Classification

“Mine is the first step and therefore a small one…” Aristotle

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Cetaceans

Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee… Moby Dick, Herman Melville

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Pinnipeds

Ever wonder why Navy Seals are called “Seals”?

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Marine Mammals and the New Arctic

“For the times they are a-changing”

Bob Dylan

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Marine Mammal Diving Adaptations

Satellite tags are telling us some amazing stories about marine mammal diving behavior.

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Seabirds

At length did cross an Albatross,?Thorough the fog it came…The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coolridge

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Marine Reptiles

You never met someone so loyal as a sea turtle female is to her beach…

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Non-Bony Fish

The hunters have become the hunted, sharks and their kin are in serious trouble…

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Bony Fish

I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it… W.C. Fields

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Fishing

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming… John Steinbeck

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Marine Invertebrates

What they lack in backbone they make up for in beauty and curiosity…

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Plankton

All of marine biology begins with plankton…

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