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Remoras attach and reattach themselves to the sharks. They’re not parasites — the remoras count on the sharks’ sloppy eating habits and dine on scraps of fish the sharks miss.
The thermohaline circulation is the term for the global density-driven circulation of the oceans. Term is derived from thermo (heat) and haline (salt), which together determine the density of sea water.
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Electrical fields can also play a part in communication; and most aquatic creatures can also detect movement; this includes both plants and fishes (see Xray-mag.com #10 for
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So, when we were on Bonaire a few years ago on Father’s Day and my daughter, Stacy, gave me a T-shirt that read, “I’ve got nitrogen narcosis. What’s your excuse?” I was not quite sure how to take the message.
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It is now time to report back that your support has made a real difference. But the fight is not quite over yet...
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When were you first attracted to the ocean?
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"The discipline that I acquired from being under fire, having to cope with being put into strange situations, and understanding how to prepare for it, makes me feel a lot more comfortable underwater with any subject.
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After a two-hour car ride and an hour boat travel, I finally reached my destination—Cabilao, an island paradise located near Cebu, Philippines.Before coming here, I had read exciting accounts about Cabilao Island, particularly about the stargazers
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Our guide spoke their language and understood their ways as he coached the leader we selected on what to say and do.
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There is one important common factor in the examples of marine life given above. They all have their prime existence in the water, i.e. at least partially below the surface.
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The wreck was protected by the law 1999 because of its historical value, and as such prohibited to dive on. After reading about other efforts to create a historical wreck park for divers in Sweden, the group became interested in doing the same. The process of applying for the wreck park includes carefully documenting the condition of the wreck. They worked for one and a half years to get the permit to do the dives as research for the park, and got it.
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