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‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive
An orca called Wikie who learned to mimic human speech could teach us a lot about killer whale culture – but that’s no reason to keep orcas in captivity
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How a tiny shrimp fires a savage shock wave using just its claw
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Seal pups get separated from their mums by icebreaker ships
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Hundreds of Japanese species floated to the US on tsunami debris
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Banning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation
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Alligators versus sharks: Who wins this ultimate showdown?
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Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker
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There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad
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Five mythical animals that turned out to be real
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Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots
Trout, dolphins and killer whales swim in remarkably similar ways – and a model of how they use little energy to do so may help design better aquatic robots
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Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea
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Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good
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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany
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Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms
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