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According to MarineBio.org "marine biology could have started in 1200 BC when the Phoenicians began ocean voyages." However it wasn't until Aristotle in 384-322 BC made observations and species were identified. Modern day marine biology wasn't started until James Cook mapped unknown waters and described unknown plants and organisms that he saw. Since marine biology is so diverse scientists usually only pick one area such as fishery or rehabilitation or many more. According to What Does a Marine Biologist Do? marine biologists don't handle marine mammals.
In the future I believe that we will be able to go deeper and discover more species of fish. Maybe even discover fish that were once believed to be extinct. Like the prehistoric shark found in Asia that died while trying to observe it, even though they were trying to keep it alive.
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Video of this here Rare sight of ancient shark | Video | Reuters.com.
4 comments:
I thought that it was interesting that Aristotle made some contributions to this field. I hear all the time about what he did for physics, but I never would have thought that he would have done work in marine biology.
I'd have to agree with you casers54, i never knew Aristotle was involved in marine biology. I think it would be really cool and extremely beneficial if you found a cure for cancer in fish or other marine life.
I also did my blog on marine biology and i think it is a very interesting field to study and learn about since so much of life on earth exists in the ocean. I don't know as much about sea animals as i do about land animals, so i think it would be very cool to learn more about that. I also liked how you gave the history and i also thought that it was cool that Aristotle helped with this field.
That's amazing that the waves are as long as a football field. And I found your blog very interesting. Not to sound repetitive or anything, but I found it really interesting that Aristotle made contributions to marine biology.
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