So, welcome to the Abyss...

I'm just an aspiring marine biologist at the tender age of 17. I live on an island in Canada. I'm a female. And I adore cephalopods. I hope to study ichthyology when I go to university and my dream is to swim with a whale shark.

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Thanks to my new followers!

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Stingray and conch by Andy Deitsch

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Jack the Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) at the Vancouver Aquarium

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Wilma, a Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) named by the locals of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, has a special and unusual relationship with humans. Most Be luga whales remain elusive and rarely allow humans to get close, but Wilma seem s to welcome contact. After losing her mother in 1994 and therefore lacking the guidance to travel home to Canada’s St. Lawrence River, Wilma has adopted Chedabucto Bay a s her home. Most often, she is found in close proximity to a large red buoy she seems to have adopted as her surrogate mother. Local Jim Johnson has become very close to Wilma, and can call her to him from underwater—even when she cannot be seen from the surface. Because of Wilma’s desire for contact with humans, there is growing concern f or her safety and for her future. It is not known whether she will v enture out to seek a mate, or if she will just die as she lived in Chedabucto B ay—alone. This possibility has interested conservation groups who are now con sidering Chedabucto Bay as a site to re-introduce belugas from aquariums back into the w ild. Beluga whales live in cold northern waters. They eat fish, squid and crab s and can grow as long as 14-feet and weigh as much as 2,500 pounds by Brian J Skerry

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Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) resident adult at winter feeding grounds, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, endangered by Tui De Roy

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IMG_7667 by KirkMottershead on Flickr.

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Basking sharks by KirkMottershead

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Blue whale. Photo by Mike Johnson

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Alien by Luis Miguel Cortes

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Get the fish by Dafna Ben Nun

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Scuba diver exploring ice caves below Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) breathing holes, life below feeds on seal feces, Antarctica by Norbert Wu

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Blending in by Diego Camargo

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Seal Surprise by Soul Diver on Flickr.

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underwater color by Brandi Mueller

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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Ogasawara Island, Japan by Hiroya Minakuchi

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A baby green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, swimming by Jim Abernethy

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Octopus (Octopus sp.) baby swimming through water column by Flip Nicklin