five things tagged “ocean”
An Anglerfish
What a strange, strange creature. Those bumps remind me of rivets on a submarine. But because they are anglerfish, the bumps are even more bizarre than you’d expect: Since anglerfish are deep sea creatures, it took scientists years and years to figure this stuff out. They could never find a m…
Octopus Swims Around and then Enters Stealth Mode
This is indescribably badass.…
The Glass Octopus and Other Deep Sea Aliens by Solvin Zankl
Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) Longarm Octopus larva (Macrotritopus defilippi) Marine Snail (Atlanta inclinata) Sea Butterfly (Clio chaptali) Eye-flash Squid (Abralia veranyi) Deep sea eel Male copepods Larval Prawn (Plesiopenaeus armatus) Glass Squid (Bathothauma lyromma)…
A Fever of Rays
A group of stringrays is called a fever (my head: “So that’s where that album name came from!”) This is what they look like:…