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gggermicide 2 years ago
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Part 2
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daily-dragon-drawing 3 months ago
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#136 - 娴烽緧 (h菐il贸ng / seadragon) - May be found in your local aquarium! :3 馃悏
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herpsandbirds 7 months ago
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dragons are real! they're just aquatic and live among the fishes, i saw some at an aquarium back when i was on vacation :]
(you know what i'm talking about right i'm not trying to request false creature i just think its cool)
Yes, yes, there are 3 species of sea dragons...
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Leafy Seadragon聽(Phycodurus eques), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found off the Southern and Western coasts of Australia
photographs by Dave Fleetham & James Rosendale
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Common Seadragon聽or聽Weedy Seadragon聽(Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found along the southern coast of Australia
photograph by John Sear
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Ruby Seadragons聽(Phyllopteryx dewysea), family Syngnathidae, order Syngnathiformes, found off the coast of western Australia
photographs by Zoe Della Vedova
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sosuperawesome 6 months ago
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Seadragon Pins // Marytime Designs
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overdose-art 23 days ago
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Sea dragon (Glaucus atlanticus) / Ren茅 Catala, 1964
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vcreatures 1 year ago
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I used the prompt eldritch for this one but I think this drake veers slightly more whimsical, "high fantasy" vs eldritch. I鈥檒l probably circle back and revisit this design at some point but figured I鈥檇 post this one anyway聽
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respect-the-locals 8 months ago
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馃悹 Daily Fish Fact: 馃悹
Leafy Seadragon: The name is derived from their appearance, with long leaf-like protrusions coming from all over the body that serve only as聽camouflage. The leafy seadragon propels itself utilizing a聽pectoral fin聽on the ridge of its neck and a聽dorsal fin聽on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they聽undulate聽minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating聽seaweed. Popularly known as "leafies", they are the聽marine emblem聽of the state of聽South Australia聽and a focus for local marine conservation.
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i-give-you-a-fish 14 days ago
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Trick or treat!
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You get a Leafy Seadragon
Phycodurus eques
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fishenjoyer1 6 months ago
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Fish of the Day
Today's fish of the day is the leafy sea dragon!
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The leafy seadragon was suggested by pasta! Thank you Pasta! The leafy seadragon, also known as Leafies, and Glauert's seadragon, scientific name Phycodurus eques, is known for their unique camouflage! Originally thought to exist in small and interspersed populations, it is now known that they are widespread, and can be found on the Southern and Western coast of Australia, these fish are native to kelp beds and other grassy areas, although they can also be found in sandy patches. They prefer areas at depths more than 50 meters below the surface, and this is where they reside close to the seafloor.
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Like others in the Syngnathinae family (Pipefishes, seahorses, and seadragons), leafy seadragons have incredibly poor swimming skills. They swim via quick movements form the dorsal fin, and although pipefish have the aid of a caudal fin, seahorses and seadragons have no such luck. Seadragons also lack the prehensile tails that is associated to their seahorse cousins, leaving them only with camouflage to aid their survival. The leafy seadragon diet is made up of tiny planktonic crustaceans called mysid shrimp. These shrimp are caught by sucking them into the mouth of the fish, and they have advanced enough eyes to hunt them. They can get as large as 20 inches, but most only get about as large as 12inches on average.
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Mating in leafy sea dragons is very similar to the mating of seahorses. Females will lay up to 250 eggs in a single breeding season, and these eggs will be held by the male. However, unlike seahorses, seadragons do not have a specialized pouch for incubating their children, but rather male seadragons hold their eggs underneath their tail in a brood patch, which protects and aerates the eggs. In about 4 weeks these eggs will be ready to hatch, a process that takes around 24 hours, where the father helps by shaking the tail to help dislodge. After this the babies will be only 20mm large, and survive independently, hunting zooplankton. Seadragons grow quick though, reaching 8 inches in their first year of life. After this they will then reach their full adult size by their second year, when they also reach sexual maternity. They will then live a full life of 5-7 years.
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Have a good day everyone!
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fish-daily 2 years ago
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fish 13 - common seadragon
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cloudyglow 5 months ago
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The mane 6 as seaponies with Spike as a seadragon.
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peiro-usagi-art 11 months ago
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barely recovered from being sick but i cOULDNT resist drawing leafy sea dragon Y/N from one of @naffeclipse 's many variants of their AU Apex Polarity (i love every single version sm nkjetnjetnj)
I was gonna just gonna do the one but I decided to make a night and day coloured version with some funky colours and more natural ones because this lil dude was so fun to draw :3
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herpsandbirds 1 year ago
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Common Seadragons聽or聽Weedy Seadragons聽(Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), family Syngnathidae, Australia
photograph by Nicolas Remy
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space-blue 2 years ago
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Catch of the day
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coffeenuts 7 months ago
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vcreatures 1 year ago
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The Sea Wyvern is a colossal giant of bio vents and jets living much of it鈥檚 life on the wing and out at sea. Its massive wingspan will glide it through calm winds and treacherous storms.聽
The Sea Wyvern will never touch land, not even to build nests and ventures no closer than coastlines.This dragon is one of the few live bearers and will give birth in the air. A chick鈥檚 first and life defying obstacle is taking to the wing as soon as possible. For those chicks who do survive, which is few, the mother鈥檚 back will provide a place of rest as it builds up it鈥檚 wing muscles. Female鈥檚 tails are tipped with bioluminescence as a guide for it's chicks.
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