Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Ocean Inspiration: Tool use by the orange-dotted tuskfish

A fascinating observation of tool use in fish by Giacomo Bernardi, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A clever wrasse, the orange-dotted tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago) excavates a clam and then searches for a suitable rock to crack it open!


The original article and electronic supplementary material is at Coral Reefs.
Reported on by Science Daily.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Ocean Inspiration: Pacific barreleye

As we discuss during our class, the diversity of fishes is amazing. See this photo gallery and video of the curious barreleye at the National Geographic website.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011