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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 19d

Little n’ large. Polychaete larvae from my latest plankton sample.
#marineplankton 🦑

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Kelly Jarvis @kellyjarviswriter.bsky.social · Sep 21

Selkie Sunday 💙🦭🌕

📸 by Karl Ramsdell

kellyjarviswriter.com/selkie-moon

#selkiesunday #SelkieMoon #selkies #fairytale #folklore #debutnovella #seal #sealife #oceanphotography #maine

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Friends of the Waterberg Wild Dogs @koorsboom.bsky.social · Sep 19

Seal decided no photos today. #seal #westerncape #oceanlife #southafrica #africa #wildlife #nature #photography #photographer #africananimals

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Anne McKinnell @annemckinnell.bsky.social · Sep 18

We’ve made a new friend in the anchorage. He’s round, whiskered, and an excellent swimmer. 🐙📷

#marinelife #marine #ocean #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia

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lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

You can’t say that words

lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

Hi goodeworx

they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · Sep 17

knights of guinevere

lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

Please let him

lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

I’ve changed

lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Feb 8

coughing rn

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lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

Hey! The offer is still up?

lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Feb 8

Any alphas on this site?

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lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

I don’t know

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Hex the Trash Panda @hexthetrashpanda.bsky.social · Oct 21

Cool pumpkin I just saw #pumpkin

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lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

Hey! Is the offer still up?

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lomena @lomena.bsky.social · Sep 18

Hi guys I’m on bluesaky. I only use it for good and I love god

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 12

Need some motiv-ocean to leap into the weekend?

🐟 Leaping blennies are amazing amphibious fish who can launch themselves off rocks and into the air up to 50 times their body length.

🌊 These extraordinary terrestrial fish shore do know how to make a splash, both in and outside the water!

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · Sep 17

Lots of nematodes in this week’s sample! There was a fair bit of loose seaweed in there, so that may be why? 🤔
#marineplankton 🦑

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · Sep 2

Salps, a clear, gelatinous ocean animal, use jet propulsion to glide through the water without leaving insight into how they move.

With harmless green dye, former MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Kelly Sutherland was able to study salp locomotion at the Liquid Jungle Lab in Panama.

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cf. Antholoba, snail, sea cucumber (Cucumariidae?), & sea star.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 835 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · Aug 19

The Sharp-Ear Enope #Squid is always a special find. This one was quite large (~2cm) and quite the performer!

#sharpearenopesquid #enopesquid #🦑 #cephalopod #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #marinelife

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Aug 10

Coral City Kiss Cam!! 😘🔮👜🐟 #spottedtrunkfish #swimminghandbag #kisscam #kissyfish #fishlips #boxfish #trunkfish #muah #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

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Sue Luxton @kelper60.bsky.social · Aug 10

Cape Pembroke this morning. #sealions #marinelife #mammals #oceanlife #wildlife

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Susannah 🍁 @wweeta.bsky.social · Jul 18

Between grains of sand. What gets me is the interest in the world around him, the responsiveness, even the curiosity of such a miniscule creature. A Holm's hermit, watching me watching him. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

A tiny orange and white hermit facing the camera, eyes on slightly divergent stalks; each eye operates individually, giving the hermit a possible 360° field of vision. Here he carries his antennae, green and white dotted lines, spread horizontally; antennules between the eyes are lifted vertically; sensory hairs on his chelae detect scent and vibration: all senses alert.
The legs, chelipeds, and maxillipeds are orange with wide white patches. Eye stalks are also orange, the eyes black.
The hermit stands beside and behind two grains of sand, each one bigger than he, borrowed shell and all. On his right (our left) is a part of a food pellet, easily twice his size.

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Wobbologist (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @wobbologist.bsky.social · Jul 15

Happy Nonbinary Day and Shark Awareness Day from your neighborhood trans, agender, shark person :)

I love learning about the sensory systems and mechanics of these amazing animals!

🦈 🐟 🦑 #sharks #sensory #neuromechanics #science #research #TransInStem #agender

A wobbegong shark propped up on the pectoral fins and looking up for food.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Jun 24

Three little yellow jacks synchronous swim close to the Cam 🐥🐥🐥 #yellowjacks #jackfish #juvenile #slowmotion #upclose #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · Jun 25

Grey Seal in Chatham 06/24/25

#greyseal #seal #mammals #MarineLife #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #BlueskyArtShow #Chatham #CapeCod 🪶🦭

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Jun 25

An unusual visitor, a scrawled cowfish, blows us kisses and gently backs away 😘✏️🐮🐟 #scrawledcowfish #cowfish #trunkfish #boxfish #swimminghandbag #kisses #backaway #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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