Jane Dean
@janeydean.bsky.social
Probably out tidepooling.
Pronouns: any with respect, gender fluid
Tenaciously jovial.
Pronouns: any with respect, gender fluid
Tenaciously jovial.
A frosted sea slug - a pretty appropriate name I think? White lined dirona, I think they'll be my next illustration?
August 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
A frosted sea slug - a pretty appropriate name I think? White lined dirona, I think they'll be my next illustration?
Opalescent Nudis out today! Saw so many of these little cuties with a group of friends.
May 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Opalescent Nudis out today! Saw so many of these little cuties with a group of friends.
Mom and Dad go to the Tulip Festival in Skagit County.
April 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Mom and Dad go to the Tulip Festival in Skagit County.
Very similar to my last lil guy, but here's another shaggy mouse nudi! Found during low tide at Constellation Park in West Seattle.
April 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Very similar to my last lil guy, but here's another shaggy mouse nudi! Found during low tide at Constellation Park in West Seattle.
A shaggy mouse nudi! I found 4 of these little cuties yesterday - it was cold, it was raining, I was so happy.
March 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A shaggy mouse nudi! I found 4 of these little cuties yesterday - it was cold, it was raining, I was so happy.
I've been here just under 3 years and snow just outside my home is still extremely novel to me.
February 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've been here just under 3 years and snow just outside my home is still extremely novel to me.
Just a close up of an adorable sea lemon (I believe of the Monterey variety). Up at the front we have two rhinophores, which are chemosensory structures - and the mass little tuft at the posterior? Those are their gills!
February 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Just a close up of an adorable sea lemon (I believe of the Monterey variety). Up at the front we have two rhinophores, which are chemosensory structures - and the mass little tuft at the posterior? Those are their gills!
Look at this handsome shaggy mouse nudi. A happy little mollusk. That's right, even marine gastropods are mollusks. Cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, & nautilus) are also mollusks!
January 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Look at this handsome shaggy mouse nudi. A happy little mollusk. That's right, even marine gastropods are mollusks. Cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, & nautilus) are also mollusks!
Spotted aglaja, shaggy mouse, sea lemon, kelp crab, and sunflower sea star. Hope they're making a comeback after their recent population decline!
January 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Spotted aglaja, shaggy mouse, sea lemon, kelp crab, and sunflower sea star. Hope they're making a comeback after their recent population decline!
Moon snail egg collar! The first time I saw these sandy creations, I assumed they were somehow manufactured - silly me. Moon snails combine their eggs, mucus, and sand to create these collars. Over the next couple of weeks the thousands of eggs will hatch into larvae, disintegrating the structure.
January 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Moon snail egg collar! The first time I saw these sandy creations, I assumed they were somehow manufactured - silly me. Moon snails combine their eggs, mucus, and sand to create these collars. Over the next couple of weeks the thousands of eggs will hatch into larvae, disintegrating the structure.
Beyond grateful to have found another nudibranch specimen! This one has a cute lil peach nose and some rosy coloration. 🥰 I really liked the evidence of a seagull attempting to pick up a sea star and eventually giving up. A shy clam. A little shrimpy guy, and another beautiful day.
January 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Beyond grateful to have found another nudibranch specimen! This one has a cute lil peach nose and some rosy coloration. 🥰 I really liked the evidence of a seagull attempting to pick up a sea star and eventually giving up. A shy clam. A little shrimpy guy, and another beautiful day.
Northern Feather Duster Worm, shaggy mouse nudi, dogwinkle snail eggs, nudibranch eggs, clam siphon, and a few crows having a crab snack. Today was abundant! 😍 The sea slug was the coolest thing I've ever seen. Glad I spotted it!
January 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Northern Feather Duster Worm, shaggy mouse nudi, dogwinkle snail eggs, nudibranch eggs, clam siphon, and a few crows having a crab snack. Today was abundant! 😍 The sea slug was the coolest thing I've ever seen. Glad I spotted it!
Another, full video of the seagull with its sculpin prey. A fairly hardy lunch, I think. I did a double take when I realized what the bird had in its mouth - can't say I've seen this before!
January 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another, full video of the seagull with its sculpin prey. A fairly hardy lunch, I think. I did a double take when I realized what the bird had in its mouth - can't say I've seen this before!
Ok, I'm back at the beach. Squid egg sac, seagull caught a tidal sculpin, anemone, fish head, a few anemones enjoying a crabby snack, red rock crab INSIDE the carcass of another red rock crab, and grazing sanderlings. Another beautiful day spent sun kissed in the salted air.
January 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ok, I'm back at the beach. Squid egg sac, seagull caught a tidal sculpin, anemone, fish head, a few anemones enjoying a crabby snack, red rock crab INSIDE the carcass of another red rock crab, and grazing sanderlings. Another beautiful day spent sun kissed in the salted air.
My jacket was jingling with how many pebbles I picked up today. Not a whole lot of critters this time, but the way the pebbles rolled back in the waves, and that one empty clam, gave me a nice brain burrrrrr.
January 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My jacket was jingling with how many pebbles I picked up today. Not a whole lot of critters this time, but the way the pebbles rolled back in the waves, and that one empty clam, gave me a nice brain burrrrrr.
A perfect day with my heart people. 🥰
January 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A perfect day with my heart people. 🥰
Granite Falls Fish Ladders
January 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Granite Falls Fish Ladders
I think I've found my new favorite sea slug - the first one in this clip: Northern Leopard Dorid! 😍🤌🏼 How stinking cute‽ Also, that's 2 Sea Lemons in the process of making more Sea Lemons. The swirls you see to their left are egg sacs!
January 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I think I've found my new favorite sea slug - the first one in this clip: Northern Leopard Dorid! 😍🤌🏼 How stinking cute‽ Also, that's 2 Sea Lemons in the process of making more Sea Lemons. The swirls you see to their left are egg sacs!
A little tour of Washington.
January 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A little tour of Washington.
Longest known lava tube in N America- Ape Cave @ Mt St Helen's. Had a blast scrambling through the upper cave trail and taking the time to occasionally sit in complete darkness. The "skylight" was gorgeous and the walls of the cave had so many mineral deposits it looked like it was glowing when lit!
January 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Longest known lava tube in N America- Ape Cave @ Mt St Helen's. Had a blast scrambling through the upper cave trail and taking the time to occasionally sit in complete darkness. The "skylight" was gorgeous and the walls of the cave had so many mineral deposits it looked like it was glowing when lit!