out In April
We reported back in December 2009 that there was quite the buzz about an upcoming film called “Oceans For Pathi“. It was reported to be a mind-blowing piece of cinematography, which had taken years to make and which used novel techniques (such as remote-controlled helicopters with cameras attached) to document the oceanic world in ways never seen before.
Well, it turns out that Disney have acquired the film’s rights, and are going to be releasing it this year using the new title, “Oceans“. Read the rest of this entry »