Posts Tagged more fish please

Robot Envy: Fish-bot!

Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, Robots, The Future on March 30, 2009

From the depths of the human mind and the blog of Oddbill comes robot fish. Geniuses at the Human Centred Robotics Group at Essex have developed robots that mimic fish undulations for movement.
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Manila Bay Dolphins, “Where are Our Damn Fish?!”

Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, World on February 10, 2009

Sweet, Mother of Zeus… the dolphins, THEY KNOW!

Authorities in the Philippines were trying to drive back to sea a pod of about 200 dolphins that had swarmed to shallow waters in Manila Bay on Tuesday morning.

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“This is the first time as far as I can remember that so many dolphins are inside Manila Bay and acting so erratically,” said Malcolm Sarmiento, director of the Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

In the end, authorities think the dolphins were reacting to a sea quake or were following a sick or wounded leader.

But it has me wondering, what if they learned of the slaughter of their brethren?

(via cnn)

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