Category Archives: video

Shark Week 2012 Preview

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Chuck

It’s getting to be that time of year again.  Shark Week, the seven-day Super Bowl for shark nerds and casual viewers alike, is celebrating its 25th year this summer.  This year it runs a little later than usual (probably to … Continue reading →

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Happy Fishmas to All

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Chuck

Whatever your flavor of yuletide cheer, have yourself a quality Christmas Eve.  Here’s that most secular of winter holiday icons giving the gift of tasty fish to sand tiger sharks in Auckland, NZ.

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Post-Halloween Horror: Hagfish Slime

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Chuck

Hagfish are awesomely disgusting creatures.  My first personal encounter was seeing their handiwork (and then seeing the fish themselves) while gillnetting off of Massachusetts.  The sheer amount of slime produced by these little monsters has long been thought to function … Continue reading →

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Apologies All Around

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Chuck

Apologies for the incredibly slowed pace of posting here.  Between travel, moving into a new apartment, and an academic week from hell I’ve been sadly neglecting Ya Like Dags? for a couple weeks.  I’m coming out of the busy times … Continue reading →

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More on Squalamine

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Chuck

Tip o’ the hat to The Dorsal Fin for finding and posting video of Dr. Zasloff, lead author on the recent study showing how dogfish liver oil can fight viruses, explaining how this whole process works.  It works a little … Continue reading →

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Eventful Day

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Chuck

Today was my first day of classes as I embark on my journey to PhDdom (while finishing off my Masters thesis… yeesh…) but that was far from the most exciting thing that happened today.  North Carolina is likely about to … Continue reading →

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Breaking Down Shark Week 2011

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Chuck

As you may have noticed, a little thing called Shark Week was on TV this week.  It’s long been something of a Super Bowl for shark fans, and has more recently become a pop culture phenomenon.  It can be said … Continue reading →

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Happy Shark Week

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Chuck

Love it or hate it, Shark Week is in its 24th year and starts tonight.  I’ve been watching since I was a small child, and though some seasons have certainly been better than others, this year’s line-up is looking good, … Continue reading →

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Groupers and Sand Tigers, Oh My

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Chuck

Apologies for the lack of action here lately.  I’ve been out of town on a much-needed vacation and am gearing up for some summer field work that starts, oh, next week.  I’ll be trying to put up a more substantial … Continue reading →

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Orcas Spotted off Oregon Inlet

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chuck

And you thought dogfish stealing your catch was bad…  Recently a group of fishermen looking for bluefin tuna off of Oregon Inlet here in North Carolina’s very own Outer Banks had quite the show as a pod of orcas appeared … Continue reading →

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