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Tentacular Spectacular! Squid and Octopus (opens the original)
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Sustainable Seafood #33Snorkeling through the crystal-clear Caribbean water I could see the brilliant colors of corals below me. A motion about ten feet ahead of me caught my eye. Barracuda? I wondered and hoped not. Focusing carefully into the distance, I discerned a school of several dozen squid hovering inches below the surface. As I swam toward them curiously, they backed away from me warily. Inadvertently, my fin smacked the water, and suddenly the squid were gone, turned invisible by the c
Our Year as Gaijin #6: Choosy Crabs and Flying Fish (Koi Nobori) (opens the original)
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E@L Episode #26-11April 1996 Since arriving in Nemuro, Japan, on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, in January 1996 with my wife and six-year-old daughter, I had been working with Dr. Jiro Kittaka to improve methods for cultivating king crabs. The first three months were spent testing the survival of larvae on different diets. Race to the BottomNow that we knew how to keep the larval and postlarvaral (glaucothoe) stages alive to the first crab stage (C1), I wanted to conduct a different set of experim
Shipwrecks, Treasure, Ponies and Paddleboards (opens the original)
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E@L Episode #26-10In August 1750, a Spanish treasure fleet of seven ships left Havana, Cuba, bound for Spain. The fleet carried millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver, along with tobacco, mahogany, and cochineal (the source of carmine dye). They also carried several dozen prisoners from England, Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands.Near Cape Hatteras, the fleet encountered a terrific hurricane that raged for over a week. Three ships found shelter but two were lost with all hands. The fl
Uni, Umami, and Horse Turds - All about Sea Urchins (opens the original)
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Sustainable Seafood #32On first look, you might wonder how anybody could eat a sea urchin. Looking like an underwater pin cushion, it appears to be little more than a hard round shell covered with long, sharp spines that can inflict nasty wounds if touched. But inside is a mass of eggs that are considered one of the most delicious seafoods.If you’ve ever been to a sushi bar, you have probably seen it. An orangey, sticky looking mass of little round eggs with a slightly slimy sheen. Sea urchin ro
Of Sand Castles and Sand Crabs (opens the original)
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E@L Episode #26-09In July, I spent a week on the outer banks of North Carolina with my family. We have been going to the same beach, in Pine Knoll Shores, since I was about four years old. I missed a few (actually, many) years when I was living in Alaska, but now that I’m on the east coast, I go there annually to meet up with my sister (from California) in neutral territory. There, our only agenda is beach, sun, waves, communal dinners, family stories, and many bottles of wine. Our parents visit
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