Totally Not a Sushi Chef

Cecaelia noun [sɛ kaɪ' li yə] A mythological creature with the head and torso of a human and the legs of an octopus

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[esteliel]

Illustration for Victor Hugo’s Toilers of the Sea by Gustave Doré

[somecallmegin]

Good job leading that ship onto the rocks, high-five! 

That’s was a fun project I got myself into on a self-dare. The title comes from that tiny tiny figure on the lighthouse getting a high-five from the Chtulhu-like creature. Sadly this picture was a victim of the 2017 computer crash that caused the loss of several of my original HD files, so the zoom-ins (old WIP screenshots I had made and posted on instagram) are the last proof of this even being the case.

[catchymemes]

[whimsy-by-joja]

@byk23 - murderous tentacles….

[sorrynotsorrybi]

Totally here for bi squids. (full article here)

[stilesisbiles]

I couldn’t resist

[specsthespectraldragon]

@mothmammoth

[elasticitymudflap]

masterpost of fish names i really like

[hugh--jassmann]

[iguanamouth]

[iguanamouth]

What's the best fish?

this one

[cheeso]

[othmeralia]

“This man has a problem…” 

Well I would say so. He is trying to wrap an octopus. And the octopus seems to be putting up quite the fight. I’m rooting for the octopus.

Here’s hoping your holiday season is filled with many awkwardly shaped packages that you need to wrap - just don’t wrap any octopuses!

Ad from Modern Packaging Encyclopedia (1961)

[uwmarchives]

Proof that there are sources for problems you didn’t even know you had!

what will i ever need to use physics for

oh ok

[sadhockeytrashbaby]

The best part of this is that non hockey fans would be like ‘wtf is an octopus doing on the ice’ but hockey fans are like ‘oh, its a red wings game’.

[aviouslyy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Octopus

I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS REAL

[sixpenceee]

Deep in the oceans of the southern hemisphere exist 60-foot long tubular creatures that undulate through the water. They’re called pyrosomes. A pyrosome is actually a colony of zooids, a kind of marine invertebrates only about half an inch long.

A pyrosome colony is shaped like a giant tube, closed to a point on one end (this is the front end) and open on the other end (the back end), sometimes with a tail poking out. The walls of this tube are the colony — the individuals (clones) are embedded in a gelatinous material. Their mouths face outwards from the tube, giving them easy access to take in water. They pass that water through their “stomachs” to filter out anything edible, namely plankton, then squirt the filtered water out their other side into the space within the tube. 

This action of sucking in and spitting out water not only helps the colony keep its shape, it’s how the colony moves. This tube is constantly moving, albeit extremely slowly. So while they look completely terrifying, pyrosomes are innocuous and delicate; a gentle wave carries enough force to tear one apart. (Source)

[nubbsgalore]

[merswine]

Not sure on the ID, but I just wanted to let people know that this is a mouth-brooding fish! She’s not eating them, all her little babies are going home to be safe!!

[toytulini]

FISH SNOOT!! 🐠🐠🐠

[bayobayo]

MerWill Pt.3 [x] [ Read from very beginning ]

Pg. 1 || Pg. 2 || Pg. 3

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[nim-lock]

Jumping on the sharcannibal bandwagon 

Hannibal’s spine goes side to side while swimming; Will’s goes up and down. They have an ever-growing collection of sea dogs (seals) that Hannibal can’t argue they have no space for, because the entire ocean is their home. 

Sharks often bear mating bites/marks (it’s a violent affair).

[pragnificent]

This is fascinating. 

What is the significance of their spines working differently?

[nim-lock]

A mammal’s spine has an up-down motion (whales, dolphins, seals), which is more familiar looking than than a fish’s side-to-side. Therefore; Hannibal is designed to look other, perhaps more adapted, able to breathe without the need to surface, and is able to go deeper underwater. It looks unnatural to the more prevalent kind of mermaids who’re more mammalian. And Will, at first glance, is designed to blend in. 

[amarriageoftrueminds]

also they would have to fuck sideways???

[camilleflyingrotten]

- And The Beast From The Sea -

_____ Want merch with my ugly art on it ?? >>> THIS WAYYY

[conceptblogfromaconcepthuman]

here’s the best account on twitter. it’s run by an electric eel in an aquarium in tennessee who’s tank is wired to a computer that tweets something like ZAP! or POW! every time he discharges electricity. 

[catceleste]

good