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22. Hypotheses about the Metazoa – 2 » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 21 Hypotheses About the Metazoa 1. 23 Cephalopod Color Update →. 22 Hypotheses about the Metazoa – 2. June 26, 2015. It’s a zoanthid colony volcanos fringed with fingers. The photo is lit and magnified but the green is real (a shot of the colony from further away is here. Zoanthids are a kind of coral, so they are Cnidarians, along with jellyfish and anemones. This post continues directly from the previous one. How should we imagine the ur-Metazoan. But if ctenophores did ...
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10. A New Octopolis Paper » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 9 Being, Fast and Slow. 11 Umwelt →. 10 A New Octopolis Paper. October 29, 2014. Is a site in Jervis Bay, Australia, where octopuses have been living and interacting in unusual densities for at least five years now. The image above is from a video taken at the site in February this year. My previous post. On Metazoan was about “slow life” animals behaving at very different time-scales from us. The image above shows an undeniable case of. In 2009. In 2012 I wrote a paper.
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24. Some Fijian Nudibranchs (and a Platyhelminth) » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 23 Cephalopod Color Update. 25 The Octopus Genome and Neural Evolution →. 24 Some Fijian Nudibranchs (and a Platyhelminth). July 28, 2015. This post is photographic, fruits of a recent trip to Fiji. All the photos were taken in Bligh Waters, and all had some added light. Many of the animals were spotted, at a considerable distance, by Jesse of the Wananavu. Dive boat. The captions describe the photo above in each case. This is. I think this is. Had priority, and. Scientist...
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14. Meta-Ascidian » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 13 Irritable, Nervous. 15 Panocticon →. January 19, 2015. The word “metazoan,” if unpacked semi-literally, would mean something like beyond. Animals, or after. Animals. The Greek prefix “meta” has evolved in scientific and philosophical English now to mean something more like above. Is a language for talking about another language.) Metazoans are multicellular animals. I am not sure if “meta” there originally meant higher. Seen at Chowder Bay in Sydney Harbor last year....
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Natural History and Philosophy. 40 Orchids of the Sea. August 6, 2016. This post was put together for its title, a phrase that was the immediate reaction of Dave Pye, an orchid keeper, when I showed him some nudibranch photos a few weeks ago. The post features a couple of particularly orchidean … Continue reading →. 40 Orchids of the Sea. 39 Seasons, Cycles, and Succession. 38 The Saddest Day. 35 Flatland (Hypotheses 3). 34 Don’t Touch. PGS on 36. Seafood. Fiona Cowie on 36. Seafood.
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16. Old Soul » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 17 Restless →. March 8, 2015. No, their relatives the Nautiluses (who are cephalopods outside the coleoid group) can live for 25 years or so. After a first sketch had been given by an immunologist, Sir Peter Medawar. In the 1940s. Though the theory has precise and formal versions, the main ideas are simple. They also, as far as I can see, have particularly good application to cephalopods. That first idea is the one usually attributed to Medawar. Here is the piece added.
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21. Hypotheses About the Metazoa – 1 » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 22 Hypotheses about the Metazoa – 2 →. 21 Hypotheses About the Metazoa 1. June 7, 2015. The photograph above was taken by David Liittschwager. For a project with National Geographic. Years ago it was also published in the Guardian. Newspaper, where I saw it while staying for some months in Manchester, England, far from the ocean. Germany, at Gáspár Jékely’s lab. Which I wrote about in November, and the other in March, in London at the Royal Society. Like one. A present...
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Nudibranchs » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 40 Orchids of the Sea. August 6, 2016. This post was put together for its title, a phrase that was the immediate reaction of Dave Pye, an orchid keeper, when I showed him some nudibranch photos a few weeks ago. The post features a couple of particularly orchidean … Continue reading →. 40 Orchids of the Sea. 39 Seasons, Cycles, and Succession. 38 The Saddest Day. 35 Flatland (Hypotheses 3). 34 Don’t Touch. PGS on 36. Seafood. Fiona Cowie on 36. Seafood.
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Natural History and Philosophy. 28 Further Fijian Nudibranchs. November 5, 2015. This is a photographic post to complete my catalogue of nudibranchs, and similar animals, seen in the waters of Fiji a few months ago. Above is a pair of Chromodoris lochi, a repeat species from the earlier post, but irresistible. All … Continue reading →. 40 Orchids of the Sea. 39 Seasons, Cycles, and Succession. 38 The Saddest Day. 35 Flatland (Hypotheses 3). 34 Don’t Touch. PGS on 36. Seafood. PGS on 36. Seafood.
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23. Cephalopod Color Update » Metazoan
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Natural History and Philosophy. 22 Hypotheses about the Metazoa – 2. 24 Some Fijian Nudibranchs (and a Platyhelminth) →. 23 Cephalopod Color Update. July 10, 2015. This post is a break from the series. Reflecting on the early history of animals. It catches up on some cephalopods, where change has been afoot in the area of color. A few weeks ago I published a review. In the journal Animal Behavior. Of a new book, Cephalopod Cognition. I included in the review to illustrate some close matches. The unca...
