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All about the secret lives of seahorses!
All about the secret lives of seahorses!
Happy World Habitat Day 🧊
Even sea ice can provide valuable living space, particularly for the masses of diatoms growing underneath (hence the yellow stains). Krill will then feed on these microalgae, the same krill that whales often feast on in polar waters.
#diatoms #phytoplankton
Even sea ice can provide valuable living space, particularly for the masses of diatoms growing underneath (hence the yellow stains). Krill will then feed on these microalgae, the same krill that whales often feast on in polar waters.
#diatoms #phytoplankton
October 5, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Happy World Habitat Day 🧊
Even sea ice can provide valuable living space, particularly for the masses of diatoms growing underneath (hence the yellow stains). Krill will then feed on these microalgae, the same krill that whales often feast on in polar waters.
#diatoms #phytoplankton
Even sea ice can provide valuable living space, particularly for the masses of diatoms growing underneath (hence the yellow stains). Krill will then feed on these microalgae, the same krill that whales often feast on in polar waters.
#diatoms #phytoplankton
Happy World Animal Day 🪱
The bootlace worm is the ocean’s longest animal with confirmed lengths in excess of 30m (5-15m is more usual and claims of 55m have been made). They also produce a powerful neurotoxin that is effective against crabs and cockroaches.
#worms
The bootlace worm is the ocean’s longest animal with confirmed lengths in excess of 30m (5-15m is more usual and claims of 55m have been made). They also produce a powerful neurotoxin that is effective against crabs and cockroaches.
#worms
October 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Happy World Animal Day 🪱
The bootlace worm is the ocean’s longest animal with confirmed lengths in excess of 30m (5-15m is more usual and claims of 55m have been made). They also produce a powerful neurotoxin that is effective against crabs and cockroaches.
#worms
The bootlace worm is the ocean’s longest animal with confirmed lengths in excess of 30m (5-15m is more usual and claims of 55m have been made). They also produce a powerful neurotoxin that is effective against crabs and cockroaches.
#worms
***NEW ARTICLE OUT NOW!***
Find out why seahorses are among the most underrated fish in the sea.
#seahorses
#oceanpredators
Find out why seahorses are among the most underrated fish in the sea.
#seahorses
#oceanpredators
Seahorses- Silent, but deadly
by Matthew Norton The sheer variety of animals in the ocean, from the size and shape of their bodies to the intricacies of their inner workings, never ceases to amaze me. But it also makes it impos…
ourworldunderthewaves.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
***NEW ARTICLE OUT NOW!***
Find out why seahorses are among the most underrated fish in the sea.
#seahorses
#oceanpredators
Find out why seahorses are among the most underrated fish in the sea.
#seahorses
#oceanpredators
Media Monday #106 🖌️
An Ocean Garden, with plenty of seaweeds and seashells to pick out.
Painted by Frances E. Young in 1907.
An Ocean Garden, with plenty of seaweeds and seashells to pick out.
Painted by Frances E. Young in 1907.
An Ocean Garden | Frances E. Young | V&A Explore The Collections
Young, F E
collections.vam.ac.uk
September 28, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Media Monday #106 🖌️
An Ocean Garden, with plenty of seaweeds and seashells to pick out.
Painted by Frances E. Young in 1907.
An Ocean Garden, with plenty of seaweeds and seashells to pick out.
Painted by Frances E. Young in 1907.
Happy World Tourism Day 🌊
Celebrating all the ecotourism opportunities afforded to us by the sea. Be it the icy wildernesses, coral reefs and animal superstars.
May it continue (responsibly).
#ecotourism #corals #glaciers #sharks #whales
Celebrating all the ecotourism opportunities afforded to us by the sea. Be it the icy wildernesses, coral reefs and animal superstars.
May it continue (responsibly).
#ecotourism #corals #glaciers #sharks #whales
September 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Happy World Tourism Day 🌊
Celebrating all the ecotourism opportunities afforded to us by the sea. Be it the icy wildernesses, coral reefs and animal superstars.
May it continue (responsibly).
#ecotourism #corals #glaciers #sharks #whales
Celebrating all the ecotourism opportunities afforded to us by the sea. Be it the icy wildernesses, coral reefs and animal superstars.
May it continue (responsibly).
#ecotourism #corals #glaciers #sharks #whales
Happy World Maritime Day 🛶
This balsa wood raft was used during the 1947 kon-tiki expedition when a six man team sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia. Proving it was possible for the people of Fatu Hiva to be descended from the South American continent.
#polynesia #sailing
This balsa wood raft was used during the 1947 kon-tiki expedition when a six man team sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia. Proving it was possible for the people of Fatu Hiva to be descended from the South American continent.
#polynesia #sailing
September 26, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Happy World Maritime Day 🛶
This balsa wood raft was used during the 1947 kon-tiki expedition when a six man team sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia. Proving it was possible for the people of Fatu Hiva to be descended from the South American continent.
#polynesia #sailing
This balsa wood raft was used during the 1947 kon-tiki expedition when a six man team sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia. Proving it was possible for the people of Fatu Hiva to be descended from the South American continent.
#polynesia #sailing
Media Monday #105 🎬
A surreal experience that starts with a fisherman, near a coastal village in Thailand, rescuing an injured stranger. Only for that same stranger to take over the fisherman’s life when he disappears at sea.
#mantaray
A surreal experience that starts with a fisherman, near a coastal village in Thailand, rescuing an injured stranger. Only for that same stranger to take over the fisherman’s life when he disappears at sea.
#mantaray
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September 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Media Monday #105 🎬
A surreal experience that starts with a fisherman, near a coastal village in Thailand, rescuing an injured stranger. Only for that same stranger to take over the fisherman’s life when he disappears at sea.
#mantaray
A surreal experience that starts with a fisherman, near a coastal village in Thailand, rescuing an injured stranger. Only for that same stranger to take over the fisherman’s life when he disappears at sea.
#mantaray
***NEW ARTICLE COMING SOON***
All about the secret lives of seahorses!
All about the secret lives of seahorses!
September 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
***NEW ARTICLE COMING SOON***
All about the secret lives of seahorses!
All about the secret lives of seahorses!
Shark Repellent Bat Spray! (Batman 1966)
YouTube video by choke fiend
youtu.be
September 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Excellent news if they go through with it.
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Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters
The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Excellent news if they go through with it.
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These days, pelicans are best known for being big water birds with even bigger mouths. But during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the mother pelican piercing her own chest, to feed her offspring with her own blood, was a Christian symbol of loving sacrifice.
#pelican #seabird #symbolism
#pelican #seabird #symbolism
September 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM
These days, pelicans are best known for being big water birds with even bigger mouths. But during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the mother pelican piercing her own chest, to feed her offspring with her own blood, was a Christian symbol of loving sacrifice.
#pelican #seabird #symbolism
#pelican #seabird #symbolism
Media Monday #104 🎸
Atomic Lobster, an alternative rock trio from Stuttgart, Germany.
Luckily, there aren’t any literal radioactive crustaceans out there (to the best of my knowledge).
#alternative_rock #lobster
Atomic Lobster, an alternative rock trio from Stuttgart, Germany.
Luckily, there aren’t any literal radioactive crustaceans out there (to the best of my knowledge).
#alternative_rock #lobster
Every Step
YouTube video by Atomic Lobster - Topic
youtu.be
September 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Media Monday #104 🎸
Atomic Lobster, an alternative rock trio from Stuttgart, Germany.
Luckily, there aren’t any literal radioactive crustaceans out there (to the best of my knowledge).
#alternative_rock #lobster
Atomic Lobster, an alternative rock trio from Stuttgart, Germany.
Luckily, there aren’t any literal radioactive crustaceans out there (to the best of my knowledge).
#alternative_rock #lobster
Always be wary when long-spined sea urchins are around.
Their venom is, luckily, mild and non-fatal to humans, but those stinging spines are bound to hurt!
#urchins #echinoderms
Their venom is, luckily, mild and non-fatal to humans, but those stinging spines are bound to hurt!
#urchins #echinoderms
September 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Always be wary when long-spined sea urchins are around.
Their venom is, luckily, mild and non-fatal to humans, but those stinging spines are bound to hurt!
#urchins #echinoderms
Their venom is, luckily, mild and non-fatal to humans, but those stinging spines are bound to hurt!
#urchins #echinoderms
Until someone builds a waterproof Time Machine, old fossils are the best clues we have.
#fossils #starfish
#fossils #starfish
A Two-Sided Starfish? 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal How The Starfish Got So Star-Shaped
From bilateral to pentaradial, the starfish took a basic body plan and ran.
www.iflscience.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The mighty manta ray can boast a wingspan of nearly 7 metres!
Yet despite their colossal size, they feed on tiny zooplankton using specialised gill rakers. Hardly befitting of their alternative name, the “devil fish”.
#manta_ray
Yet despite their colossal size, they feed on tiny zooplankton using specialised gill rakers. Hardly befitting of their alternative name, the “devil fish”.
#manta_ray
September 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The mighty manta ray can boast a wingspan of nearly 7 metres!
Yet despite their colossal size, they feed on tiny zooplankton using specialised gill rakers. Hardly befitting of their alternative name, the “devil fish”.
#manta_ray
Yet despite their colossal size, they feed on tiny zooplankton using specialised gill rakers. Hardly befitting of their alternative name, the “devil fish”.
#manta_ray
Media Monday #103 ✍️
That’s not an oyster emerging from those shells.
But you can find this rather odd revelation, along with fish in waistcoats and sharks with saddles being ridden like horses, in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin”, published in 1904.
#International_Literacy_Day
(albeit a day early)
That’s not an oyster emerging from those shells.
But you can find this rather odd revelation, along with fish in waistcoats and sharks with saddles being ridden like horses, in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin”, published in 1904.
#International_Literacy_Day
(albeit a day early)
September 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Media Monday #103 ✍️
That’s not an oyster emerging from those shells.
But you can find this rather odd revelation, along with fish in waistcoats and sharks with saddles being ridden like horses, in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin”, published in 1904.
#International_Literacy_Day
(albeit a day early)
That’s not an oyster emerging from those shells.
But you can find this rather odd revelation, along with fish in waistcoats and sharks with saddles being ridden like horses, in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin”, published in 1904.
#International_Literacy_Day
(albeit a day early)
The golden octopus 🐙
Or rather a golden Octopus Frontlet (i.e. a headdress) crafted during the Moche civilisation (300-600 A.D), then looted from a burial site in what is now northern Peru.
#octopus #ancient_civilisations
Or rather a golden Octopus Frontlet (i.e. a headdress) crafted during the Moche civilisation (300-600 A.D), then looted from a burial site in what is now northern Peru.
#octopus #ancient_civilisations
September 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The golden octopus 🐙
Or rather a golden Octopus Frontlet (i.e. a headdress) crafted during the Moche civilisation (300-600 A.D), then looted from a burial site in what is now northern Peru.
#octopus #ancient_civilisations
Or rather a golden Octopus Frontlet (i.e. a headdress) crafted during the Moche civilisation (300-600 A.D), then looted from a burial site in what is now northern Peru.
#octopus #ancient_civilisations
Starfish saves lives: Hastings pupils learn RNLI Float to Live message | RNLI
rnli.org
September 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Media Monday #102 🕹️
Before Subnautica, there was “Endless Ocean”.
Known as “Forever Blue” in Japan, there’s plenty to discover in the fictional Manaurai Sea.
#ocean #ocean_exploration
Before Subnautica, there was “Endless Ocean”.
Known as “Forever Blue” in Japan, there’s plenty to discover in the fictional Manaurai Sea.
#ocean #ocean_exploration
Endless Ocean Nintendo Wii Trailer - E3 2007 Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
August 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Media Monday #102 🕹️
Before Subnautica, there was “Endless Ocean”.
Known as “Forever Blue” in Japan, there’s plenty to discover in the fictional Manaurai Sea.
#ocean #ocean_exploration
Before Subnautica, there was “Endless Ocean”.
Known as “Forever Blue” in Japan, there’s plenty to discover in the fictional Manaurai Sea.
#ocean #ocean_exploration
Happy International Whale Shark Day 🦈
August 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Happy International Whale Shark Day 🦈
A brief window into elasmobranch diversity 🦈
Courtesy of Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature. Published in 1796.
#sharks #rays #elasmobranchs
Courtesy of Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature. Published in 1796.
#sharks #rays #elasmobranchs
August 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A brief window into elasmobranch diversity 🦈
Courtesy of Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature. Published in 1796.
#sharks #rays #elasmobranchs
Courtesy of Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature. Published in 1796.
#sharks #rays #elasmobranchs
Some designs are so good that they persist for millions of years.
This extinct sun star from the mid-Miocene (11.5-16 million years ago) and modern day sun star look pretty similar. Naturally, their exact inner workings would’ve worked in slightly different ways.
#starfish #fossils
This extinct sun star from the mid-Miocene (11.5-16 million years ago) and modern day sun star look pretty similar. Naturally, their exact inner workings would’ve worked in slightly different ways.
#starfish #fossils
August 26, 2026 at 11:51 AM