#good at it or what. and marine biology

[amphibifish]

i'm having one of those moments where it's like. i don't know what i'm gonna end up pursuing in my adult life. i love art and i love marine biology but a part of me feels like my aspiration to pursue marine biology realky was just something i've been trying to tell myself for years because i've been taught to see art as not a real career. i feel like i'm going to fall behind in my 2d art as i skipped out on art honors for next year in place of a theatre class my school offers but i don't feel like i'll end up being an actor. i dunno what i'm gonna do in life. i gues you could say i'm just looking for my purpose. sorry i only know how to cope through avenue q references.

[cuteniaarts]

Hey 🗑️🔥 gang (@katkastrofa @rokurookajima @shadelorde)…

Heard you guys like feral women 😏😏😏

[chiiroptereh]

Went on a mushroom trip on New Years, saw this random image on my phone and it spoke to me. He is like a deep sea organism comb jelly copepod looking thing to me

Always so fascinated by my shroomy art, it's somehow even more colorful than usual and looks nothing like how it was supposed to, lol! Definitely going in my wallpapers folder

[squephalopod]

Sepioloidea lineolata

I offer you the dumpling squid, such beauty, such succulence. shrimp filling

[1oddboi1]

Hello, welcome! I suggest you take a seat for this one, it's... Well it's something.

Do you like sea slugs? How about the one specific one that has me in a choke hold, glaucus atlanticus? Well do I have something for you!

As you may know my oc, Chos, is a blue RED glaucus. Naturally I wanted to make his anatomy as close to the actual animal as I could, it's more fun that way and I get to learn more about the animal I'm interested in. Well, that's what I thought, but as it turns out it's harder to find info on this thing than I thought. Maybe I just suck at research but it's been a struggle. Anyway, I found diagrams for the anatomy of the animal that was labeled but didn't have a key, so I looked into it further and it brought me to a science book from 1868. That'd be all well and good but it's written entirely in Danish and I couldn't find a translated version online (specifically for free, I'm not paying money for this one thing). So I did the only reasonable thing and took a couple hours to shittily translate the entire 60 page section about the blue glaucus into english using google lens. I acknowledge that the translation is probably super flawed and I'm pretty sure some bits just refused to translate all together but I can't be bothered to put in any more effort.

ALSO! Please note that since this thing is so old, some of the information is likely outdated. Even so I think it serves as an interesting look into the history of this animal and biology/science as a whole to an extent.

Warning, I guess, for it talking about the reproductive system a bit. Idk why but it seems like the reproductive system is the most talked about part of this things anatomy. It also shows drawn diagrams of it having been dissected, if you don't like that sort of thing. I believe that's all for warnings.

Enjoy!

Also here's a scan of the entire thing that I used for this :)

The section on glaucus atlanticus specifically starts on page 243 and the larger chapter(?) it's in starts on page 199. Do what you want with this

[ilovecoelacanths]

heya everyone i'm gonna be taking a break from tumblr for a little while i think. there's just a lot of things happening in my life right now and spending so much time on here is definitely not helping anything. since it's clear i can't just be on here like. a regular amount at this point i think the solution is just to stop completely for a bit. i'll be back at some point and if we're mutuals and i have your discord i might message you on there if anything super exciting happens. if we're mutuals and you want my discord you can message me on here for it. see you all later :]

[joskippy]

CARLOS DAVE ROBLES I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH YOU

[pealeii]

i'm gonna have to be real with you i am so so sorry but i have no idea what your icon / profile picture is, all i know is when i see those orange and yellow squares i'm like ":) it's pealeii"

OMIGOSH THANK YOU FOR ASKING

It’s a model of a giant squid I made for a project.

It was made to scale, so it was about 40 ft. It took a lot of time and paper, so I have some bits of him left (my sister named him Donatello)

Right when I got my tumblr was right when I got my first phone, so I barely had any photos when I picked my pfp. And I love squids so I was like: “him!” And it stuck I guess.

[depvotee]

Feeling like this for real

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

ohhhh.

Demons usually don't like salt, but Sam & Dean can roll around in it if they want because Cain Demons/Grendelfolk/Shadow-walkers/whatever you wanna call them are creatures of briny, brakish and seaside areas. their DEFAULT is "absolutely crusted in brine"

...saltwater demons. huh. what a concept

[crowleys-right-eyeball]

me after making puppets and good omens my entire personality (i love these things more than anything and not just in a hyperfixation way)

[mothmans-boy]

It's such a good Thing!!

ITS THIS THING TUESDAY

[limnologylover]

do you think they sell cotton shirts with cool ass fish on them

[contradictivs]

I thought of this a couple days ago when I was talking about aquariums but the idea of ryder being interested in marine biology? cute

[imagine-too-many-books]

Imagine Annabeth and Percy have a kid early, unplanned and it kinda fucks with their finances so Percy drops out of school to get a job so he can care for the kid and support Annabeth in school. At first he gets a job teaching kids sword fighting but then he hears about underwater welding which pays well because it’s dangerous but Percy is a child of the sea so it’s much less so for him. His boss is even willing to give him flexible hours which means Annabeth doesn’t have to take their kid to class anymore and they can actually afford daycare (why does is it the price of a mortgage nowadays???). A huge financial burden is lifted and Percy doesn’t mind the work so it’s good all the way around.

Fast forward to when Annabeth is done her masters in architecture and lands a job at a top firm. They’ve got savings and have Annabeth’s income to rely on. Percy heads back to school and finishes a degree in marine biology, going on to research some really niche topics like how underwater welding impacts the environment and shifting from there until he’s a well known expert in the field.

Just them finding their way. Supporting each other and landing on their feet no matter what