#Natural History of Marine Animals

[vintagewildlife]

Skeleton shrimp (Caprella scaura) By: Unknown photographer From: Natural History of Marine Animals 1949

#skeleton shrimp #shrimp #crustacean #arthropod #invertebrate #1949 #1940s #Natural History of Marine Animals

[amnhnyc]

Cephalopod lovers, meet the stubby bobtail (Rossia pacifica)! With a mantle length of only up to 2 in (5 cm), this tiny critter typically spends its days buried beneath the sand, emerging at night to feed. Shrimp comprise nearly 80% of this species’ diet, but it also preys on small fishes and even other cephalopods. It can be found in coastal waters from Japan to California.

Photo: kcram, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

#science #nature #natural history #animals #cephalopods #stubby #ocean life #marine biology #did you know #fact of the day #cool animals #fish #squid

[protectoursharks]

I heard that sharks and rays are super closely related. Are skates an approximate bridging “group” between them? Or are they outside of both groups

They are all really closely related- there in all the same class known as Chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish. Sharks evolved first, approximately 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Skates and ray came around at approximately the same time as each other 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period.

So skates aren't really a "bridging group", they're actually most closely related to rays!

#marine biology #marine ecology #animals #science #biology #animal facts #wildlife #marine life #ocean #fun facts #shark #sharks #rays #sting rays #skates #evolution #zoology #fossils #natural history #jurassic period #carboniferous #sea life #sea creatures #marine animals #fish #chondrichthyes

[the-cricket-chirps]

Rakusan Tsuchiya

Goldfish

#Rakusan Tsuchiya #woodcut #japanese woodblock print #block printing #japanese art #asian art #art history #goldfish #nature #marine life #beautiful fish #beautiful animals #wildlife #tumblrstyle #tumblr art #tumblrpictures #tumblrpic #tumblraesthetic #aesthetictumblr #japan #beauty

[atheostic]

How to tell someone you know nothing about evolution without saying you know nothing about evolution (2/?)

"Whales never walked on land. It's not possible for whales to have evolved! An animal couldn't survive while having limbs that are partly for land and partly for water."

a) We know for a fact that whales used to be landbound because they have an earbone that isn't found on any other animal, meaning we can trace whale evolution by checking if that bone is present in the fossil.

This is the earliest-known animal with the bone that only cetaceans have:

b) Here's Rodhocetus, an early whale:

Its paws still looked like paws for land but would have been too weak to hold its weight out of water.

#evolution #religion #did you know #creationism #christianity #islam #cetaceans #whales #marine animals #fossils #rhodhocetus #biology #natural history #evolutionary biology #whale evolution

[night-for-night]

fossil oysters from big brook park, nj - vivitar ps 1-2-3 & 400 speed film - developed at eliz digital & scanned with minolta dimage dual iii

#35mm #fossils #paleontology #natural history #prehistoric #oysters #sea life #sea creatures #nature #new jersey #fossil hunting #grass #trees #botany #zoology #biology #marine biology #marine life #marine animals #ocean life

[animacules]

(Source)

#scientific illustration #transparent #skull #marine mammals #png blog #png #animals #sea lions #pinnipeds #australian sea lion #natural history of victoria #natural history #nature #nature art #vintage #vintage art #vulture culture #bones #skull art

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldOtterDay + #Woodensday:

Top: wooden sea otter effigy feast bowl, Kwakiutl culture Bottom: wooden bowl with sea otter at one end & human at other, Haida culture

Both collected in 1897, now on display at Field Museum in Chicago.

#Indigenous Art #First Nations Art #Native American Art #Kwakiutl #Haida #bowl #woodwork #wood #effigy vessel #otter #sea otter #World Otter Day #marine mamals #Field Musem of Natural History #museum visit #animals in art #animal holiday

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Watch a man make friends with sperm whales — bringing us one step closer to communicating with these beautiful beasts of the deep. Enjoy the full-length 2024 PBS Nature documentary at Patrick and the Whale.

#whales #whale #nature #documentary #ocean #sea #science #television #animals #aesthetic #wildlife #natural history #marine biology #video #nature photography #marine life #sea life #sea creatures #ocean life #beauty-funny-trippy #sperm whales #PBS #Patrick and the Whale

[sombertide-0]

zarafasaura

#zarafasaura #paleoart #paleontology #marine reptile #elasmosaur #plesiosaur #extinct animal #natural history #art #sombertide art

[puppetstringed]

Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum Macrocheira kaempferi

#natural history #marine biology #animals #museum #photography #my photo

[vintagewildlife]

Estuarine sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus elongatus) Photo by: Unknown photographer From: Natural History of Marine Animals 1949

#sand dollar #sea urchin #echinoderm #invertebrate #1949 #1940s #Natural History of Marine Animals

[amnhnyc]

Did you know? Blue-ringed octopuses (members of the genus Hapalochlaena) are among the world’s deadliest cephalopods. Found in coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans, these critters typically measure less than 8 in (20.3 cm) long. But, they pack a venomous bite that is potent enough to instantly paralyze, and even kill, a human being.

Photo: Angell Williams, CC BY 2.0, flickr

#science #nature #natural history #animals #fact of the day #did you know #octopus #blue ringed octopus #ocean life #marine biology #coral reef #cephalopods

[kararadaygum]

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#dark academia #animals #biology #natural history #decapoda #marine #crustacea #dark aesthetic #tiere #natural history museum #naturkunde #underwater #naturkundemuseum #museum aesthetic #museum #dark #dunkel #animal #tier #aquatic #biologie #arthropoda #frankfurt #academia aesthetic #crayfish #lobster #crab

[the-cricket-chirps]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tiger Shark, Tametomo and Tengu, Originally Edo era, this edition was made at an unknown date

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Triptych: The Former Emperor [Sutokul, from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo (Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu)

1851-52

#utagawa kuniyoshi #triptych #sharks #woodcut #japanese art #art history #japanese prints #asian art #seascape #shark attack #wildlife #nature #marine animals #beautiful animals #ocean view #aesthetictumblr #tumblraesthetic #tumblrpic #tumblrpictures #tumblr art #tumblrstyle #asian aesthetic #japanese aesthetic #aesthetic

[circadiancrunch]

the other piece I made on trash that I insisted on using. It's smoll, it's mako sharks and it was almost salvageable. Like... the paper buckled immediately, took water but not pigment and I had used some resist, and it just tore it all up. So now it has this texture because in order to not just throw it all out. I went over the whole piece with medium mixed with mica ~magic medium~ It gave me a surface to work with and it ended up looking pretty cool! So I'm glad I didn't give up. We almost have 100 followers on the kickstarter now. I'm nervous but hopeful about it~ Apologies again for cellphone photos~

#sharks #mako shark #painting #acrylic painting #shortfin mako #marine life #animal art #animal drawing #natural history illustration #illustation #nature drawing #artists on tumblr #fish #art