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What is sleep fish (and how do I use it)?
Sleep fish is a blog about anything ocean related! My name’s Chloe (aka the sleep fish), an undergraduate mechanical engineering student. I’ve loved sea creatures and the ocean since childhood, so I figured I’d share some resources and answers to interesting marine questions I’ve collected over time. It’s for anyone beginning their journey into the
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What causes tides + what is the Bermuda Triangle? (Q&A post to answer questions from Splash).
I wrote this post because I wanted to be able to give a better answer to the two of you who asked me these questions respectively! I did some research and found a few things. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and to a much lesser extent, the sun. They’re actually
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What are rogue waves, and where do they come from?
Rogue waves are massive “freak” waves that quickly form and disappear in the middle of the ocean (an important distinction from tsunamis) seemingly without warning. They form due to constructive interference between smaller waves, meaning that the energy transported by smaller waves colliding “adds” together to form a larger wave. As such, they form more
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The peculiar garden eel (and how they stay in the seabed)
Happy New Year! I visited the Shedd Aquarium with some friends for the first time in years, and I was, as expected, absolutely exuberant. I discovered these fascinating little guys in the Wild Reef area. Some brief investigation showed that they sway around with the current while staying anchored to the seabed and eat plankton.
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
You’ve probably seen this before. You might even have a shirt featuring it (like I do). This is a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hokusai, and although it was originally thought to depict a tsunami, it’s now thought to depict a rogue wave. Sleep fish, what on earth is a rogue wave?? The short answer:
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The handfish, one of the rarest fishes in the world.
Pictured is the red handfish, arguably both the world’s rarest fish and the least terrifying member of the anglerfish order; complete with a fluffy pink bobble to prove it! Handfishes use their hand-like pectoral fins to “walk” around sea and river beds as a benthic, or floor-dwelling, fish. Amusing video of handfish “walking” here. This
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Starting my homegrown, mini wave tank.
So, yesterday I began seriously planning out a mini wave tank I’d like to build for an educational crash course. Wave tanks at museums are super cool, and as a tiny kid I always liked playing with the interactive water exhibits at children’s museums so I finally decided to make one myself. I don’t know
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