Horseshoe Crab - Aluminum Foil Sculpture
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can you do one about vampire squids ? 🦑
Vampyroteuthis infernalis or Vampire Squid
It's (very dramatic) scientific name means "vampire squid from hell". However, the vampire squid is not actually a squid! It's actually the only animal in the Vampyroteuthidae family! It's separated into its own family because it can't change color or produce ink. Instead, it turns itself "inside out" (as shown above) to deter predators.
Proportionally, vampire squids also have the largest eyes compared to their body size! They eat mostly zooplankton, marine snow, and other organisms waste. They grow to be about the size of a football and live to be around 8 years old.
There's even evidence that vampire squids have been around since the Jurassic period- almost 200 million years ago!
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Meet the Hairy Octopus 🐙
These tiny cuties are found off the coast of Indonesia and were only discovered in the early 2000’s, with much left to be discovered!
One fun fact about the hairy octopus is that it can not only control its color, but also how hairy it looks to perfectly match its surroundings!
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Hey tumblr I want to introduce you guys to something beautiful
crab database. hundreds of photos of crabs identified by species. I found it by accident. I know of zero other websites with a similar purpose and I have looked because I would love to see websites dedicated to cataloging any genre of animal. Everything about crab database is wonderful and educational and silly.
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These giant sea lions were on the road near the river Calle in Valdivia, Chile. The street is nearby a fish market, so they wait patiently in the water until its time to get scraps.
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Shrimp - Aluminum Foil Sculpture
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Cotylorhiza tuberculata or Fried Egg Jellyfish
There are actually two species that are referred to as the Fried Egg Jellyfish. The one above is around the Mediterranean Sea and is usually about 20 cm (7.8 in) wide. They have short tentacles with a venom that has little to no effect on humans.
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MY ASK GOT EATEN?? NOOOOOOOOO
I asked for a type of shark but I forgot it's name it starts with an h (hexanchiformes) and doesn't even end with shark (hexanchiformes) it's just a word.. ANYWAYS!
MILK SHARK!!! Pease (HEXANCHIFORMES)
(I CANT SEND PICS CUZ IM ANON BUT IM MAKING THIS FACE https://pin.it/59v9wfswN )
-BAT!!!
OH MY GOSH IM SORRY BAT I DIDNT MEAN IT FORGIVE ME PLEASE
DYK…
hexanchiformes eat bony fishes, other sharks, rays, chimaeras, squid, crabs, shrimp, and carrion.
hexanchiformes maximum published weight is 1,300 pounds (590 kg).
hexanchiformes are a primitive order of sharks,that numbering just seven extant species in two families
milk sharks is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family, Carcharhinidae, whose common name comes from an Indian belief that consumption of its meat promotes lactation.
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🐾 animal of the week: Carassius auratus - oranda
aka. oranda goldfish. a breed of goldfish characterized by a bubble-like "hood" on the head.
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