A fascinating article on the sex lives of seahorses in The Guardian today. Above is Jean Painlevé’s brilliant The Seahorse (1934). In this version Painlevé’s enthusiastic scientific-poetic narration is replaced with a soundtrack by Current 93. I prefer the original but still worth watching.
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Pistol Shrimp and Goby Fish Symbiosis
August 3, 2009 – 1:00 pm
This clip from Weird Nature on the BBC has been floating around the internet. It is extraordinary, but what it doesn’t mention is that some species of pistol shrimp live in symbiotic relationships with goby fish. They often share a burrow, which is built and maintained by the shrimp, but guarded by the fish. The [...]
