#and this is in the north atlantic

[herpsandbirds]

Deepsea Lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox), family Bathysauridae, Veatch Canyon off the coast of the NE United States

photograph via: NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program , 2013 Northeast U. S. Canyons Expedition

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

i forgot that shipwreck documentaries make me cry somehow

[spockvarietyhour]

Rene Auberjonois in The Rockford Files "With the French Heel Back Can The Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?" (original airdate January 5, 1979)

[manoelt-finisterrae]

© Manoel T, 2024

[dream-world-universe]

Piscina Natural, Caleta de Fuste, Spain: Piscina Natural is a secret natural rock pool in Caleta de Fuste. Framed by rocks, the ocean water fills up a small pool that looks amazingly emerald green when the water is still... Caleta de Fuste is the largest community in the municipality of Antigua, Las Palmas, Spain, on the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. Fuerteventura is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. Wikipedia

[illustratus]

The Mermaid by Howard Pyle

[bobcronkphotography]

Under The Pier

Outer Banks, North Carolina

Bob Cronk

[admiralgiggles]

[northameicanblog]

Underwater Leap, Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas: Dean's Blue Hole is a blue hole located in The Bahamas in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island and is the world's third deepest with an estimated depth of 202 metres, after the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in the Chetumal Bay and the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea. Wikipedia

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Pucker Up for the Sea Lamprey!

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), also known as the vampire fish, is the most famous member of the order of lampreys, Petromyzontiformes. Despite their similar appearance to eels, lampreys are actually jawless fish, and are more closely related to hagfish than eels. To add further confusion, sea lampreys actually reproduce in freshwater rivers and streams, and are only found in the ocean as adults. They are spread along the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Sea lampreys are the largest member of the lamprey family, at an impressive 30 to 100 cm (11.8 to 39.4 in) long and weighing around 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs). They are generally olive or brownish grey, and their bodies are long and smooth. Perhaps P. marinus' most distinctive feature are their mouths, which are wide and circular with teeth arranged in a circle around the tongue and throat. When opened to attach to its prey, the mouth can stretch larger than the lamprey's head.

Vampire fish are widely known for their feeding habits. Adults are parasites that attach themselves to the sides of fish and feat on their victim's blood and tissue. But despite their fearsome appearance, P. marinus has a variety of predators as both juveniles and adults, including sturgeon, catfish, sea lions, seals, sea birds, and northern pikeminnows. Juveniles are particularly vulnerable, as they are smaller and, as deteriorates, are not equipped with the sharp teeth of adults.

Like many other fish, sea lampreys are anadromous, meaning they migrate from salt to freshwater to reproduce. From April to June, males and females travel up river to find rocky beds in which to build nests. Females lay anywhere from 30,000 and 100,000 eggs in their nest, which are then fertilized by multiple males. After mating, both parents die. The larvae take 3 to 8 days to hatch, and the young spend the next 1 to 3 years filter feeding in their home river. Once they reach maturity, they migrate back to the ocean, where they can reside for up to 5 years before returning to their spawning grounds to complete their lifecycle.

Conservation status: The IUCN has rated the sea lamprey as Least Concern. This species is invasive in the Great Lakes region of the United States. However, within its native range it is threatened by habitat degradation and over-fishing.

Photos

Paul Wilson

U.S. National Park Service

Sean Landsman

[honeyrosepetals]

american summers, part ii

[sunnylolli]

I originally thought this could be in the Domestic face au but then I thought it could be so fun with a separated-at-birth-but-then-meets-later-to-discover-they're-actually-biological-twins au

[theworldatwar]

Massive German concrete fortifications under construction in the Pas de Calais - 1942

[manoelt-finisterrae]

© Manoel T, 2024

[inatungulates]

Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin Tursiops erebennus

Observed by volteka, CC BY-NC

[illustratus]

Mayflower II on her sailing trials in the waters off Brixham, South Devon, April 1957 by Montague Dawson