in the aquarium, straight up "looking at it" and by "it". lets just say. the fish.

always some new bullshit in the ocean

Why is it always orcas or dolphins

Why can't a salmon do some bullshit for once

worry not ☝️ they're doing coke

my clione press ons by @reallyhotgirl

What's this? The red-lined bubble snail (Bullina lineata), a marine gastropod. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

i am strange and i look like a peppermint. is that ok .

The alabaster nudibranch, white-lined Dirona, or frosted sea slug (Dirona albolineata)

A little deep-sea sparkle ✨

Bloody-belly comb jellies are ctenophores. Like other comb jellies, they swim by beating rows of tiny, hair-like cilia. The shimmering display in this video isn't bioluminescence—it's light from MBARI's ROV diffracting through those transparent cilia, creating a dazzling rainbow effect.

These twilight zone treasures are found in the North Pacific Ocean and measure about 16 centimeters (six inches) across. At the depths where these comb jellies live, their crimson color appears black, helping them disappear into the darkness. Sometimes the ocean's most spectacular light shows come from animals that are masters of staying hidden.

L O U N G I N G.

Spiny Turtle (Heosemys spinosa), juvenile, family Geoemydidae, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore

ENDANGERED.

photographs by Lasantha Kumara

Drift into the deep with these living fossils. 🌊

Feather stars and sea lilies are part of an ancient group of echinoderms known as crinoids. They are distant relatives of the sea stars and sea urchins that you might find in coastal tide pools. Feather stars cling to sponges, corals, and rocks with claw-like cirri, while stalked sea lilies anchor to the seafloor with a holdfast. 

For a hungry crinoid, the currents deliver dinner. Both feather stars and sea lilies have a crown of finely plumed arms. Those arms and their jointed branches are covered in tiny tube feet that help scuttle food into the central mouth.

MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles have captured the slow, mesmerizing movements of sea lilies swaying in the currents and feather stars paddling to fresh feeding grounds. We’ve spotted a wide variety of different crinoids, but identifying individual species from video alone is often difficult.

These observations are a reminder of the diversity of amazing animals thriving deep underwater. The deep sea is closer than you think. The choices we make in our everyday lives can safeguard the future for deep-sea animals and ecosystems.

is it a squid or a strawberry??? 🍓 🦑

WHAT: Antarctic Giant Jelly (Desmonema glaciale) WHEN: 2025 WHERE: Paradise Bay, Antarctica WHO: annehedlund on iNaturalist

jellyfish babies