#ocean

[natureell]

[herpsandbirds]

Green “Leaf Sheep” Sea Slugs (Costasiella kuroshimae), family Costasiellidae, Bali, Indoneisa

photograph by Wolfgang Assl

[frogmoisturethief]

I LOVE SEA SLUGS

'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans

[expressions-of-nature]

by Alexander Ryabenkiy

[herpsandbirds]

Do there happen to be any birds that make use of bioluminescence? If not, could you share some non-fish species that do?

Bioluminescence:

Besides fish, I do not believe that there are any bioluminescent vertebrates.

There are of course fly larvae, beetles and their larvae, and cephalopods that use it (as well as other inverts, I'm sure).

Here's a favorite:

Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), family Vampyroteuthidae, photographed in the deep sea off the Pacific Coast of North America

Vampire Squids are not actually true squids, but are in their own distinct groups of Cephalopods (most closely related to the Octopuses).

They only grow to a total length of up to 30 cm (~ 1 ft).

They have many light producing photophores on various locations around their body.

They live at depths of 600 to 900 m (2,000 to 3,000 ft) in oceans around the world.

photographs via: MBARI

[photographss-world]

‘Kimsenin konuşmadığı, bir dil gibiyim…

Kimsenin inanmadığı ,bir deli…

Yazarının bile ,okumadığı bir kitap…

Hiç çalmayan, bir şarkı…

Hiç sorulmayan, bir soru gibiyim……

Kalabalıklar içinde, varım ama, yok gibiyim….“

Murathan Mungan

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[typhlonectes]

Ocean heat killed half of population of Alaskan bird species

In what is considered the largest documented wildlife mortality event in the modern era, a heating ocean wiped out half of Alaska’s common murre seabird population, a new study found. Scientists have noticed an increase in marine heatwaves, which are periods of warmer-than-usual ocean waters. A study published in the journal “Science” on Thursday assesses how marine heatwaves have impacted wildlife. Researchers found a loss of four million common murres in Alaska during a heatwave period between 2014 and 2016...

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[creelarke]

“How’s life?”

Me:

[theres-rue-for-you]

my brother works on a boat so when he rants about his job I can’t take it seriously because he keeps angrily referring to his boss as “captain”. like sorry ur having 19th century sailor problems my guy

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[comeguessmethisriddle]

well? can you?

[protectoursharks]

The shape of a fish's caudal tail can tell you a lot about how fast the fish moves! A rounded tail is the slowest and a lunate tail is the fastest! The lunate tail has the most optimal ratio of high thrust and low draw, making it the fastest.

Ichthyology Notes 2/?

[ra3kiv]

sea, swallow me

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