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I was hoping they were gonna say something about all the deaths of corals too. When I was there, there was a decent amount of fungia etc that was receding.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000...390043190.html ...

Yesterday (2/24/10) a news report came out that a trainer was killed by a killer whale named "Tilikum" in Sea World - Florida.



In today's news, park authorities are stating that they won't isolate the 12,000lb orca from the rest of his pod.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/02...er-killed.html

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SHOPPERS fled in terror today after a giant aquarium filled with 400 SHARKS and stingrays cracked and began gushing torrents of water.

Horrified holidaymakers were among those left fearing that they were about to be engulfed by 10MILLION gallons of water — holding 33,000 sea creatures.

Dramatic video captured people fleeing the Dubai Mall as water poured on to the floor.
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A preview of the Census of Marine Life has revealed that the project has discovered over 5,000 new species.




These include bizarre and colourful creatures, as well as many organisms that produce therapeutic chemicals.

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Extraordinary footage of a rarely seen giant deep sea fish has been captured by scientists.
Using a remotely operated vehicle, they caught a rare glimpse of the huge oarfish, perhaps the first sighting of the fish in its natural setting.
The oarfish, which can reach 17m long, has previously only been seen on a few occasions dying at the sea surface, or dead washed ashore.
The scientists also filmed for the first time the behaviour of a manefish.

Mark Benfield from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, US was undertaking ...

Several Hawaii residents, environmentalists and commercial tropical fish collectors are outraged over the dumping of 610 fish, discovered this past weekend in a trash bin at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor.

Read More: http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/artic...al/local01.txt

I wonder why these guys got dumped. I think it was probably an exporter's tank crash at some facility personally. But still, to see all those lovely tang laid out on the ground like this. Makes me sad. ...