1. Mantis Shrimp Video

    June 22, 2010 by Robert

    A great video from TED2004 conference. Biologist Sheila Patek has studied the strike of mantis shrimp through footage captured at 20,000 frames per second. For more information, take a look at Sheila Patek’s profile on Ted talks.

    Peacock mantis shrimp

    Peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) Photo by Waldo Nell

    If you enjoy the video, you may also be interested in Patek’s publications based on her research with the peacock mantis shrimp:

    Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the

    peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus

    Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp’s strike

     

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  2. Coral Propagation Videos

    June 15, 2010 by Robert

    Eric Borneman at Seven Seas Aquatics

    Eric Borneman on Coral Fragging: A 70 minute demonstration of the different techniques that can be used for fragging stony and soft corals.

    Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation (GARF)

    GARF has some great information about coral propagation on their website. In particular, they have a number of short fragging ‘how to’ videos:

    Xenia Propagation, Sarcophyton Propagation, Capnella Propagation, SPS Propagation

    Youtube

    There are some great coral propagation videos to be found on Youtube, here are just a few that I like:

    Sarcophyton propagation

    Acropora propagation

    Easily fragging and mounting Zoanthids and Palythoas

    Fragging and mounting an Acropora with coral shears

    Xenia coral fragging

    Coral maternity in Portugal

    Coral propagation system

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