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Here’s 20 minutes of bioluminescent waves + ocean sounds from Monterey Bay for your relaxocean needs:

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“2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate!”

We consider this pom pom crab to be Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s personal cheerleader! Although they are festive, its pom-poms are actually small anemones that it carries around for defense. (Photo: NOAA. Image description: A small reddish crab with black lines on its legs and dark red patterns on its back. The crab is holding two yellow sea anemones.) 

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Strawberry Squid

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Halfmoon angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)

The halfmoon angelfish is a marine angelfish. The species lives mainly in coral and rocky areas, in shallow to moderate depths, though it is more often in silty reef areas than in rich coral growth. This angelfish grows to a size of 50 cm in length. As with other large angelfish in genus Pomacanthus, juveniles and sub-adults are differently marked and colored than adults. Small halfmoon angelfish are alternately blue, white, and black banded. Pomacanthus maculosus is distributed throughout the Persian Gulf, the northwestern Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea south to 19°S. This species has a diet typical of angelfishes. Its main food is sponges. It also eats small anemones, algae, tubeworms, and shrimp.

photo credits: Heinz Albers, Petra Karstedt, Exaybachay

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porpita

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Order: Sphenisciformes

The penguins are a group of adorable flightless birds, adapted to aquatic environments. Penguins are mostly found throughout the Southern Hemisphere, but not all of them are native to cold climates like the Antarctica. In fact, despite popular belief, it is the minority which can survive these harsh temperatures. The majority is found throughout temperate climates, but one species (the Galápagos Penguin) is found near the equator.

They range in size from 1.1 metre (the emperor penguin) to 33 centimetres (the little blue penguin/fairy penguin) and it seems that the large species are adapted for cold climates, and the smaller species are adapted for temperate/tropical climates.

Depending on your taxonomic point of view, there is 17 to 20 living species.

Credits: Kelzuki

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Planet Earth (2006) Season 01 Episode 11 “Ocean Deep” Directed by Alastair Fothergill

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Dolphins often learn how to hunt from their mothers. But Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Western Australia’s Shark Bay are different. Some may pick up one clever foraging behavior from their peers. 

Some Shark Bay dolphins also use a more unusual tool-based foraging method. It’s known as shelling. A dolphin will first trap underwater prey in the large shell of a sea snail. Then the dolphin pokes its beak into the shell’s opening. It can now lift the shell above the water’s surface to shake the contents into its mouth.

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Scenic cambrian wiews

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Oh, the wonders under the sea 💙

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Meet Ranong Guitarfish (Rhinobatos ranongensis), a new species of guitarfish from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, in northern Indian Ocean. 

Last et al., 2019. Description of Rhinobatos ranongensis sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners

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Whales and Dolphins playing

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Sunrise Ray (by Laura Whittaker)

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Tiny octopus by thomaspommerin A small octopus crawling along the seafloor

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My Spirit Animal 🦈