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With the professor momentarily pinned down in perth, we thought it would be the ideal moment for him to talk to us all about his local waters, the great australian deep sea.
Did you know that 70% of Australian waters are deeper than 1000m? Now that’s a lot of deep sea! We hear from the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre’s deputy director, Dr Todd Bond about the huge array of marine geographical features and biodiversity in Australia’s waters. Plus, Alan clears up some ongoing Australian-isms that have left him confused.
We also check in with our resident squid expert - Dr Kat Bolstad after the highly anticipated Squidtember comes to a close. Did you vote for your favourite squid, and if so, how did they score? We reckon Alan’s recent videos from the Tonga Trench (that he teased last episode) might’ve had a subtle influence…
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Further resources
NEWS/Articles mentioned
Antibiotics from deep-sea microbes
New remote sensing technology allows for detailed measurements of deep-sea environments
100 million year old microbes found 75 m below the seabed are still alive
Octopoteuthis - Same sex spermatangea implantation
Ceph Ref - Demo site & GoFundMe
‘Puppet’ squid Grimalditeuthis - Article and MBARI video
People mentioned
Kat Bolstad - Head of AUT Squid Squad lab in Aukland, New Zealand
Sarah McAnulty - Squid biologist, science communicator & purveyor of squid facts
Meg Mindlin - Cephalopod biologist, illustrator, photographer & science communicator
Ryan Howard - Cephalopod vision, AUT Squid Squad
Todd Bond - Deep-sea ecologist & Deputy Director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre
Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand
Song of the month
Charlie the Unicorn - In the ocean blue
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Credits
Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
Logo image - The Deep-Sea Podcast
Edited by - Georgia Wells