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    What Is The Weirdest Sea Creature You’ve Ever Found? While paddle boarding with friends after work, I looked down and saw a silhouette on the ocean floor that I had never seen before. I am a paddleboard instructor and eco-tour guide, so I am familiar with the sea life in my local waterways. This could be something that I’ve never found or seen before and I began to get super excited. I stopped paddling immediately. My friends were now a bit ahead of me as I

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    While paddle boarding with friends after work, I looked down and saw a silhouette on the ocean floor that I had never seen before. I am a paddle board instructor and eco-tour guide, so I am familiar with the sea life in my local waterways. This could be something that I’ve never found or seen before, and I began to get super excited. I stopped paddling immediately. My friends were now a bit ahead of me as I continued to stare down, but curiosity got the best of me. We were at Stump Pass Beach State

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    Bibliography “FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Thresher Shark.” FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Thresher Shark. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. “National Geographic: Images Of Animals, Nature, and Cultures.” National Geographic: Images of Animals, Nature, and Cultures. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. “THRESHER SHARKS KILL PREY

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    consuming prey with ease, the skate has its mouth on its underside and it can eat prey that is hiding in the sand below it. Quickly swimming away from predators or to attack prey, the skate also has tiny teeth-like structures on its skin. The FLMNH Ichthyology Department reports, “The skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles. These scales point towards the tail and help to reduce friction from surrounding

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    weekend inspired me. I had found my intellectual curiosity, so I asked my parents to enroll me in the Institute’s academic summer camp the following year. I have returned to the island each year since. Although many classes, such as Invertebrates, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, were strictly academic, they were almost as exciting to me as the outdoor training. We constructed artificial reefs and sank

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    Marine Biologists Marine Biologists can choose to specialize in … Ichthyology (the study of fishes) Phycology (the study of algae) Invertebrate Zoology (the study of animals without a backbone ) Marine Mammalogy (the study of marine mammals) Fishery Biology ( the study of fishing ) Marine Biotechnology ( the study of using microorganisms to improve the productivity of plants or algae) Marine Microbiology (the study of microorganisms in the sea ) Marine Ecology. ( the study of the creatures habitats

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    Limnologists look over the affects of peoples activity, weather, and other points on the current and future health of waterways. They conduct tests like water sampling, analysis, and monitoring to determine if pollution from manufacturing, farming, or recreational activities have hurt the health of an area. Limnologists may work with colleagues from other sciences and earth sciences fields, including geologists, meteorologists, and zoologists. Limnologists collect samples of water, plants, insect

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    Hi im Cyrus Bryington and i’m here to tell you about the job that i want when i'm a little older. My job is at Koi to the world and that involves ichthyology which is the study of fish. But this Job is a online website that sells koi and they are really pretty fish. I feel that this career is good for me because for my whole life i have loved weird animals and fish. when I was like 10 this company came to the area and at that time they bought the shop that my dad worked at and he knew i loved fish

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    Those fields can study virtually anything, including animals, plants, evolution, medicine, and marine life, to name a few. The areas of biology that study animals have numerous diverse specialties, including entomology (the study of insects), ichthyology (the study of fish), veterinary science (the study of animal

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    English is important, too, because one of the most important activities of a marine biologist is writing scientific papers and getting them published. Courses in the aquatic sciences such as fishery biology, ichthyology, and oceanography are also important, as well as courses in your discipline of interest (for instance, ethology if you are interested in animal behavior). Courses in the social sciences are also recommended for occupations that deal mainly with

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