Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does.
It's not true.
China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇
Reposting my favourite Christmas artwork
I swam with some beautiful Mediterranean/ fittingly named fried egg jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) off the coast of Tossa de Mar in Spain in a little cove.
It was incredible swimming amongst a swarm of ~100 individuals. More videos to come!
Beautiful photographs and what an awesome looking sponge!
A little terror for your Tuesday!
Basket star filmed by ROV pilots at ~270 m during the #Taleof2Canyons — these many-armed ophiuroids capture prey w/ease. Escape is unlikely thanks to tiny hooks & sticky mucus-covered limbs. Once ensnared, tube feet shuttle the meal towards the animal’s mouth.
orange-brown center on a ball-like jelly like animal suspended by long mucous like threads
orange-brown center on a ball-like jelly like animal suspended by long mucous like threads
orange-brown center on a ball-like jelly like animal suspended by long mucous like threads
Benthic siphonophores! aka Sea Dandelions! GORGEOUS, weird & deadly! All those thin threads? stinging cells! but also holding the animal in place. It has created a curtain of death around it as food gets stung and eaten! #okeanos Lumpy Seamount North Atlantic #saveNOAA
@mollyaclark.bsky.social somewhere for you to visit!
This octopus is a sucker for jellies 🐙✨️
The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.
Kind of Valentine’s Day related. One of my favorite videos I've taken, showing a female Oreochromis amphimelas releasing her fry.
This is an endangered species; however, they breed readily in captivity, so maybe there is still hope!
Beautiful fish. I have the exact same story with one, what are the odds. It was alone at the pet store about 7 years ago and still lives in my community tank. I also haven’t been certain on the species so thank you!
Currently have it as my banner as well and hope to get it tattooed :)
Image of a mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Image credit to Julia Wood at NCFishes.com
Toughest fish on Earth? Mummichogs are a euryhaline species, which means they can survive a range of salinities from freshwater to water that has 110g salt/L. Heralded as the first fish species in outer space, they even evolved resistance to toxic chemicals that would kill other fish. #TeleostTalk 🧪
Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
The UK’s smallest freshwater fish, the ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius).
If you look closely, you can see the nine spines in front of the dorsal fin, from which it gets its name.
Some of the friends!
Three-lined Cory (Hoplisoma trilineatum)
I hope you all enjoy this photo and video of an adorable Three-lined Cory (Hoplisoma trilineatum) and its friends as much as I enjoyed capturing them. I have many more fish photos and videos to come!
That’s my kind of picnic!
A beautiful Common stingray I saw whilst swimming in Ios.
A painting of a cookie cutter shark that cuts Christmas themed holes
A Christmas shark for the holidays.
By Tim Andraka 🎨🍪🦈
"Blob-headed armored catfish" Yup, that's correct.
This is the camera roll I strive for!
A pygmy seahorse hiding in a soft coral. The seahorse is whitish with red nodules, which resemble the colours of the coral it lives on.
If you go diving in SE Asia and you have a camera, you have a legal requirement to take this photo when the opportunity presents itself. I don't make the rules.
Hippocampus bargibanti, one of the pygmy seahorses found in the region. Pic from Lembeh.
#Fishmas 🐟 #MarineLife 🌊 #UnderwaterPhotography
Here are some pictures of the eggs and fry of some Farlowella vittata that I look after. They have started laying their eggs on the front of the tank!
If you look closely at the video in the replies of the day old fry on the glass you can see its heart beating.
It was also a pleasure meeting so many welcoming and like minded people who I hope to see again at future conferences.
So many incredible speakers introducing me to lots of new aspects of animal behaviour. Featured in the photos in order are Sally Street, @vd0ubleu.bsky.social, Arezo Shamsgovar and @elisabettaversace.bsky.social who were just a few of the brilliant speakers.
I hope I haven’t missed anyone’s @.
I have just attended my first of many conferences to come. #ASABWinter2024
It has been a very interesting and inspiring experience, thank you to all the organisers for putting on such an amazing event.
African butterfly fish are found in calm waters in the Niger and Congo basins. They are obligate air-breathers and are capable of gliding short distances!
Juvenile African butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) from above
Adult African butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) from the side.
Juvenile African butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) from the side.
For my first post on the new app I wanted to introduce everyone to a species they may not know much about and my favourite animal. The African butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi). They get their name from their beautiful pectoral fins that resemble a butterfly from above.
