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Coral Bleaching Increases Chances of Coral Disease

Here's an interesting article about coral bleaching that mentions the Florida Keys. Continue

Added by Casi Paolillo on October 3, 2009 at 10:25am — 1 Comment

The End of The Line

The problem According to… Continue

Added by Sean Nash on October 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Bite Your Tongue, It'll Bite Back (If you're a fish)

I stumbled upon this today while browsing the good ol' intertubes. Apparently, there's a parasitic isopod out there that's burrowing into fish, eating their tongues, and replacing the tongues with themselves. After doing a little more research, I found that the parasites don't actually eat the tongue. The creature latches on to the fish-tongue's base and leeches blood from it. As the creature grows, less blood makes is able to enter the tongue, and the tongue atrophies. The isopod then takes th… Continue

Added by Mike Westfall on September 12, 2009 at 2:32pm — 3 Comments

Unique, Luminous, Alive specks

At first, the Enchaned Braid is a little hard to read. And, I think that is because I'm used to reading all of this information in a text book. In chapters 1 and 2, it was hard for me to understand because my mind wasnt really comprehending what it was that i was reading. I really liked how Osha used real-life examples to explain something scientific. "In a given marriage, one individual may reap all the benefits--while the other one just suffers through." (pg 17). This was to understand a par… Continue

Added by Jessica Foster on September 2, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Zoophytelite

"The Enchanted Braid" contained a swarm of refreshing and informative surprises that left me snatching off sticky notes to scribble my questions and comments. It seemed to be written over a boring subject that held very little interest to me. But chapter one appeared determined to persuade me otherwise. And by the time I finished chapter four, I had been convinced of the importance of learning about coral reefs which are, essentially, a way for humans to view ourselves – and the destructive forc… Continue

Added by Abby Lucas on August 24, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

A New Beginning

Chapter 1- The first two pages really were interesting and informative, but after that my view of this changed..I learned a few facts that I didn't know such as, "The deepest valleys on dry land become trifling nicks on the ocean floor." (4) this is basically telling me that there is no place on dry land that goes deep enough as the ocean does. Call me dumb, but I had no clue the ocean was so deep, my brain only thought the ocean went about a mile down not multiple miles down! One part that mad… Continue

Added by Kody Streib on August 24, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Were Not in Bikini Bottom Anymore.

Ok, so I have to say this is my first time blogging. ;X I’m not sure if you guys know, but I’m a procrastinator, so I waited until the 18th to read the book. Whoops, but hey it’s done right? Anyways, back to the book. I REALLY had intentions of reading it a month ago but never got around to opening it. But when I finally did open it about a week ago, I started reading & totally got lost in other thoughts. Being really honest I was intimidated by this book, just from reading the pre face/ fi… Continue

Added by Carsen Berry on August 21, 2009 at 4:25pm — 2 Comments

Senior Year...Another Year....

As I begin my senior year at Texas A&M, I have suddenly came to the realization I soon will be an adult. I have to enter the real world soon, but do I? I'm starting to look into graduate school dealing with Marine Sciences or Marine Mammal research. I have many options in my mind and not too sure what to do. I create this blog post to congratulate the new marine biology class and hope for many memories to come the next year for each and every one of you. Through the class I came to realize… Continue

Added by Colt Snapp on August 20, 2009 at 8:50pm — No Comments

Lost at Sea

As I read the book "The Enchanted Braid," I could hear the passion that Mr. Davidson shares for the coral reefs. He explains the corals vividly with many details. He has connected with the reefs and the animals in them, as I hope we do when we visit them. It's obvious that Mr. Davidson is entranced by there beauty, and upset when they are destroyed. In the book, chapter "Animals, Plants, Vegetable" deeply perplexed me. How can something not be classified in one group? Sure, it fits characterist… Continue

Added by Corvette Way on August 18, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

The Enraptured Weaving

I don’t want you to think that all I’m going to do is complain, but one thing I have to say is that as I read this, I couldn’t help but space off. It was full of thousands of facts that just bore me out of my mind at points. To me, this seemed strange, because I’m the kind of person who loves to learn things. The more I learn, the more intrigued I get, or at least that’s how it normally is. Maybe, it’s that I really have no connection to this book yet, other than the fact that I am in a Marine… Continue

Added by Brett Gilpin on August 16, 2009 at 5:00pm — 8 Comments

"...reef: awe." :)

I found the first four chapters of “The Enchanted Braid” to be very interesting and informative. I enjoyed reading about the history and nature of the coral reef. Darwin’s adventures sucked me in and made me wonder. When Darwin described how he found sea creatures on the mountainside in the Andes I was intrigued. ‘“[A]t the height of a few hundred feet old-looking shells are numerous,” he wrote, “and I found some at 1300 feet.”’ (26) I was somewhat confused after reading this so I pulled out my… Continue

Added by Casi Paolillo on August 16, 2009 at 12:00am — 9 Comments

"Information Overload"

Okay, well this is my first time blogging...so here it goes. I actually learned quite a bit from these first four chapters. I took zoology this past year and learned a lot. But this book went way deeper into coral. I honestly had a hard time focusing on some parts of the book. My attention span isn’t really that short but, wow, I would get into a part and it seemed like it jumped when the book realized I realized what was going on. I originally skipped over the preface. I mean who seriously ev… Continue

Added by Lauren King on August 14, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

The Intriguing Coral Reef

The first four chapters of The Enchanted Braid have led me very interested in the coral reef. I think that it is amazing how things so small and so big live in the habitat. I think that it is really amazing how Osha Gray Davidson, author of The Enchanted Braid, has been to the coral reef in the florida keys. im wondering if we are going to the same spot he did? that would be cool. I also think its cool how in chapter 4, pg 45, he said, "In practice, each of us gnawed away ineffectually at the co… Continue

Added by andrew nordbye on July 28, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

More Information About Darwin

Through out the book The Enchanted Braid, Osha tells about how three botanist's are connected. Two main men named Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin, worked together in order to prove Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection. As a christian I don't carre for this theory what so ever, yet as someone who is interested in History and Science I have a little schema towards Darwins and the Scoops monkey trials. Through out the first three chapters Osha talked about how Wallace was inves… Continue

Added by Jeremy Tyler Rae Larsen Barber on July 28, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments

Razorfish, Seabass, and Sharks

here is my ppt. for Razorfish (Wrasse), Seabass, and Sharks. i hope you enjoy it!

Razorfish,Bass,Shark PowerPoint

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Added by Jessica Foster on July 2, 2009 at 10:04am — No Comments

Snapper fish and Squirlfish Slideshow

This is my finished slideshow about Snapper fish and Squirlfish I hope you all enjoy and that it can be helpful to you.

Snappers And Squirlfish

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Added by Jeremy Tyler Rae Larsen Barber on July 2, 2009 at 9:50am — No Comments

Slideshow

I just recently finished up my slideshow on my computer and it's pretty beastly . . . no lie, but I just realized upon uploading it to slideshare.net that Slideshare doesn't do any of the click for the next group or timing effects. This is bothering me, because one of the reasons my slide is so beastly is because of a huge timing related thing that took me forever to do. Warning: It's also kind of nerdy, but I like it, thereby making me a nerd. Here's what it's like on Slideshare [Another warni… Continue

Added by Brett Gilpin on June 14, 2009 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Can Anyone Give Me A Hand

my power point assignment where the Snapper fish and the Squirrelfish. for some reason i can not find any pictures of the Lane Snapper at all. I have tried to look on Google and on Yahoo. I am not familiar with twitter or any other picture sites. I am asking for some help about where to look, what web site do you guys suggest? also i thought it would be fun to write my first blog! thank you guys for your help, I wish you good luck on finishing your power points, thank you. Jeremy B Continue

Added by Jeremy Tyler Rae Larsen Barber on June 9, 2009 at 6:40pm — 2 Comments

The Sweet but Bitter Bahamas Trip, Sorta like Butterscotch

The First Days So far the trip started off alright. We had a few plane rides to get here, one to North ~~Caroling~~ Carolina and one to Florida. We stayed in La Quinta Inn in Florida and boarded another small private plane to get to Andros Island. Since the little journey to get where I am now, I’ve made a few friends. Shelby was one of the first new friends I made, and we rode on the first flight together to North ~~Caroling~~ Carolina. For both of us it was our first time flying on a pl… Continue

Added by Chris Puett on June 1, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Congratulations To The 2010 Marine Biology Crew:

*a school of yellowtail snappers below the sailboat, May 2009 Our 2009-2… Continue

Added by Sean Nash on May 31, 2009 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

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