Your pic of the sharks teeth/ray plates etc sent me back to family vacations to a group of rustic cabins on a cliff overlooking Chesapeake Bay. We kids spent countless hours finding sharks teeth and other fossils. Calvert Marine Museum was a short drive and we would study their exhibits and compare them what we found that week. Thanks for reminding me of happy times, Amie!
I'm a big fan of animal research and I didn't know about your newsletter. Having discovered it was a wonderful surprise!
Apart from the fact that I was captured by the intro '...those who call it (the ocean) home', but I can't wait to read the issues already published and discover the new ones. I imagine you have already written a lot on the topic, but there is great fervor regarding the developments in research on octopuses and their cognitive abilities. One of the books that captured me 'Other Minds' by Peter Godfrey-Smith.
Such kind words Riccardo, thank you. I actually have Other Minds on my bookshelf but have yet to read it! I often focus on cetaceans but there’s so much to say about octopuses too, I need to delve deeper!
I had no idea sharks had been around so long! To be able to withstand multiple extreme extinctions is super impressive. They have something figured out when it comes to continuing genetic lineage...
The fearsome creatures’ genealogy explained in a way that almost makes me want to go for a swim (not!). Though it might sound heartless, I’m not greatly sympathetic when I hear about shark bites on swimmers…we’re going into their habitat after all and look a bit like seals.
Your pic of the sharks teeth/ray plates etc sent me back to family vacations to a group of rustic cabins on a cliff overlooking Chesapeake Bay. We kids spent countless hours finding sharks teeth and other fossils. Calvert Marine Museum was a short drive and we would study their exhibits and compare them what we found that week. Thanks for reminding me of happy times, Amie!
That sounds amazing, I don't think I've ever seen one! Glad I could spark a happy memory.
I'm a big fan of animal research and I didn't know about your newsletter. Having discovered it was a wonderful surprise!
Apart from the fact that I was captured by the intro '...those who call it (the ocean) home', but I can't wait to read the issues already published and discover the new ones. I imagine you have already written a lot on the topic, but there is great fervor regarding the developments in research on octopuses and their cognitive abilities. One of the books that captured me 'Other Minds' by Peter Godfrey-Smith.
Such kind words Riccardo, thank you. I actually have Other Minds on my bookshelf but have yet to read it! I often focus on cetaceans but there’s so much to say about octopuses too, I need to delve deeper!
I had no idea sharks had been around so long! To be able to withstand multiple extreme extinctions is super impressive. They have something figured out when it comes to continuing genetic lineage...
A lot of luck and savvy adaptation it seems.
The fearsome creatures’ genealogy explained in a way that almost makes me want to go for a swim (not!). Though it might sound heartless, I’m not greatly sympathetic when I hear about shark bites on swimmers…we’re going into their habitat after all and look a bit like seals.
I feel the same way. And we harm a lot more of them than they do us.