Marine Biologist

Marine Biologist

David Aldridge

Southampton, UK

Male, 25

After doing an undergraduate degree in marine biology, I'm now doing a marine biology PhD in the UK at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. I love what I do, but, contrary to popular belief, very few marine biologists actually swim with dolphins or spend their days scuba diving. In my spare time I edit a blog on marine science. Below is a link to a blog post I wrote on why I dread telling people I'm a marine biologist. I recommend that you check it out!

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Last Answer on January 23, 2013

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Could you please help me identify this soft coral might be an anemone. It's the one that has tentacles that grasps onto anything it touches. It does so by using the smaller hair like tentacles off the main ones.

Asked by Samba almost 7 years ago

 

Could you please help me identify this soft coral might be an anemone. It's the one that has tentacles that grasps onto anything it touches. It does so by using the smaller hair like tentacles off the main ones.

Asked by Samba almost 7 years ago

 

I'm a high school student about to graduate and I was looking to go into biology but I'm not really interested in med school . I was wondering what other fields i could go into? What would you recommend? because a lot of people say it's useless :(

Asked by The_Book_N3rd over 9 years ago

 

How does water pollution affect the evolution of marine biology? And what can we do to help prevent water pollution in our daily lives?

Asked by Bubbles400 about 9 years ago

 

Which subjects did you take in high school ? What do you mostly do on a daily basis ? Have you ever gone out diving ? Will I not be able to do marine biology if I don't take physics in high school ?

Asked by Lushe over 7 years ago

 

What is the color of a giant squids iris? How does a giant squids eye compare to a human eye?

Asked by Mike over 10 years ago

 

Can you tell me what this is?
No one seems to know! I have heard fungus or coral?
http://imgur.com/jv9iFxi

Asked by Nadia almost 10 years ago