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Red Octopus: The Patchwork Hunter of the Kelp Forest Night
Red octopus dens stitch a kelp reef together: midden maps, den real estate, Jervis Bay octopus cities and the reef's patchwork of night hunters.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Strawberry Anemone: The Cloning Carpet of the Reef
Strawberry anemone Corynactis californica: the cloning corallimorph that carpets kelp forest reefs — how it feeds, clones and spreads.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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East Pacific Red Octopus: The Kelp Forest's Small Strategist
East Pacific red octopus Octopus rubescens: den middens, colour-flash camouflage, egg brooding and night hunting in California's kelp forests.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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Pacific White-Sided Dolphin: The Kelp Coast's Acrobat
Meet the Pacific white-sided dolphin — the torpedo-striped, bow-riding acrobat of North Pacific kelp latitudes, from BC's inshore passages to Monterey Bay.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Pelagic Cormorant: The Slim Diver of the Kelp Line
Learn to identify the pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus), the smallest North Pacific cormorant, and how it hunts small fish along kelp forest edges.
Tom Okafor ·
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Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola): The Ocean's Heaviest Bony Fish
Meet Mola mola, the heaviest bony fish on Earth — a flattened, fin-flapping giant that visits kelp coasts to be cleaned, bask and feed on drifting gelata.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·