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Today's cephalopod may be small, but he'll fuckin get you

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"A snack? For me?"

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it came to me in a vision

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A Crocodile fish or Flathead (Platycephalidae) resting on a red sea sponge in Buoy 4, Hoga Island, Indonesia.

Crocodile fishes are found on rocky or soft bottoms of the continental shelf from 20 to 200 m depth. This family is normally restricted to the Indo-Pacific area [source].

Photo credit: ©Alistair Bygrave

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An aquarium in Japan was closed for renovations, and their resident sunfish got depressed not seeing visitors. So the staff put some uniforms with printed faces against the tank, and it immediately recovered.

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What fish do you think would make the best underwater D&D campaign boss battle?

Campaign where you battle invasive species, mayhaps

You get a Common Lionfish

Pterois miles

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Marbled swamp eel | Synbranchus marmoratus

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Got a new tattoo!! Its so cool and i love it so so much

This is the feesh

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People who see pics of like those fucked up deep sea fish and creatures and go "omg I'm never going swimming in the ocean again 😰😰😰" calm down. They're 5000 feet below where you are and also i went down there and none of them even knew you. Leave them alone bitch

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User credit: jacobguy.media on Insta

(please like, reblog and give proper credit if you use any of my gifs!)

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Today’s sea slug is Antiopella barbarensis, commonly known as the Cockscomb Nudibranch.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38811454

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Submitted for classification by @goodhomosapien

"The common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus).

This is a female. They grow up to 2 meters/6.6 feet while the males only grow up to almost an inch."

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Marivagia stellata

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143729903

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Dendronotus robustus

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217906993