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Here, a panda sea squirt!
These fancy filter feeders live off the coast of Japan in warm, shallow waters. The white lines that resemble bones are actually blood vessels! They generally live in colonies, connected through an underground system.
Twig spider egg sac, Poltys sp., Araneidae
Not sure on the exact species ID for this egg sac, but there are some strange-looking twig spiders out there! Some examples of species in this area here.
Photos 1-4 photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook
Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!
Photo 5 also photographed in Singapore by melvynyeo
An owlfly, both young and adult!
They're a lot like antlions in how their young set traps for small bugs. However, the adults also hold their abdomens up at an odd angle, mimicking a tree branch!
I drew a little assassin bug!
This fella was based on Gminatus australia, although I may have taken some...creative liberties with the finer details lol
Look, a saiga!
These antelope have some incredibly trunk-like noses. The purpose of their strange snouts is to help with the dry, dusty air of their preferred desert climates. They're rather small compared to other antelope, around the size of a goat. Unfortunately, many were dying in 2015 due to a bacterium that causes hemorrhagic septicemia, a nasty disease. However, despite that, they're still considered Not Threatened!
Look, a saiga!
These antelope have some incredibly trunk-like noses. The purpose of their strange snouts is to help with the dry, dusty air of their preferred desert climates. They're rather small compared to other antelope, around the size of a goat. Unfortunately, many were dying in 2015 due to a bacterium that causes hemorrhagic septicemia, a nasty disease. However, despite that, they're still considered Not Threatened!
A rainbow grasshopper!
My wonderful grandma recently got me a book of bugs, so expect a few more bug drawings coming at some point!
A planthopper nymph!
This is the nymph of a member of the true bug family Issidae. Their wild colors, strange shape, and butt firework are actually all typical of their group; many planthopper young exhibit surreal features such as those depicted. They tend to have various functions, ranging from aid in locomotion to camouflage to protection. They're also in the same order as bedbugs, cicadas, and even stink bugs, even though they all look incredibly different from each other!
The Solomon Island leaf frog!
These little guys are, as the name suggests, native to the Solomon Islands. They're ambush predators that live concealed in the leaf litter of the forest floor, which makes sense when considering their leaf-like appearance. They're also notoriously bad swimmers! Their development is also quite unusual, with them going through the tadpole stage entirely within their eggs; when they hatch, they look just like miniature frogs!
The stoplight loosejaw!
These fellas are some strange looking deep sea fishes, getting down to 17,000 feet below the surface of the water. Their name comes from their red and green bioluminescence, the former of which is incredibly rare in deep sea animals. Most deep sea creatures can't even see red light, so the loosejaw's red light is a massive advantage, allowing them not to be seen by predators! They can also open their mouths real wide with the help of their strange lower jaw. This adaptation is generally only seen in fish that eat other fish, but, strangely enough, these guys mostly eat zooplankton!
The stoplight loosejaw!
These fellas are some strange looking deep sea fishes, getting down to 17,000 feet below the surface of the water. Their name comes from their red and green bioluminescence, the former of which is incredibly rare in deep sea animals. Most deep sea creatures can't even see red light, so the loosejaw's red light is a massive advantage, allowing them not to be seen by predators! They can also open their mouths real wide with the help of their strange lower jaw. This adaptation is generally only seen in fish that eat other fish, but, strangely enough, these guys mostly eat zooplankton!
This is a bony-eared assfish.
Or, more specifically, the nymph of the bony-eared assfish. The adults are a bit more...unfortunate in appearance, with them being cusk-eels and all, so I chose to draw their more beautiful children. They have some of the smallest brains compared to their bodies of any fish! The brain is a highly energetic organ, so, in a scare environment, the less brain the better! Also, their rather vulgar names are due to their scientific name, a part of which means "donkey".
The ethereal snailfish!
These pink little guys are the deepest-living fish ever recorded! The farthest ones were found in the Mariana Trench 26,831 feet below sea level! (For comparison, it's thought that vertebrates reach a maximum depth between 26,000-27,900 feet below sea level, so these guys are close to the absolute theoretical limit!) To cope with such incredible pressures, they have a number of adaptations, like their colorlessness, pressure-resistent cartilage, increased membrane fluidity, and those large sensory pores on their heads. They also strictly live in cold waters and feed on small creatures such as copepods and plankton.
Yet another deep sea creature!
This guy is the gossamer worm, a member of the genus Tomopteris. They spend their entire lives swimming around in the water column, never touching the ocean floor nor reaching the surface. To this end, their transparent nature aids them greatly; their predators can hardly spot them in the dark of the twilight zone. However, when spotted, some species curl up into a ball, whilst others shoot luminescent goop out of their "arms"!
Calocalanus pavo!
This is a little fella known as a copepod, a large group of tiny organisms found in almost all moist environments. They're highly diverse and, as you can see, come in some wild shapes and sizes! Their larval forms are called nautilus forms, which is because scientists in the past thought that copepod larvae were entirely different animals altogether! This species in particular resides in arctic and subarctic waters and, like most copepods, likely is a great food source for many animals higher up in the food chain!
This is Bathyteuthis berryi!
This is a species of deep sea squids, generally found in the twilight zone. They're quite small, their mantles only 3 inches in length on average! The most impressive thing about them, though, is their reproductive habits. As illustrated here, females carry their eggs around with them, which is thought to increase the survival rates of her offspring. This behavior is incredibly rare in squids, with it only documented in three species!
Day 1: the telescope fish!
These guys exhibit an otherworldly phenomenon that's actually relatively common in the deep sea: large eyes that have been pulled into a cylindrical shape. This allows them to focus on even weak lights from a great distance away, which is incredibly useful as most of their prey exhibits bioluminescence. Speaking of their prey, it's possible for telescope fish to eat creatures bigger than themselves! This is thanks to their wide mouths and heavily distendable stomachs.
Also, tomorrow I will be posting a drawing of Bathyteuthis berryi, a deep sea squid!