as in a silver fish not the bug

he/him 𓆝 21 𓆟 i mostly reblog fish but sometimes i say things 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 about

[threedollarsdotcom]

remember to pour one out for the great and terrible fish

[silverfished]

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Haven't done a Sunday Fish Sketch since I got back from my coastal residency, and I am still super busy, but here's a quick, very messy sketch of a largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus)! Copic markers and Micron fineliner.

[animate-mush]

@silverfished

[corrodedparadox]

My bfffl bestie The guh

May’s print for fish club!

[xansheu]

to consume and to be consumed

[tropic-havens]

Pacific creolefish, Cocos Island

[daily-jelly]

Thysanostoma loriferum

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342714868

[huitunkuutti]

For I see you

still.

[v8ftw-again]

[1o9]

[marinebi0]

Blue crab.

I recently got to see two of these in the wild, one in a spring and another dead on a beach (probably eaten by birds)

Fun? fact: crabs are really awful at clotting their blood so if they obtain an injury to a limb they will drop it in order to avoid blood loss. This works because a membrane covers the spot where the limb detached. They can then regrow their missing limb or limbs during the molting process.

[spadefish]

[taps mic] i like when fish have a big eyeball

[spadefish]

this is the most beautiful shape for an animal to be

[stitchposts]

[make-him-crochet]

[silverfished]

eating a grapefruit is an intimate and messy affair not dissimilar to open heart surgery

[silverfished]

all citrus fruit is obviously erotic but there's just something else about the grapefruit. something between the knife and my hands and the juice squirting onto my neck

[silverfished]

i don't think this was meant to go on the fish blog but i suppose it's here now

[animate-mush]

So the first piece is a loss. Accept that.

But what you do is, you get your smallest spoon. One that can be, as you say, almost surgically inserted into the fruit. Not a grapefruit spoon, those are implements of violence - we don't want to mash or tear the delicate vesicles of the fruit.

Turn the spoon over and with the very tip peel back the near membrane. Steady gentle pressure to detach the filaments holding the membrane to the fruit. Once you have the near side exposed comes the tricky part. If the flesh firm and responsive enough, you can cup the point / central end of the wedge with your spoon and gently - gently! - pry it back from the far membrane. Then you can sever the wedge from the rind with a decisive downward thrust of the spoon.

If the fruit is less turgid and cooperative, you have to scoop against the rind first, and then pull it away from the far membrane. This mashes the fruit more and loses more of the juice, but not every grapefruit is perfect, alas.

And then you eat it.

[cats-and-reclaiming-my-life]

Feesh

[alleesaur]

the red herring

[littlestpersimmon]

Free Ornamentation IV. This work is dedicated to the public domain 🐌

[digital-collage-materials]

transparent!

[leanputa]

crab makeup by pradaolic on IG

[meow-buzz]

Fish