From Iceland — Giant Seaworm Discovered In Icelandic Gaming Company Offices - Reykjavík Grapevine
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| From Iceland — Giant Seaworm Discovered In Icelandic Gaming Company Offices - Reykjavík Grapevine Posted: 09 Mar 2020 07:18 AM PDT   Last week Icelandic gaming company CCP workers were greeted with many people's worst nightmare: the discovery of a metre-long worm-like creature in their office's fish tank. The animal was found by cleaners preparing for the offices' relocation from Reykjavík's Grandi neighbourhood to Groska in Vatnsmýri in April. According to reports made by CCP producer Dan Crone on Twitter, the creature had probably been living undetected in the tank for eight years given that was the most recent introduction of fish into the aquarium.
The worm's species is yet to be officially identified, but suggestions have been made online that it may be a bobbit worm, a type of bristle worm predominantly found in the Atlantic Ocean. These seaworms are carnivorous, catching their prey by stunning them with a toxic injection from their mandibles, which would explain suggestions made by Dan Crone in an interview with Morgunblaðið that fish had been disappearing from the tank for some years. Questions remain about the future for this unusual guest, but contrary to claims made on twitter the creature has not been let loose in the CCP offices. You can join the ongoing contest to name the creature by replying to the tweet linked above.
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| Loggerhead Turtle Travels 23,000 Miles from South Africa to Australia - Soundings Magazine Posted: 09 Mar 2020 09:39 AM PDT  Angell Williams / Flickr Yoshi the loggerhead turtle lived in captivity at Cape Town's Two Oceans Aquarium for 20 years, first brought to the facility after the crew on a Japanese fishing boat found her with a damaged shell. She captured the hearts of the aquarium staff and visitors, and they were able to learn more about turtle rehabilitation from their long-term resident, successfully rehabilitating and releasing more than 600 turtles in the past twelve years. Eventually, the aquarium began to wonder if Yoshi could be reintroduced to the wild. In December 2017, the aquarium did just that, but not before putting Yoshi through a strict exercise program to prepare her for ocean travel. The staff trained her to feed on a target so she could swim 20-meter lengths in her tank. Two divers would stand in the exhibit, one at either end, and encourage her to chase a target back and forth. Her training regime continued for 18 months before she was ready for release. Yoshi was outfitted with a satellite tag and released 30 nautical miles off Cape Town. The team had no idea where she would travel, as her origin was unknown, but they followed her journey closely. Yoshi then embarked on an expansive journey that surprised everyone. She spent her first year traveling up the west coast of Africa to Angola and then returning to the Cape Town area. Afterwards, she crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in Australia. She is currently off the coast of Pilbara in Western Australia, where researchers hope to catch her and fit her with a new satellite tag. She appears to be foraging, and researchers expect she may nest next year. In total, the 400-pound turtle has logged close to 23,000 miles. Her journey is believed to be the first recorded movement of a sea turtle between Africa and Australia, and researchers think she may have returned to her original hatching site. Read more about this incredible sea turtle's voyage here. |
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