Weekend Reading August 9

Shark week - now with REAL FACTS (a lot of scientists are unhappy with Discovery's Shark Week this year because of all the bad information and flat out wrong information).

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/06/like-shark-week-but-with-actual-facts/

Did you know that Dolphins have names?  They call out their own name to let others know they're around (probably).  Instead of trying to teach dolphins to speak human languages, scientists are finally started to try and  understand THEIR language.  Here's a study that shows that dolphins remember the names of other dolphins for at least 20  years.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130806-dolphins-memories-animals-science-longest/

Any excuse to use alcohol in the lab - a study that got zebra fish drunk to study anxiety.

http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2013/08/fish-fear-robotic-predators-unless.html

Disturbing view of what happens when a mosquito bites.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/06/heres-what-happens-inside-you-when-a-mosquito-bites/

Excellent editorial on whether crabs and lobsters feel pain and whether the answer to that should influence how we treat them.

http://marine-biology.net/2013/01/18/do-crabs-feel-pain/

Bonus Video:  For our friends at the NSF - your cat video.  Big cats.  Very Big Cats.  Be sure you have your speakers turned on.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/serengeti-lion/index.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20130806ngm-coalintw&utm_campaign=Content/#/coalition