#Eelness

[great-and-small]

I was walking on a rather remote beach when I came upon this Whip eel drying up in the sun. These are intertidal eels that can actually handle themselves out of water for a bit, but it’s not normal for them to be fully exposed in direct sunlight like this. The tide was at least six hours from coming in and I felt like this eel was in distress, so I made the decision to dig him out and return to the ocean. His body was too delicate to be simply pulled from the hole without injury, so I got to digging.

This endeavor took about 40 minutes as the eel was quite long and difficult to excavate. Also had to continually refill my temporary eel pond to keep him from drying out entirely while I worked.

If you are an eel aficionado like myself, please enjoy this silly little video of the relocation process set to some jaunty royalty-free disco music.

[clara-scintilla]

Deep ocean creatures

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[baka-unico]

Yes, literally me

I suffer from chronic eelness

It's not like I barely have eels in my mind every fuc*ing days for 3 years

No... But you understand... They are so cute 😳

[sticksandsharks]

mm. heron.

[inquissien]

Eel... with feet...

[marinememes]

Snipe eel is the perfect name for that thing

[arnaerr]

I crocheted a Spirit Eel from Elden Ring

[kkalimarii]

leech parents in their eel forms 🦈🐬

ok i know papa leech is always looking different each time im drawing him, im figuring it out 🙇🏻‍♀️

[tellioari]

even more fishes!! fish party!!!!!!!

[lovesick-joey]

happy holidays!!

[juleyabra]

thank you for all the lovely reactions to my last fish post :‘)

[great-and-small]

Imagine saying your cat kills eels as if that’s just a cute little story when the European eel population has declined by 98% over the past 40 years to the point that they are now critically endangered 😭

Like, how can you care so little for your own remarkable wildlife? Your cat doesn’t know any better; it’s your job not to let them do that kind of thing.

[luchsyy]

some ocean creatures for one of my uni projects. i hope i can share something about the final result when it's finally finished, i'm so excited to see how it will turn out :D polygon lasso tool my beloved

[marigoldendragon]

Floyd being tagged and bagged like a wild animal was not on my bingo card for this event

[loth-creatures]

Loving star wars is a curse and perhaps a mental illness of some kind