#deeps

[bunjywunjy]

What’s the oldest animal on the planet in terms of evolutionary history? My best guess is sharks, alligators, or dragonflies? They’re all millions of years old right?

WRONG it's jellyfish c:

these sting-covered glutinous marvels have been floating around in the ocean for as long as 700 million years, making them the all-time animalia champion in Extinction Keepaway.

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Please I'm begging you give me a fucked up nightmare fish

Hard to get more fucked up than mr. Teeth-with-a-side-of-teeth over here

Hope you’re feeling feative

You get a Pacific Viperfish

Chauliodus macouni

[ceramic-galanter]

I'm the one that drew it yet I want to eat it so bad

[x-heesy]

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@bethanythestrange @bigbonzo @seanisnothing

[i0l0i0i]

S p ee d s

Mine

Sungmin ♡

(๑´•.̫ • `๑)

[i-give-you-a-fish]

You get a Rabbit Fish

Chimaera monstrosa

[bunjywunjy]

Do albino orcas survive well in the wild? I mean, they are apex predators with no natural enemies so them getting picked off from lack of camouflage shouldn't be an issue.

they survive just fine in terms of being easy to spot, but the real issue that large cetaceans like orcas face with albinism/leucism is...

sunburn!

unlike their naturally dark-backed relatives, these animals completely lack melanin and thus have ZERO protection from the rays of the sun, in an environment with literally no shade. (they can dive, but they're not spending enough time down there to make a whole lot of difference across the board)

sooooo repeated UV damage over their lifetime tends to just eventually give them skin cancer, which kills them.

sorry.

SO FOR ALL YOU HUMANS OUT THERE, A REMINDER:

[i-give-you-a-fish]

hi. can you give me a deep sea fishy. thank you :3

look at this guy

You get a Giant Grenadier

Albatrossia pectoralis

[bunjywunjy]

Do you have any favorite examples of bizarre sexual dimorphism in nature?

sure do!

the blanket octopus is a wonderous creature. reaching about two meters in length, the females glide majestically through the tropical south seas, trailing two huge vibrant coattail cloaks of fused tentacle webbing behind them!

they use their brightly-colored cloak as an intimidation factor, tricking predator and prey alike into thinking that they're MUCH bigger than they actually are! look at this, would you mess with this?? I would not mess with this.

the males, on the other tentacle arm, are about an inch long.

*squeaky toy noise*

[lassieposting]

I looked for a source on this to send my mom, who loves manatees. Unfortunately it seems the source is this article from 2017, which has since been contradicted by this one from 2021, discussing record numbers of manatee deaths in Florida, and ones like these from 2023, which say that manatees may soon be added back to the Endangered Species list and shouldn't have ever been taken off in the first place.

What a shame.

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Please give me a fish I have likely never heard of. Deep sea preferably.

Little guy upon ye

You get a Warty Frogfish

Antennarius maculatus

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[wedarkacademia]

[lassieposting]

s h o r k s

After quite a while, I finally managed to adapt these fun shark anatomy illustrations to Redbubble products! Many asked me to make posters or art prints available for sale and it is now possible in my little store! This is my store’s profile! ✨ www.redbubble.com/people/Requinoesis/explore

I tried to adapt these arts to other products, but I think they were very ugly, so focus on looking for poster, art print or stickers options! I hope you like it and that the price offered by Redbubble is affordable! 

In the future I want to make other species of sharks! Thanks a lot for all support! ✨ If you want to follow me on instagram, this is: @AstralRequin Edit: I am very glad with the support of all of you! I really appreciate the sweet comments and tags, especially from those who said that my art helped to reduce their fears about sharks, I hope to always inspire people in that way! Thanks a lot!  ✨

[thepromiscuousfinger]