#Squat shrimp

[protectoursharks]

Pssst you know about squat shrimp (aka sexy shrimp ofc XD) 👀? I love coming across a group of em while diving cuz they’re so silly lol

Thor amboinensis or Squat Shrimp

Squat shrimp, yes also known as sexy shrimp, lives amongst the corals of the Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. It's believed they get their nick-name from their abdomen which is raised above their heads. They have a commensalistic relationship (beneficial for both organisms) with the coral they live on; the shrimp eats the mucus and detritus from the coral, and the coral gets a personal cleaner!

[a-simple-shrimp]

Shrimp of the day #6

Thor amboinensis

also known as the sexy shrimp, squat anemone shrimp, and squat shrimp

[thor-ambounensis]

A colourful sexy shrimp (squat shrimp)

[samimarkart]

If I made these into acrylic charms (1”, very small)…

phone charm vs keychain hardware (the shrimp would be the same size as the isopod phone charms if that helps!)

[im-bored-so-i-draw]

grampbrahms energy

crawling inside the walls really make your back hurts ok

[wild-wombytch]

I rudefemed at the gym today, I believe I personally offended the local Testerical Council 💅

The gym was full up the buttcrack on the strength training side, and this failed abortion was blocking five. FIVE. machines (in a very small gym. That's like. 40% of the whole space for one person), and that doesn't even count the bench and bodyweight training spots he was ALSO squatting. Like, at first he annoyed me because he was using the benching spot for his own training that had nothing to do with benching AND the squat rack AND a bodyweight spot and he was spending forever on his phone and in exercises away from these things he was blocking. Because like. That's already rude and entitled. But then I saw this asshole come like a fresh flower to block the lat pulldown machine AND start blocking the pull up spot (while still blocking the others lmaoo don't believe he was reasonable). Like, even a couple of teenagers had their "wtf man?" faces but said nothing.

So I didn't bother asking and just moved his shits out of the benching set, put the bar back on the place it belonged to like it was another Wednesday and started to bench. Then I got his shits out of the squat rack. That's when I realised he only had 20kg/40-ish lbs on the bar. Like, you kidding me?? That's the exact weight my weak ass is lifting and I'm coming back from like 5 months of sick break and I'm a woman. A disabled woman, with post-workout soreness and approaching premenstrual fatigue, with that. Like, he can't seriously block that many spots and have such a shitty weight and pretend he does some "super asshole set" that will somehow do anything for his sorry noodle muscles. At least pretend you're a professional powerlifter or bodybuilder and that you need all those spots for your life if you're going to inconvenience everyone without a second thought. That many machines at once is super dumb already, but doing that while people are almost biting eachother's throats for a bench is another level of selfish. That has to be some dumbass marking territory to prove you're some "Alpha Male™" move. If you need to use that many machines (he didn't, given the weights on his things), you do that when the gym is almost empty.

Anyway, babyboy didn't comment, but he clearly wasn't happy and he left the gym not long after, so I believe being forced to acknowledge everyone pay as much as he does to use this gym pissed him off it. Unless I overthink it, I believe some of his fellow moids gave me disapproving looks for infringing the Gym Bro Code. Idk, my myopia doesn't care.

But then magically some other guys used the bench and the racks as if they'd been waiting for it as well but didn't man up to actually confront the guy or just move his shits like I did. And they dare use "pussy" as an insult for weakness?

Anyway, misandry is the way. Fight for space, you're more worthy of it than pathetic males. They're so used to their entitlement never being challenged that there's a good 85% chances they won't say shit. And don't let them trick you saying it's chivalry. I'm a gnc woman, I'm getting punched by men, not coddled by them. That's just being confused and scared of confidence in women who don't bother negotiating their spaces with them and who don't fake pretend to be their bros like men do when they interact with each other. Also, you don't need to abide by male rules or tacit codes/privileges of courtesy that somehow put them above everyone else/the community/you. That's male entitlement, not actually something you owe to respect. In fact, you'd do a great service to women if you challenged it as much as possible if that's not already the case. Make moids seeth and quit more instead of erasing yourself and waiting for them to kindly retreat.

[fuckyeahviagraboys]

[bscheems]

A squat lobster. Long arms, not good to eat but pretty cool!

[skrimp-skrockpot]

Fucking squat lobster‼️‼️

[waytoocrispybread]

you want crustecean?

you want fucking crustecean?

slenderheads this is slendermod can you become parasocial and send me nice things like you're so good at pretending to be slenderman on the Internet etc

[typhlonectes]

The Secret Life of Deep Sea Vents

An expedition to find rare hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Mid-Atlantic uncovers new worlds—and some daredevil shrimp.

More than 6,000 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, some 1,400 miles east of Puerto Rico, a remotely operated vehicle skimmed the seafloor, filming a rocky scene almost devoid of life. Perhaps the trail has run cold, thought Julie Huber, an oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as she watched a video feed from land. Her colleagues did the same from a research vessel named Falkor (Too), floating above the ROV. Then the vehicle’s controllers steered it up a slope. A few squat lobsters scuttled past, seemingly in a hurry to get somewhere. Patches of pale anemones drifted by—another hopeful sign. “And then, bam! We could see this smoke off in the distance,” Huber says. As the ROV inched closer to the crest, a cluster of colossal chimneys rose into view, releasing torrents of black, smoky water. The oceanographers, geologists, and biologists aboard Falkor (Too) cheered: This marked the first discovery in 40 years of an active hydrothermal vent field on this vast section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...

Read more:

https://nautil.us/the-secret-life-of-deep-sea-vents-353244/

[thecruxarm]

Not the type of thing I'd usually post, but I decided to redesign the main three alien designs from the sci-fi show Babylon 5! Redesigning the Narn, Centauri and Minbari to be non-humanoid was very fun, especially when trying to re-interpret their defining features.

I reimagined the Narn as coming from a somewhat high-gravity world and thus having a dense squat physique, the Centauri as being an arboreal three-legged species (of course retaining their funky hair) and the Minbari as weird caterpillar-shrimp things, still having huge bald heads lol

Just did this for fun, I promise I will eventually get back to posting original worldbuilding content, I've just been a mix of lazy and busy </3 But please do patient with me.

[mbari-blog]

Our favorite yoga pose—the shrimp squat.

Researchers often find these small shrimp, Hymenopenaeus doris, hanging upside down, motionless in the water.

While performing this “zombie-like“ behavior, the shrimp look a lot like a discarded exoskeleton sinking slowly through the dark midwater. Scientists speculate that the shrimp might reduce their chances of being eaten by mimicking a sinking molt.

This odd behavior might also be an adaptation to conserve energy since the shrimp live at depths where the seawater contains very little oxygen. Animals found in low-oxygen environments have a harder time moving rapidly or for long distances.

Learn more about these deep-sea yogis on our YouTube channel.

[motleyfam]

If Jason’s learned anything living on the streets, it’s that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Like that time he found an entire queen-size mattress in a dumpster outside of the apartment building he and his mom were squatting in and dragged it home, only to discover that it was crawling with lice. Or the time when he agreed to watch some drug dealer’s car overnight for twenty bucks and ended up smack dab in the middle of some kind of gang war. Or the time when he came across a nearly full take-out container of still-warm shrimp alfredo sitting abandoned on a park bench, then spent the next 48 hours becoming extremely well-acquainted with every public bathroom in a half-mile radius.

Anyway, by the time Jason stumbles across a shiny black speedster abandoned in one of Park Row’s many sketchy alleyways, chrome rims gleaming in the moonlight, you’d think he’d have the sense to know too-good-to-be-true when he sees it.

Fuck it. He’s always been an optimist.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

trick or treat! :)

You get an squat anemone shrimp (Thor amboinensis)!

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Whale Fall

Whale Fall - the carcass of a whale that sinks to the seafloor when it dies. It provides a sudden, concentrated food source and a bonanza for organisms in the deep sea for years to come.

Common Organisms Found on a Whale Fall: 1 = Hagfish; 2 = Sixgill Shark; 8 = Giant Isopod

3 = Rattail Fish; 4 = Eelpout Fish; 5 = Sea Pig; 6 = Pom-Pom Anemone; 7 = Muusoctopus; 9 = Amphipods; 10 = Grooved Tanner Crab; 11 = Hesionid Worms; 12 = Ampharetid Worms; 13 = Osedax Worms; 14 = Brittle Star; 17 = Hooded Shrimp; 18 = Squat Lobster

15 = Rubyspira Snails; 16 = Mussels

Whale Fall in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

When a whale dies, the story has just begun. The massive carcass sinks to the seafloor, where it provides food for a deep sea ecosystem on the otherwise mostly barren seafloor. There are several stages to the whale fall ecosystem as different parts of the whale are used up.

Timeline of a Whale Fall

Stages of a Whale Fall

Scientists have identified 4 stages of a whale fall. The stages – which often overlap or blend together – start with the head (Stage 1) and end at the tail (Stage 4). The duration of these stages is estimated, and varies depending on the size and species of the whale.

In the 1st phase, mobile scavengers such as ratfish, hagfish and sharks smell whale on the water and swim from afar, feeding for up to 2 years on the dead whale's soft flesh.

In the 2nd phase (the enrichment-opportunist stage), worms, crustaceans and mollusks feed on leftover blubber, often burrowing into the nutrient-enriched sediment beneath the whale for around two years.

The 3rd stage (sulfophilic stage) can last decades. With only the skeleton remaining, bacteria begin breaking down lipids trapped inside the bones, generating sulfur, which attracts more bacteria and a larger community of diverse and rare species including mussels, worms, snails, and others. This diversity of species found in this last stage is larger than any known community on the deep seafloor.

In the 4th stage, the mineral remains of the skeleton are colonized primarily by suspension feeders exploiting flow enhancement and hard substrates after the depletion of organic material.

Creatures of a Whale Fall

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References