#Risso's

[montereybayaquarium]

Smooth moves and all the groves!

🐬 Risso’s dolphins bear scars on their bodies from toothy social interactions with their own kind, and from the beaks and tentacles of their preferred prey, squid.  

💙 We’re lucky to spot these majestic marine mammals right in our backyard—the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.

🌊 Together we can protect their habitat by supporting measures to keep our ocean safe and healthy.

[spaceshiprocket]

Batman by Eduardo Risso

[barghest-land]

6: temnodontosaurus

[swdefcult]

judge anderson by eduardo risso

[namu-the-orca]

Trick or treat!!

Treat! Thanks for being the first to come into my inbox for this event :D I wanted to make a ceta doodle and for inspiration chose a random photo from my large reference collection. It turned out to be a picture of a Risso's dolphin who'd lost part of their dorsal fin to a killer whale. It's a photo that has always intrigued me - as do others of a similar nature. What luck they had to escape with their life. And I wonder if they ever think back to that moment? That haunting feeling was something I wanted to capture. It turned into a biiiittt more than just a quick doodle lol but I really love the end result.

The one who got away

Her teeth marked my fin And took a part away A small offer for my life She haunts me anyway

[comiced]

Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #1 (2024)

Jeph Loeb | Eduardo Risso

[crisisofinfinitemultiverses]

Apocalypse Now (1979) Poster by Eduardo Risso

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Batman - The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween (2024-2025) #1 art by Eduardo Risso

[inatungulates]

Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus

Observed by gandalf013, CC BY-NC

[ungoliantschilde]

paintings by Eduardo Risso.

[respect-the-locals]

🐬 Daily Cetacean Fact: 🐬

Risso's Dolphin: Risso's dolphins have a stratified social organisation. These dolphins typically travel in groups of between 10 and 51, but can sometimes form "super-pods" reaching up to a few thousand individuals. Smaller, stable subgroups exist within larger groups. These groups tend to be similar in age or sex. Long-term bonds are seen to correlate with adult males. Younger individuals experience less fidelity and can leave and join groups. Mothers show a high fidelity towards a group of mother and calves, but it is unclear whether or not these females stay together after their calves leave or remain in their natal pods.

[artverso]

Eduardo Risso - Wonder Woman

[spaceshiprocket]

Batman by Eduardo Risso

[curtvilescomic]

Blade runner by Eduardo Risso 

[cainhowlett]

The final scanned image to a project that spanned more than a year in the making. The end feels happy and sad, but also freeing to return to a backlog of other ideas.

The seal with the spots is based on one I swim with up here, a nod.

[dance-world]

Andrea Risso - photo by Matthew Brookes in his book Expression of Freedom