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Lying Snakes
  lying snakes  
 
(10-09-09) Danish and Swedish scientists have just published a study that shows how the sea snakes of the Indian and Pacific oceans lie their predators by confusing them with their physical appearance. >>
   
 
Text: Mark Montoya
   
   
 
 
 
 
Cormorant
  the CORMORaNt diver  
 
(15-07-09) This is an aquatic bird with a very special skill: its ability to dive. It has been demonstrated that the cormorant can go to almost 50 meters deep down, stay under the surface for 45 seconds and enter the water more than at 50 kilometres per hour. >>
   
 
Text: Guadalupe Romero. With informatio from SEO Birdlife,
Vigo University, National Parks, UICN.
 
 
 
 
Sea Horse
  SEA HORSE IN AROUSA ISLAND  
 
(02-07-09) This is a pioneer experience in the world conducted by scientists from CSIC: a study of the feasibility of the sea horse born in a test tube in a natural environment. The first ten sea horses, marked for follow-up, live in the waters of the Ría de Arousa. >>
   
 
Text: Juan Diego M. Alcaraz
Photo: M. Planas / Proyecto Hippocampus
 
 
 
 
Whale
  MORE PRESSURE TO THE WHALES  
 
(26-06-09) The meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has not bear many fruits, in fact, it has been extremely difficult to  stop many countries that want to increase their whale catch. The resumption of commercial whaling on a large scale is a latent risk. >>
   
 
Text: Guadalupe Romero
   
 
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