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he/it/el. adult. transmasc + aroace. some guy on the web. science enjoyer.

[vintagewildlife]

Chiton By: AMNH From: The Science of Zoology 1966

[venndaai]

have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

[venndaai]

they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

[muffinlance]

Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

[vintagewildlife]

Clownfish and sea anemone By: David Hall From: Natural History Magazine 1989

[echinoderm-of-the-day]

An incredible photo of today’s echinoderm, Colochirus crassus, commonly known as the candy cucumber.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291166468

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Though most modern sponges are synthetic, people have been using Mediterranean bath sponges (Spongia officinalis) for centuries! In fact, the first recorded use of a sponge for hygine dates back to 350 BC, when Aristotle noted the use of S. officinalis by Olympians cleaning themselves up before a game.

(Image: A Mediterranean bath sponge (Spongia officinalis) by Sylvain Le Bris

[travbreachedcontainment]

Salmonposting...

My brother commed me! He said paint whatever I wanted, his only prompt was "fish" and "seaweed" so I went crazy and painted salmon. Its always salmon for me . I love you freak fish. I relate to you heavily. Sorry this isn't south park posting but hopefully yall still like my sad fish

[milady-ducky-arts]

c. Xerxes 1/2 Commission done for a friends oc from Path of Titans. This is their Utahraptor character Xerxes!

[pansylair]

birthday gift art of the noble hagfish for my lovely boyfriend @rancidslime / @chewytoothmeats ! as he absolutely adores them❣️ :)

[r2x2]

The Amnesty International report that JK Rowling is trying to censor through legal threats.

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

[cbarc]

Please save and share this info where possible. This report has since been removed by Amnesty International due to legal threats of libel from JK Rowling. This information is no longer easily accessible.

[faustique]

planetariums, art museums, aquariums, science museums my beloved

[sir-badger]

Star critters ✨️🪸🐋🪼🦑

[ochrearroyo]

Tiny scene from the bottom of a pond. Acrylic and oil pastel on watercolor paper, 9x9in

[echinoderm-of-the-day]

Eucidaris tribuloides

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/585895

[cicada-heart]

a pair of custom horseshoe crab pendants i made for a lovely repeat customer who does volunteer work monitoring their population in florida! 🌊 these are one-offs but i’ll be adapting this design into earrings sometime soon 💙

etsy // kofi

[addicted2wasps]

Fish have interesting names, don't they? 🙈

[addicted2wasps]

And of course, the majestic sand whiff.

[night-the-starfish]

Seathrough Life, gouache on paper.

[thejewellerybox]

Gannet Diving necklace by Rie Taniguchi