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[Unsolicited nudis: ongoing spread of two non-native nudibranchs along Australia’s east coast]

Forbes et al. (2025)

My instructor: You good to dive today?

Me, having a verbal shutdown this morning: *nods*

Me, internally: BLEASE lemme go where I’m not obligated to talk and can just signal and float in neutral buoyancy with critters around pleasepleaseplease

#got that dog in me #autism #actually autistic #scuba diving #scuba #ocean #oceanblr

I hate it when dogs won’t stop begging me for food 🙄

#I love her so much it’s unreal #philippine blue millipede #philippines #bugs #tw bugs #negros island #millipede #bugblr #giant millipede #(she’s wild btw and i returned her)

have-you-seen-this-animal

Crown of thorns starfish

Sure thing!

Have you seen the long-spined crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster planci)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onJun 16, 2025

#SOOOO cool looking #but #very destructive :(#seen them eating away at huge table corals #Might actually be invited to cull them on a reef near MCP? We shall see #If the harbinger of apocalypse then why pretty

I FOUND!!!!!!!!!! BDBANNANAKJNNQ

My beloved,,,

She’s a Philippine giant blue millipede I found chilling on a log. Took a bit to convince her to let me pick her up, but she was very polite and sociable before being returned to her detritus <3

Humanity doesn’t deserve such a friend-shaped forest spirit. I would die for her

#FAT BABBY #I’m SOOO happy to see them again #‘she’ is technically male but uhh gender #bugblr #millipede #giant millipede #Visayas #Philippine blue millipede #Philippine giant blue millipede #bugs #tw bugs #Philippines

My dive camera case leaked cuz I forgot to grease the o-ring so uh. LAND CRITTER TIME!!!!

This funni man woke me up at 4am on my first night with his yelling XD

Beetles 💥💥💥

A katydid(?) and some flavor of cute little Hemiptera(?)

And three back-to-back girls’ night outs, of which I can only send the second cuz Tumblr is gatekeeping my bug videos. The first two were for honey bees, and the third was flying ants who knew no boundaries.

I can’t wait to see the Philippine giant blue millipedes again omg. Fat babby,,,

#My camera’s fine btw. I just had to stay above 15 meters and the pics didn’t turn out #tokay gecko #tuko gecko #gecko #beetles #bugs #tw bugs #insects

PROS of living in a rainforest: Your soft candy doesn’t dry out and stays at the perfect consistency!

CONS of living in a rainforest: Ants want aforementioned candy So Bad

#ants are so cute tho #typing this with a little roach on my shirt #marine conservation philippines #rainforest #bugs

GOING BACK TO MCP IN LESS THAN A WEEK LESS GOOOOOOOOOO

#IM VIBRATING #Getting my divemaster cert hehe

I forgot about this account lol

Here’s some sea slugs from my stay with Marine Conservation Philippines in *cough* 2022 for your amusement