Surveying the bottom of the ocean turns out to be far from easy. But there was something wonderful about seeing animals we have only read about in old books.
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Maëlle, 7, wants to know why some shells are smooth, while others are corrugated. It turns out that while corrugated shells are strong, smooth shells can move fast.
It’s not easy to tackle a live octopus - so many arms, all those suckers! But some bottlenose dolphins have found a way to defuse and eat these eight-armed sea creatures.
Microfibres and microplastics are a massive problem for marine life. Once ingested, they
severely affect marine animals ability to eat. There’s also concerns about their toxicity.
Prized species such as sea cucumbers are increasingly being poached from Australian waters. But if foreign aid can give fishing crews alternative livelihoods, the problem could ease.
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Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
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Professor Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University
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Senior Marine Ecosystem Services Researcher, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Associate professor in marine biology, Swansea University
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Senior Rearch Fellow in Fisheries Ecology, Southern Cross University
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Director of TropWATER, James Cook University
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Professor, at IMAS and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Marine Biologist, South African National Parks (SANParks); Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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Associate Researcher, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Senior research fellow, University of Wollongong
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University
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Senior Research Scientist - Coastal Restoration, James Cook University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
