Let the Sea Set You Free

Just salty siren working her chaos magic. Mixed media artist with a focus in watercolor, wood burning & photography FernwehMermaid on IG Art: paperwolfart + TwistedSea

[yourdeaddoll]

i'm not built to work, i'm built to brood in a victorian estate with all my unread books

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Deep-Sea-cember: Festive siphonophore

[montereybayaquarium]

What a dazzling beauty! ✨ Like many deep-sea creatures, some siphonophore species like the giant siphonophore are bioluminescent, meaning they can create their own light.

[wolves-whales-and-waves]

Well it’s certainly been a minute

[montereybayaquarium]

A smack of jellies ♨️♨️♨️

A squadron of pelicans. A shiver of sharks 🦈🦈🦈

A raft of otters 🦦🦦🦦

No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.

[you-are-another-me]

[sea-sorcery]

Shiny. 😍

Etsy

[twisted-sea]

New goodies ready to ship.

Gonna need someone to snag that labradorite before I keep it for myself 😍

Etsy

[torsamors-deactivated20250510]

This is one of the thai restaurants in my hometown and i can tell you first hand this lady is wonderful

[torsamors-deactivated20250510]

little update bc someone from my hometown wrote an article about her and these are some highlights:

and my personal favorite:

[otherwindow]

Mermaids LOVE shoes. 

Many of the materials present in footwear can withstand deep sea pressure, hence why human remains in sunken ships disappear but the shoes don’t. 

When fishing up an old boot, check inside for valuables, as a mermaid may have been using it as a bag.

[otherwindow]

In multiple mermaid languages, the words for “bag” and “footwear” are interchangeable. In a sense, it’s poetic, as footwear is needed to “carry” yourself on land.

[otherwindow]

Helping send out messages across the seven seas.

[otherwindow]

[big-ass-magnet]

sailor: oh my god…thank you for rescuing me…I owe you my life…how can I ever repay you?

mermaid: *points to his feet*

sailor: I don’t under–

mermaid: give me your shoes

sailor: what?

mermaid: GIVE ME YOUR

[thefuzzydave]

so much smol

[semprejogabonito]

Who the fuck are you? Snow White?

[paperwolfart]

Holographic decals in the shop 😍

Etsy | Instagram

[todaysbird]

crows have been documented holding ‘funerals’ for many years. however, researchers suggest that they may not be mourning; evidence indicates that crows may be examining the body & surrounding area for potential threats to the rest of the flock.

source: (x)

[darkestelemental616]

So it’s not a funeral…

…….it’s a fucking autopsy and criminal investigation.

You might even call it

a murder investigation.

[manie-sans-delire-x]

[wolves-whales-and-waves]

Sun, Salt & Reefsafe Sunscreen! Use code kayleet10 for 10% off at Raw Elements USA

Bracelet from @twistedseadesigns

Instagram | Tumblr

[paperwolfart]

Manatees! The Original Mermaid

Stickers made to order!

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[november-photos]

Glowing mountain

[lesbianrustcohle]

if i were a zookeeper my intrusive thoughts would be wild

[lesbianrustcohle]

brain: slap that penguin. right across his little blubbery tummy. it’ll jiggle.

me: no??? that’s mean???

brain: polar bear, then

me: no

[lesbianrustcohle]

brain: the lions just got fed raw meat

me: yes?

brain: steal it and eat it in front of them

me: …

[lesbianrustcohle]

rowan i want you to know that this is the best possible reply i could have received

[pro-survivors]

I work with animals and this is true for me. No, I cannot eat sea stars out the touch tank no matter HOW good you think the cronch will be, brain. 

[budgiekazoo]

sometimes you wonder what was going through the head of the first human to eat something really weird and then you see this post and stop wondering

[thenerdbeast-deactivated2018070]

@harinezumiko

[harinezumiko]

This 100% was me at the zoo. Don’t touch Melon, he’s mean. Okay, but I have to touch Bob to make him get his stupid emu head out of my shirt, so what if I also touch Melon until he likes it? Sephiroth is angery because he has one wing and sometimes attacks people? I want to pet him also. Also he won’t get off the rock I have to clean anyway, surely a little pets on the good side will be fine. Martha and Stewart are assholes that tag-team while the pond is filling? I bet I could CUDDLE THEM. The female deer will excitedly nuzzle you in the stomach for feeding them. This is fine, because they don’t have antlers. The male deer is locked up while we’re putting out food because he will gouge you to death with his little nubby asymmetrical horns, because he thinks the females are doing it. The entire monkey enclosure will eat your fingers for a single fruit loop. They also have the smallest arms and can reach through holes they’ve made in the tarp on the gate to their enclosure. Do not hold hands with the monkeys. (2nd gen old man monkey will also pee on the keepers that don’t give him fruit loops. He is a jerk.) The rehabilitated bear that still sits like she’s on a couch because she did that when she was living in a crack house? Yes, she looks chill. Yes, she looks The Softest. No, do not pet her back through the fence. No, do not go into the corridor and try to offer treats for pets. Big Mac does not know he will break your ribs, but YOU know he will break your ribs. Do not enter Big Mac’s enclosure no matter how much he chuffs and displays his belly and rubs on the cage and looks sad. Yes, he genuinely wants pets. Yes, Pinkie is deliberately getting pets where he can see it as a sign of dominance even though she’s a housecat and he could eat her in approximately one bite. The turtle is mean. Period. He is an old man and he does not like you. He does not like the parrot getting fries and he does not like that he is in a kiddie pool to warm up because his enclosure lost power, and he does not like you behind him preparing food for the owls and raptors. Petting him will not help this. He will rock back and forth and mean mug you forever because he is a grumpy old man. All of the rabbits need more handling on principle. They don’t know you and they are very distressed that you’re taking their poop away. They can learn, a little, kind of. The guinea pig is insane and will not learn. Do not pet the guinea pig.

[lesbianrustcohle]

this post is gathering some highly blessed zoo stories i love it! thank you

[blueelectricangels]

as biologist, can confirm

brain: that frog is very small me: well spotted, brain brain: put smol frog in mouth me: no!

brain: that lynx…looks so fluffy… me: it does brain: we should pet it. me: it’s awake and angry so no.

brain: baaaaby bunny. me: yup. brain: baby bunny goes in pocket me: nooo it doesn’t.

[thesanityclause]

reblogging for my zookeeper friends

[wildlife-conservationist]

We are starting to get hundreds of washback baby sea turtles and working long rehab hours. When I’m counting them after a vet check, I want to just pop one in my mouth. They are so tiny.

[wolves-whales-and-waves]

Photo by Yousef Espanioly