🐙 Daily Cephalopod Fact: 🐙
Coconut Octopus: This species has been reported to show bipedal locomotion, or "stilt-walking". This involves rolling two legs to walk while the other six legs are used to mimic the appearance of a floating coconut. They have also been bserved using tools for concealment and defense by gathering available debris to create a shelter. Researchers have filmed this species collecting coconut half-shells from the sea floor, that had been discarded by humans. They were then carried up to 66 ft and arranged around the body of the octopus to form a spherical hiding place similar to a clam-shell.
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Hey tumblr I want to introduce you guys to something beautiful
crab database. hundreds of photos of crabs identified by species. I found it by accident. I know of zero other websites with a similar purpose and I have looked because I would love to see websites dedicated to cataloging any genre of animal. Everything about crab database is wonderful and educational and silly.
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Jellyfish! Done in acrylic marker on canvas board
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Fin Whale (balaenoptera physalus)
taken off the coast of California
status: endangered
These stealthy whales barely show any of their enormous body at the surface despite being the second largest whale behind only the Blue whale. When full grown they range from 70 to to 85 feet in length and can live up to 80 - 90 years (per NOAA)!
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🟪 ANIMAL OF THE DAY: yesterday was Aquatic Animal Day. so here is Clathrina coriacea. a sea sponge! yes, they are Animals, not plants or fungi or alien PPs. you can find this guy in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean. their language is very hard to Learn though
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Lost Souls Paradise | Instagram
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So i was scrolling in Pinterest and found a baby seal and i knew i had to make one so here it goes. As u can see i kinda practiced my rendering on him so he has lighting where he shouldn't have but we will ignore that. At first i tought of making him white but then i realized i couldnt bc it would be boring ahh. if yall want to see more of baby seals just tell me and i will do more the best i can :).
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Life of Manatee
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🐙 Daily Cephalopod Fact: 🐙
Blanket Octopus: Blanket octopuses are immune to the venomous Portuguese man o' war, whose tentacles the male and immature females rip off and use for offensive and defensive purposes. Like many other octopuses, the blanket octopus uses ink to intimidate potential predators. Also, when threatened, the female unfurls her large net-like membranes that spread out and billow in the water, greatly increasing her apparent size.
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Chris Reyem
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Light up Whale Musical Stuffed Animal
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