#crabbie = crab in orange

[fragrantpines]

Feels like I should make a list of what nicknames I have for each character with explanations or else people aren't gonna know who am I writing for when I say "Mister Dispel" or "Fushou"

[never-ending-absurdity]

YES

[babyblueetbaemonster]

Local Alchemist needed to be stopped.

My formula of restore fatigue:

Spring salad: lettuce, radish, potato, (optional: apple, orange, watermelon). Unfortunately it has Burden side effect. (if choose orange, you'll get a bonus Shield effect) Can also side with Ranch dressing: cheese wedge, leek, onion, garlic. And this one has Damage Agility side effect. It can be fix by removing the garlic.

Potato soup: potato, garlic, leek. This recipe has Frost Shield side effect. Perfect choice for a cold weather.

Corn salsa: corn, tomato, onion, garlic. Unfortunately it has Damage Agility side effect, but you can get Detect Life in the process.

Grilled cheese sandwich: bread loaf, cheese wedge, cheese wheel. Unfortunately it has Damage Agility side effect. I should have removed the cheese wedge. Sorry Baurus :(

Classic ham sandwich: bread loaf, cheese wedge, ham, lettuce. Unfortunately this recipe also has Damage Agility side effect, but bonus Fire Shield woohoo!

Gyudon: beef, onion, rice

Mix berries: blackberry, strawberry, (we only have two kinds of berries?) (optional: apple, orange, pear). Actually, don't put apple or pear in it. They will cause Damage Health.

Crabby corn soup: crab, corn, onion. You can add cheese wedge for bonus Fire Shield (and Damage Agility) effect.

Chili con carne: beef (/boar meat /mutton /venison), onion, garlic, tomato. Side effect is Detect Life. (Beef flavor will grant you Shield effect. Unfortunately Boar meat will have burden side effect and Venison is Damage Health)

Pumpkin pie: pumpkin, sweetcake (/flour /sweetroll). Unfortunately both flour and sweetroll has Damage Personality side effect

Carrot cake: carrot, sweet cakes

Strawberry cheesecake: strawberry, cheese wedge, flour (/sweetcake /sweetroll). The flour version has Reflect Damage side effect. I highly recommend it.

[crow-n-tell]

I had a lot of trouble with this lil guy. Weird lil music men aren't easy to shift over when their body's are so... Weird. Still, here! Hermit Crab Music Men!

If you wanna see what went on in my mind for this come right this way...

So a lil info about these boys! These lil music men have adapted to live in the safe shallows, as well as some undersea areas if need be - having two different palettes which match... you've probably guessed by the additions of orange in the music mans usual pastels

Acid mushrooms! I realized as I was trying to get it all sorted that they are a nearly identical color scheme so it worked out that their colors are a little wacky. Not that real life crabs aren't a bit audacious in their colorings too. Actually the deep sea version of this guy is based off a purple crab called the Palawan Purple Crab who comes from the Philippines.

Their colors are more so for other crabs of their species to recognize them, or so I've read, but in this particular scenario it suits our lil music man as a sort of camouflage too.

Aside from it being a sort of camouflage, it also gives you insight into these lil guys diet. Most of what (I really need to come up with a name for these guys, but all I keep thinking of is crab rangboom. like crab rangoon? but a sound pun.) they eat are poisonous, which has directly affected how predators view them. Yea see, there are certain families of crabs which are toxic only because they are eating things that should not be eaten.

So music men don't have a lot of predators, other than those who have natural immunities to things like that... ahem, moon.

I imagine that the crabs closer to the surface tend to a little smaller than knee high for an average height human, where as deeper sea versions of them are a lot bigger... Like... I DONT KNOW, Leviathan big? After all these are just lil guys, lets not forget about the big music man!

Next topic is... oh yeah!

Seismic communication is basically communication through vibrations. Not just through the water, actually it's used by spiders which we can all sort of agree is what the OG music boys are. Spiders use seismic communication when it comes to their webs in particular, able to sense through vibrations in their web if they've captured prey.

Similarly a lot of sea creatures use vibrations as means of communication. Not only in the way spiders do, but sensing out prey; but by avoiding predators or talking to each other. Crabs in particular use all three, but in terms of communication to one another its been noted they will rub their legs together like crickets to talk to other crabs.

For our lil crabby boys, their claws are fashioned sort of like the the original music man has. Hollowed out in the center, they are able to click their lil crab claws together to make sounds and vibrations which distress and confuse their prey long enough to snatch em up and eat em.

Of course they also have the very on brand to SB behavior of just being a literal face hugger if they come out of the shell.

m...mmmmm..... no... noo....ooo.......

I guess the only thing left to mention is his lil

Barnacles!

I struggled with how i'd give this lil guy a top hat. Then. I remember how WEIRD barnacles are. You see a lot of barnacles that look a lil something like this:

But they come in many variations!

And I hate all of them! they are great for designs, helpful in this case, but I get nauseous when looking at them and I can't even begin to understand why.

Sorry if my adhd really popped out on this one, I am actually holding back some of the mostly irrelevant information about colors and uh, other stuff.

[jtl07]

we interrupt shenanigans day with a tidepooling report! featuring the biggest sea star dude ever and a chance encounter with @gohandinhand!

some of the usual suspects (clockwise): an anemone, a sea star that looked like it was trying really hard to hang on, a crabby dude that scared the shit out of me, and a hermit crab hanging out with a sea cucumber (there was also a bunch of sea snails too!)

not so usual suspects: an interesting looking piece of seaweed (i said it reminded me of intestines, while Goey said it kinda looked like the skin of an anemone ... if anemones had skin lol) and idk what that orange-y blobby dude is???

and now time to play find the sea stars! (there's two!)

did you find 'em?

here they are:

the one in the back was the hugest dude (i didn't touch it but Goey said it was very spiky)

(i should've taken a picture with my hand for scale but trust me, the second pic is the bigger guy and it was huge)

[nemojokard-blog]

greetings everypony, it is I Nemo Jokard. I come offering my fancures for the fancuries .

Here are my main fanseries:

Nature Shift! Precure

The Four Seasonal Kingdoms of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter lived in harmony, protected by the precures. Until one of them went rogue. Regalia, the Winter precure, along with some other rogues, attacked the kingdoms with these monsters called Heartaches. The only one who can help them now is the Princess of Spring, Tupper who holds the 3 remaining seasonal keys. Can she find the new precure? (I don’t know, CAN SHE??)

Ayame Mizuki/Cure Vernal

Our resident pink cure of the team, she is spring themed. Ayame is a reserved girl who isn't great at socializing. She's a little lazy and tends to procrastinate, but she's trying to change that. She also panics on a daily basis and is in a constant state of screaming inside her head.

Kaori Natsumi/Cure Solstice

Our orange cure who is summer themed! Kaori is bright, energetic and seems to always be moving. She is kinda unreliable though and tends to forget things easily. She has a big sweet tooth and has a family sweets store called Natsumi♡Pastry. She's an optimist and can kinda annoy her teammates with her constant positive attitude. She has a bit of a competitive side.

Etsu Akino/Cure Fall (tumblr hates yellow)

Etsu is the yellow cure and mom friend. She's the one helping the other cures with their homework, scolding them, and discouraging them from doing bad things. Although she isn't without fault. She's very hardworking, which is good, but is prone to burning herself out with all nighters and club activities. She also tends to be the most passive agressive person ever. She learns to balance her life and leave time for herself.

Tulipa 'Tupper' Flora Leis Fleur Bouquet Laverne

Tupper is a meanie. She usually bosses the cures around and comes up with the strategies. She also gives the cures a lot of sass and criticizes their flaws. She obviously cares about them, she just sucks at showing it.

The fanseries themes are seasons, friendship, and change.

This was my first ever fanseries and I’ve probably done the most for this one. I’ve written ten episodes for them that you can read on Ao3 and wattpad ! (A rewrite of chapter 1 and chapter 11 are in the works !!)

Ahoy! Pirate Precure

About nine years ago, Umi Ishikawa met a mermaid! She's been obsessed with them ever since then and still carries the gift that the mermaid gave her. When her gift happens to be a treasure from the Cordelia Kingdom, she is hunted for theft. Suddenly a crab and parrot are talking and wait, is she transforming?!

Umi Ishikawa/Cure Ness

Umi is an airhead that is infatuated with mermaids. She's always wanted to live in the ocean. The mermaid obsession started probably when her parents went on a cruise and she was all alone by herself. Then suddenly she came face to face with a real mermaid. No one believes her tho. She loves swimming and wishes to live in the sea one day.

Yuzu Egawa/Cure Citrus

Yuzu is a sour girl who doesn't like much of anything. She's ready to sass anyone and everyone. Because of this she doesn't have many friends and throws herself in her studies as a result. She tends to be a know-it-all. Apparently she loves visiting the aquarium in her free time.

Nyoko Izumi/Cure Aurorus

Nyoko is a spoiled girl with a rich background. She's pretty annoying and tends to brag about her money. She's also very very competitive when it comes to swimming and often her & Umi compete. She's also a sore loser.

Shelly

The old advisor for Cordelia Kingdom. She's strict and crabby.

Parry

A parrot with powerful magic. It helps the cures in battle or sometimes it mocks them. Whatever Parry feels like doing.

The motif of this series is pirates and the main theme is treasuring life.

I don’t know when I’ll do more for this fanseries since it was originally made as a joke, but I might write it some day!

Beauty Guru Precure

The Queen of the Glamour kingdom was the Super Instant Influencer. She stood strong until the scandals attacked. She was dethroned, and in her last stitch efforts to pass on her wisdom, was to pass on her legendary Make Up Pallet to the Precure to fight the scandals. She handed it to Pinkity Drinkity her trusty snake.

Tomoko Ayano/Cure Guru

The first girl to awake as a Precure. Tomoko is an airhead with a bit of an ego. Her teammates keep her check. She isn't very smart, but tries her best! She's really into makeup and likes to experiment with different kind of looks. She transforms with the Aerie Lip gloss into Cure Guru. At first scared of Pinkity Drinkity and still kinda is. Lovingly calls the snake "Pinky."

Keiko Arai/Cure Blush

The second girl to awake as a Precure. Keiko easily embarrassed and has a short temper. She enjoys studying and has a one sided rivalry with Kagami. With the Periwinkle Compact, she transforms into Cure Blush. She loves Pinkity Drinkity to a fault. She calls her "Pink-chan."

Aimi Hitomi/Cure Shadow

The third person to awake as a Precure. She seems to keep to herself a lot and has a bad habit of bottling everything inside. Although when they are with Tomoko and Keiko, she seems to turn into a different person who can't keep their mouth shut. She transforms with the Goth Pallet into Cure Shadow. They so not lovingly refer to Pinkity Drinkity as Future Soup.

Kagami Ayano/Cure Cosmetic

Technically the actual first one to awaken. She helps the girls in a pinch, but always seems to keep her distance. She doesn't seem to want to get closer to any of the girls. An exception to this is Cure Guru, which the girls and Pinkity Drinkity find strange. (Of course this is because she’s Guru's twin sister, but shhhh, they don't know that.)

Pinkity Drinkity

The girls’ trusty snake partner in crime. She ventured out to find the legendary Precure and now that she found them, she’s a bit worried. She thinks the girls are too young to be fighting Madam Masquerade’s Scandals and fears for their safety. On the other hand though, she knows that the only thing she can really do is guide them as Precure.

Dragon Drinkity

Dragon Drinkity just screams a lot. She sometimes says wise things, but completely cracks under pressure. She was sent first to find the Precure of Lipstick and the Precure of Nail Polish.

The motifs of this series are angels and make up. The themes of this series are inner beauty and love.

This series also kind of started off as a bit of a one off thing. Might also get written someday but no promises!!!

Sew Magical

This fanseries is a crossover between lalaloopsy and precure! It admittedly no longer has a plot anymore but I did make some cute designs .

Live Laugh Love! Precure

Kasumi Ieiri is used to her simple life with her father where it's just the two of them against the world.. Well until it wasn't. Suddenly there's this whole new marriage and there's three random kids living with them! Tsumugi, one of the kids, is the same age as her, but that's where the similarities end. Tsumugi is quiet and you can never really tell what she's thinking. Kasumi is anything but quiet and is easily read.

However these two supposed sisters are now forced to work together when a monster comes marching at their front door and is terrorizing a poor helpless mascot who drops two items that resemble mood rings. The mood rings then fly onto Kasumi and Tsumugi, recognizing them as Precure! Kasumi transforms into Cure Haven and Tsugumi into Cure Comedy. They manage to defeat the monster and rescue the mascot! Who seems a little mortified about this whole development..

Omg new Nemo fanseries !? Admittedly this is kind of the first time im mentioning them and I haven’t thought abt them for a hot minute 👁️👄👁️💧 But perhaps I will work on them some day! Might even get around to drawing them. I really like duo seasons.

(the order is Kasumi, tsumugi, cure haven, and cure comedy)

Their only theme is Live, Laugh, Love.

And that’s all, folks!

I recycled a whole lot of it from last time but I hope you at least consider nominating me :]

[lowwqualityyblog]

okay consider this rant. The gang as certain sea creatures. What would they be. I rant abt this on call w my wifey wife @aplicobelt

Uncle - stellars sea cow because he’s OLD and also similar to a manatee ig… instead of lumbago he’d say he’s the last living one of his species and that’s y he doesn’t do stuff instead

Arthur - thresher shark. explanation below

Dutch - giant pacific octopus, because not only is he larger than life in his personality, and persona and such… he also can camouflage and change colors which something something ties in with his manipulation. Additionally octopi can detach limbs when under stress to escape predators… Yknow like how he cut loose John n shit.. somethi something yah commentary.. also octopi are not related to rays and sharks like Hosea and Arthur… thoughtz

Hosea - stingray because he only really attacks in self defense/retaliation.. additionally stingrays are rays which are related to sharks. Arthur and Hosea. Yah

Micah - anglerfish… this is kinda obvious I won’t go into detail

Swanson - nautilus. Kinda just fits. It’s orange, and it’s got a shell, resilient like Swanson 

Sean - clownfish. For obvious reasons

Karen - clownfish. Alpha female and beta male clownfish. 😁😊

Pearson - moray eel (old). Related to that one time he compared his fighting skills to that of a tiger..

Sadie - blue ringed octopus, not only the ringed imagery relating to her marriage, but they aren’t aggressive by nature and only attack when threatened, and when they attack the job gets *done* Yknow?

Charles - leatherback sea turtle, why? Because my wife said so

Abigail - blue crab cuz she’s crabby sometimes (THINDRROUS APPLAUSE AS I GET SHOT TO DEATH)

Tilly + Mary Beth - minnows cuz they’re both like two peas in a pod :3

Jack - garden eel, shy by nature, and shows that even in 1914 he was getting pushed out of his comfort zone, his nature. Just fits idk.

John - American eel, it has his face. Both eels like Jack

Trelawny - ribbon eel.. just cuz they’re both flamboyant

Bill - hammerhead shark, just vibes

Javier - peacock bass. image below.

[cljordan-imperium]

🦀 time for crab 🦀

i summoned some new orange friends 🦀

today i summoned 56 crabs and then caught all of them! what a harvest

group picture!!!

💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

I'm having way too much fun with the crabbies...@crunchypuff125

[officialdaydreamer00]

hihi!!! i hope your day's going well irene <333 i'd like to enter sereia in your earring event!! it sounds really fun hehe!! take your time & no pressure!! C:

Name: Sereia Aecor

Pronouns: They/Them

Species: Merperson

Dorm: Octavinelle

Class: Class C

Birthday: June 5th

Age: 17

Height: 188 centimeters

Dominant Hand: Right

Homeland: Coral Sea

Best Subject: Alchemy

Club: Mountain Lovers

Hobbies: Growing plants, skincare, shopping for clothes & accessories.

Pet Peeves: Being called “crabby” when they’re grumpy.

Talents: Playing the flute.

Favorite Food: Vegetable Stir Fry.

Least Favorite Food: Onions

Unique Magic: Sifting Sands. Magic used to immediately soothe someone. Can make the target's movements lethargic and uncoordinated.

More Physical Appearance

Dark colored eyes, red hair. Hair is short, choppy, and a wavy. They have freckles across their cheeks and nose. They have a singular shell earring on their right ear. Heart shaped face and slender neck. When in their merform, their chest is pink and shifts into a bright red down the arms, where it shifts into a white as it reached their hands. Their mer half is a spider crab body with six long, lanky legs.

Other Funky Stuff

They're super into skincare since their merform molts. They take very good care of their human form's hygiene C:

Because they're a decorator crab, they adapted to wearing clothes rather quickly and love dressing in flashy, bright colors (because they were forced to wear dull stuff for protection.) This usually throws people off because they're very quiet and unassuming.

They’re a fan of accessorizing their outfits and have a lot of shell pins on their Octavinelle scarf. Whenever Azul asks them to take the pins off they give him a blank stare until he gives up.

Childhood friend of the Octatrio, unknowingly scared away Azul's bullies a few times because their legs were seen as "freakish" and "awkward." Was also a target for rumors and stuff though because they do not have a tail.

Hit a huge growth spurt and shot up to basically the Leech brother's height when they were fourteen, Azul is still not over it.

Sereia started playing the flute after hearing the story of The Little Mermaid and how her prince played an instrument like that.

They're an incredibly slow runner and prefer to walk. Because of this, they run out of breath fast on land and do not have a lot of stamina. Floyd does not find them interesting to chase (oops.)

hi hi auburn :D im doing my best rn rn

"Sereia Aecor... I think Ophelia mentioned them once or twice before... I'll see what I can do."

ophelia skipped along the hallway as her red eyes glanced around, before they spotted a tall figure with red hair. her smile widened as she ran towards them.

"sereiaaaaaaaaa!!" ophelia called. she skidded to a stop in front of them, standing on her toes as she held up the little box. "you have a delivery!"

once the box was put on their hands, ophelia waved and ran off, leaving them standing there dumbfounded. they looked at the box in confusion.

the box itself was white with colourful confetti print. the ribbon tying the box was bright red, attached to it was a note with their full name written in neat handwriting. they stared at the box for a while, then shrugged as they decided to open it.

inside was several clear packets and a folded note that had: 'gold, yellow, and green pair well with red. i hope you liked the earrings :) — I.L' written in red ink.

sereia was now curious as they began to check the packets.

the first one was a pair of star and moon earrings. the moon was an elaborate silver base, and the star hanging on the moon was a yellow citrine cut into a polaris star shape. the packet was labelled 'obligatory stellar earrings :)'.

the second one was simply a decent sized slice of orange, lemon, and lime (two of each) made from coloured resin. it was weird, but funny nonetheless. the packet also included two full size uno reverse cards in bright rainbow colour, coated in a layer of clear resin.

the third one... was a pair of fuzzy bright blue worm-like thing (worm-on-a-string lol). they were long, draping on sereia's chest and kind of wiggled every time they turned their head. oh, and their eyes were googly eyes.

the fourth one was mini light bulbs that dangled from their ears. call it mini sized, but it was the size of a normal human's ear. the light bulb itself had a switch on its aluminium base, which actually lit up when they flicked the switch. the packet had spare batteries for them to change as well.

the fifth and final one was a beaded string keychain. the beads were various in shapes, colours, and materials, with a comical looking crab plush attached to the end of the string.

the sender probably had fun picking those things for them... she did.

i hope i did sereia justice aaaaaaaaa

[plushiedepot]

Cute and Crabby!

[fragrantpines]

Hello! If you're still taking offers for the playlist thing, can I ask for Crab in Orange?

Good luck on your exams! ❤️

Thank you so much! The thought is greatly appreciated <3

Let me ramble on alone about this love

to the bright white crescent moon

Now, take my hand, and let’s dance this light step

just a little more

~ Step for a crescent (Cover)

There are many emotions that puzzled Crab in Orange. However, the one that puzzled him the most is the greatest one of all: Love. It made people conquer their fears, change their themselves, even risk everything just for this unknown feeling that was ever changing like the stars in the sky.

It begs the question; what would someone (no, something) as tranquil as the moon like him do for love?

As he stared at your head resting on his shoulder, noting the eyebags that continued to worsen by the day as more work piled up on your table, an uncontrollable ache gripped where his heart should be.

If people change for love, then he wished that he could change into someone you would love.

[fragrantpines]

Thanks for the reminder OP

Also if anyone is interested there are transparent PNGs of every food soul on the wiki

[wolvesandcomputers]

🦀 time for crab 🦀

*clack clack clack* It’s crab time *clack clack clack*

today i summoned 4 crabs! i caught 4 💰 of them. i became friends with 3 🌼 of them.

group picture!!!

🦀🌼 🦀🌼 🦀🌼 💰 💰 💰 💰

i summoned some new orange friends 🦀

3/4 crabs want to be my friend :)

One was just crabby I guess

[ajthinks]

Inktober Day 10

This is from the official daily Inktober 2022 prompt list that I have, once again, repurposed for my own writing uses.

Inktober Day 10: Crabby

Rin stared at the square slate. He frowned and cocked his head, as if the new angle would help him read the Common script. Finally he flicked his gaze over to Charli and raised an eyebrow. “Kreb?”

“Crab,” she corrected. “You know…” She wiggled her fingers over the table.

Rin studied her hands, eyes squinting in consideration, before he glanced back up. “No, I don’t.”

She sighed, but attempted an explanation. “It’s like…a watery…what’s the word?” She snapped her fingers several times, frowning up at the rafters of the Dockside pub.

Rin waited patiently. If there was one thing he’d learned it was that you either waited for the proper translation or made due with wrong information.

“You know…aranee?” Charli finished lamely.

Rin frowned. Aranee… “That’s…” No, he couldn’t have that right. “Bug?”

“No! Well– Sort of? They’re not the same. It’s–”

The waiter arrived, setting a covered metal dish on their table. She whisked away they’re slates and lifted the lid before vanishing.

Charli salivated.

Rin gasped and jerked back.

A giant, orange spider stared at him from its boiling bath.

[junseotual]

miwwi is heeeere hiiiiii i'm bringing u a wine glass and alsoooo crabby crabs with numbers . 8, 12, 14 (hehe), 19, 20 !

ewiiiiiiiii hiiiiiiiiiiii i love when we share beverages <3

8. favourite album?

!!!!!!!!!!!! season 2 hideout the new day we step into i love you i miss you you will always and forever be the one. season 2 she's everything to me just overall... i remember playing her literally all the time like i'd be cooking i wld put her on i was on call with my best friend? yeah that's also a perfect time to play season 2 in the background. she's so important to me. i listened to flame an insane amount of times. and i haven't gotten tired of her. she's everything to me. sunrise and realize are SUCH important songs like technically realize is the one that's this album's hideout song (and thus my favourite, as the trend goes with stay and call my name), but sunrise is like. almost one? like the vibe's there, u know... and they're both two of my most favouritestest vity songs (alongside the other hideout songs n vvv). realize is also brina's song so that must mean something right. believer is simply INSANE and also i quote her everyday . ppl might not realize this but every single time that i say that i believe in someone, she's playing in my head. and i believe in you!!!!!! you know. like. im your believer. and all that. breathing is their best ballad it sounds so nice. i admittedly like ohh ahh & hot air balloon the least but they're still very important !! they're fun, i don't dislike them, and they're playing a very important role in keeping the balance of this album So perfect. this album has it ALL .

12. if woobin asked u to marry him would you say yes?

yeah

14. merchy merch?!

I AM A PROUD WOOKKA HAVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks to u ewi my bewoved thank u i am forever grateful. my big eared friend . so beloved. so dear . and his ears are so big

i also do own two of their albums (season 2 my everything. the perfect version the version that was made for ME specifically. forest fairy ver idk what its actually called but that & season 3 the orange ver) + the lotu photobook my most treasured possession did u know that lotu is so important to me. a semi-abandoned storyline of a kpop group can be something so personal. a purchase i've never regretted.

also wld u count this as merch i don't think it is but. i Do own one of the blackrouge velvet tints that they've modeled for (the first one) . it smells so good . eri u don't understand this tint smells so good i literally dont even use it i just open it to smell it from time to time

19. favourite choreo

i feel like this deserves a tier list honestly . party rock is probably the most them and the most engaging!! shes so fun and she makes me happy. cloud 9 too!!! but we don't give jumper enough credit i think. also knock knock is up there . also at times u can see that believer has the potential to be a s+++ choreo . shes not but she has the potential nd i thought it was important for me to point that out

20. favourite live performance

200419 jumper. i'm sure there's performances that are better or that i like better, even, but this is the only one that i actually remember at all times... i have been so insane about her ever since she first happened... shes always the one i think of when im asked this question....shes the first result when i type cravity in my navigation bar

also c-delivery bonnie & clyde ............. and call my name

[naturecpw]

More Littoral Relaxocean: • 20 Minutes of Bio…

We filmed this video a few weeks ago along Cannery Row, just off the back deck of the Aquarium! These jellies are Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens—the same ones you may have seen on our Jelly Cam! ( • Live Jelly Cam - … )

Sea nettles are very seasonal here in Monterey Bay, usually showing up in mid to late summer, and sometimes in massive numbers that turn the water very spicy.

Sea nettles are plankton, meaning that they drift with ocean currents. “Plankton” isn’t a size thing, it’s a lifestyle. If you’ve got friends drifting through life with no real direction, then you know a plankter or two. Sea nettles are also planktivores, meaning they eat drifting critters, like tiny shrimps and larval fishes and other jellies.

Lots of animals are planktivores, and many animals eat sea nettles, from sunfish to sea turtles and even the blue rockfish in this video at 1:20—with one even thinking about enjoying a jelly donut for a second there!

Sea nettles are a type of jellyfish known as a scyphozoan, or “bell animal.” The top part here is the bell, housing the famous jelly of the jellyfish. Scientists call this the mesoglea, or “middle jelly”, because it's sandwiched between two layers of skin, the orange epidermis (outside skin) and the clearer gastrodermis, or stomach-skin. The frilly folds of gastrodermis behind those red stinging tentacles are the jelly’s mouth arms—essentially long lips that slurp up plankton soup as the jelly swims. (Heads up that jellies don't actually have "skin" like us, as they only have tissues and not organs.)

Watching jellies swim is simply mesmerizing—and there’s a lot going on with each ring of a jelly’s bell. Muscles contract against the mesoglea, accelerating the pulse to the thin edges of the bell like a whip, creating water currents that pull food toward the jelly’s mouth arms! A swimming jelly isn’t really trying to go anywhere, so much as it’s vacuuming up planktonic pieces of pie with every blobby scull—like if a lava lamp joined forces with a roomba.

There were some huuuuge sea nettles that day—the one at 2:03 had a bell almost two feet across! These open ocean beasts often show some wear and tear on their bells, battle scars from their long voyage through the inner space of planet ocean.

At the end of the video you'll find a northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, hanging out in the giant kelp, watching current events go by… Solid plan if you’re feeling crabby.

On the way back to the Aquarium, little blubber bud came by to say hey—harbor seals are like curious cats in the kelp forest, sea lions are much more the “ocean doggos” you’ve heard about on the Internet. Ah yes, and then a few senorita cleaner wrasses came by to see if we needed any help tidying up the end of this video—thanks for the kelp!

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A few minutes of pelagic magic with wild sea nettle jellyfish, filmed just off the back deck of the Aquarium, for your littoral relaxocean needs!

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