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Giants of the Deep: Mola mola

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My giant buddies: ocean sunfish and the joy of studying them. They idle about at the ocean surface like lazy orbs, occasionally waving at the world without haste. They look like strange dinosaur fish from the deep, yet they are ultra-modern by evolutionary design. It is of course the strangely shaped ocean sunfish, Mola mola, […]

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Jellyfish: Friend or Foe?

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Jellyfish have been in the oceans for 600 million years – they are one of the oldest animal lineages that are still around today. Unfortunately, jellyfish are often seen as pests because of the negative interactions that they have with people. In fact, jellyfish are integral for healthy ecosystems, but they don’t get much credit […]

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Giants of the Deep: Basking Sharks

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Photo: Basking Shark / Chris Train Not that long ago, Basking Sharks, the second largest fish in the world were a common occurrence along the west coast of Vancouver Island. The last time this species was regularly observed on the BC coast was in Clayoquot Sound in the early 1990s. In this presentation Scott will […]

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Rorquals: The Largest Whales on Earth

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Rorquals - what a beautiful word, it rolls around your mouth before unfurling on your tongue. Rorquals - what beautiful creatures, the ethereal giants of the deep. Including the two largest animal species on planet Earth, rorquals are a group of baleen whale species which are characterised by deep ventral grooves that extend from the […]

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Giant Squid: #5 of the Giants of the Deep Speaker Series

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What is a giant squid? Many different species have been referred to by this name, from the "calamar gigante" that Danna studied in Mexico and California to other species alternately known as warty squid, clubhook squid, and colossal squid. Danna will give a tour of the unique features and record-holders of each species, with plenty […]

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Shaun Stewart Capturing the Coast cox bay

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino (via Zoom)

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Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

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Best of both worlds: Moth antenna on a smelling drone

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Nature has developed amazing chemical sensors which greatly surpass man-made sensors in sensitivity and speed. A male Manduca sexta hawkmoth can sense the female's pheromone in concentrations as small as 1 in 10^17 molecules of air! To learn more about and mimic the way moths locate food and mates, I equipped a small palm-sized drone, […]

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