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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Accident Bring Homes People Problem Purpose Real Real Problem Sometimes

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I developed my camera system, called the Medusa, jointly with a colleague down in Australia as a method of exploring the ocean unobtrusively. The critical thing was that we didn't use white light, which I believe has been scaring the animals away.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Animals Australia Away Been Believe Camera Colleague Critical Developed Down Exploring Light Method Ocean System Thing Use Which White I Believe

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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Active Attract Attractive Attracts Bait Certain Dead Developed Imitates Just Large Lure Might Optical Other Predators Think Types Use Wanted Way I Think

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Squid don't eat jellyfish, but they eat the things that eat the jellyfish. Jellyfishes put on a lightshow to attract a larger predator. It's caught in the clutches of something like a fish and has no hope for escape unless its lightshow attracts something bigger that will attack their attacker.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Attack Attract Attracts Bigger Caught Clutch Eat Escape Fish Hope Larger Like No Hope Predator Put Something Things Unless Will

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Squid experts have been debating for some time about whether the giant squid is a passive predator that just floats around in the water and waits to bump into something. I was never one to imagine it to be passive.

~Edith Widder

Topics: About Around Been Bump Debating Experts Giant Imagine Just Never Passive Predator Some Something Time Waits Water Whether

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The giant squid has the biggest eyes of any animal on the planet. It's a visual predator.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Animal Any Biggest Eyes Giant Planet Predator Visual

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Now we have new tools for exploring the deep and have to pull together a deep exploration program that takes advantage of them.

~Edith Widder

Topics: Advantage Deep Exploration Exploring New Now Program Pull Takes Them Together Tools

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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