#Sea Creature of the Week

[marinelifecatalogue]

Giant Isopods

Name: Giant Isopod

Scientific Name: Bathynomus giganteus

Family: Cirolanidae

Location: They're found in most oceans at around 170-2100 m deep!

Status: Not Endangered!!

Fun Facts:

• They have limbs for swimming and respiration called pleopods.

• Giant Isopods are the largest type of isopods, hence their name!

• When in a protected environment, they have been known to live up to 4 years without any food!

Sources: 🌊 / 🌊 / 🌊

[journey-to-the-attic]

one thing about ik is that she will always reach out

[clown-around-and-find-out]

looking at this image everyday and reading it like it's an affirmation

[foxsnails]

I'm moving into a flat with my partner soon so I'm gonna need to close my shop during that process! After this shop closure I'll be doing a big reshuffle of my stock so this is your last chance to get a lot of these designs!

I've got a lot on sale, plus 20% discount code to offload some stock and help me afford the move (boosts are super helpful rn!)

Use code LETSMOVE to get 20% off your whole order until August 1st!

-> Shop linked here! <-

[reasonsforhope]

"The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought. By using satellite images, machine learning and on-ground knowledge from a global network of people living and working on coral reefs, we found an extra 64,000 square kilometers of coral reefs — an area the size of Ireland.

That brings the total size of the planet’s shallow reefs (meaning 0-20 meters deep) to 348,000 square kilometers — the size of Germany. This figure represents whole coral reef ecosystems, ranging from sandy-bottomed lagoons with a little coral, to coral rubble flats, to living walls of coral.

Within this 348,000 km² of coral is 80,000 km² where there’s a hard bottom — rocks rather than sand. These areas are likely to be home to significant amounts of coral — the places snorkelers and scuba divers most like to visit.

You might wonder why we’re finding this out now. Didn’t we already know where the world’s reefs are?

Previously, we’ve had to pull data from many different sources, which made it harder to pin down the extent of coral reefs with certainty. But now we have high resolution satellite data covering the entire world — and are able to see reefs as deep as 30 meters down.

We coupled this with direct observations and records of coral reefs from over 400 individuals and organizations in countries with coral reefs from all regions, such as the Maldives, Cuba and Australia.

To produce the maps, we used machine learning techniques to chew through 100 trillion pixels from the Sentinel-2 and Planet Dove CubeSat satellites to make accurate predictions about where coral is — and is not. The team worked with almost 500 researchers and collaborators to make the maps.

The result: the world’s first comprehensive map of coral reefs extent, and their composition, produced through the Allen Coral Atlas.

The maps are already proving their worth. Reef management agencies around the world are using them to plan and assess conservation work and threats to reefs...

In good news, these maps are already leading to real world change. We’ve already seen new efforts to conserve coral reefs in Indonesia, several Pacific island nations, Panama, Belize, Kenya and Australia, among others."

-via GoodGoodGood, May 2, 2024

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Note: You can see the maps yourself by going here!

[kodaswrld]

sharkie time

[8-xnny]

“Shark infested waters”

Where tf else would they be, the goddamn gulag?? 😭

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Just popping in to say i LOVE UR ART SO MUCH WAUGH!!!! Its soooooooo exoressive and u get across emotion and movement SO WELL!! I love ...littlr apple ...so much.....u imbue this donkey with Such Chaos

I love this little chaos creature, we should all forfeit our mortal possessions to her.

[kasttt]

funny taxidermy boi

[gabriel-rorke]

If Rorke were a marine sea creature, he'd be a Bull shark or a Great white shark but it's usually a crappy angle

Spot the difference lol

AWEEEEE I LOVE SHARKS

I like totally agree tho- either a bull shark or a hammerhead

[marinelifecatalogue]

Ghost Sharks

Name: Ghost Shark / Chimaera

Scientific Name: Callorhinchus milii

Family Name: Callorhinchidae

Location: The Pacific Ocean, along the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

Status: Not Endangered!!

Fun Facts:

• They're not sharks at all! They're an independent species, 39 of which are known to exist. (There was a new one discovered quite recently! I made a brief post on that here.)

• Ghost Sharks have 3 tooth plates. These teeth continue to grow throughout their lives and, unlike sharks, they are never replaced.

• They find prey by using organs on their snouts. They can sense movement and minor electric fields. Chimaera eat mostly mollusks, shellfish, and worms

Sources: 🌊 / 🌊

[frippp]

Day 2 of really bad puns for shark week: pyjama shark in bed

[lizlagomorph]

Fish friends.

[bugsprxy]

Shark facts from a Mermaid VTuber!!

[paintingsbykf]

Blue Shark Watercolor Print Card

Available on PaintingsByKF Etsy Shop!

Each watercolor print card is individually printed and packed with care.

[ghoulibrat]