Susan B
@sc-sb.bsky.social
I live for dogs, diving, books, science and occasionally,shoes.
Aerobic filter-feeding–because cardio is crustaceous #barnacles 🤿
July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Aerobic filter-feeding–because cardio is crustaceous #barnacles 🤿
Worm? Exploded alien accidentally landing in Monterey Bay? #wormwednesday 🤿
July 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Worm? Exploded alien accidentally landing in Monterey Bay? #wormwednesday 🤿
Reposted by Susan B
1/3 Today in the Federal Register the USFWS is recommending the Barrens Darter, Etheostoma forbesi be listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
July 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
1/3 Today in the Federal Register the USFWS is recommending the Barrens Darter, Etheostoma forbesi be listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
@echinoblog.bsky.social
Odd echinoderms in Monterey Bay on Saturday. Shoals of little sand dollars(sand nickels) @50ft. Also a sea cucumber half off a rock in an L shape. The photo of the exposed part looked extremely red? Also, white diseased urchins everywhere. What’s going on?
Odd echinoderms in Monterey Bay on Saturday. Shoals of little sand dollars(sand nickels) @50ft. Also a sea cucumber half off a rock in an L shape. The photo of the exposed part looked extremely red? Also, white diseased urchins everywhere. What’s going on?
July 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
@echinoblog.bsky.social
Odd echinoderms in Monterey Bay on Saturday. Shoals of little sand dollars(sand nickels) @50ft. Also a sea cucumber half off a rock in an L shape. The photo of the exposed part looked extremely red? Also, white diseased urchins everywhere. What’s going on?
Odd echinoderms in Monterey Bay on Saturday. Shoals of little sand dollars(sand nickels) @50ft. Also a sea cucumber half off a rock in an L shape. The photo of the exposed part looked extremely red? Also, white diseased urchins everywhere. What’s going on?
Sickly White Sea urchins in Monterey Bay- anyone know what’s causing this? #invertebrate #urchin 🤿
July 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sickly White Sea urchins in Monterey Bay- anyone know what’s causing this? #invertebrate #urchin 🤿
Love these little lightbulb tunicates on a #tunicateTuesday
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Love these little lightbulb tunicates on a #tunicateTuesday
Fly, little website, fly.
SaltwaterFocus.com is now live.
A quiet place to get lost in the beauty, complexity, and strangeness of the ocean.
More soon.
SaltwaterFocus.com is now live.
A quiet place to get lost in the beauty, complexity, and strangeness of the ocean.
More soon.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fly, little website, fly.
SaltwaterFocus.com is now live.
A quiet place to get lost in the beauty, complexity, and strangeness of the ocean.
More soon.
SaltwaterFocus.com is now live.
A quiet place to get lost in the beauty, complexity, and strangeness of the ocean.
More soon.
I think this is a worm. I also think it’s Wednesday. Found this in a touch tank. #WORMWEDNESDAY
May 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I think this is a worm. I also think it’s Wednesday. Found this in a touch tank. #WORMWEDNESDAY
My #molluscmonday #melibe contribution. I feel like this cheating because it was in a tank, not in the wild.#weirdrulesisetformyself
May 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My #molluscmonday #melibe contribution. I feel like this cheating because it was in a tank, not in the wild.#weirdrulesisetformyself
I’m working on a project to determine if looking at ocean images could evoke feelings of awe.
It would be super helpful if you could scroll through the photos and select an emoji reflecting your level of awe-smile being the most awesome, frown the least.
pollunit.com/polls/6i_hnf...
It would be super helpful if you could scroll through the photos and select an emoji reflecting your level of awe-smile being the most awesome, frown the least.
pollunit.com/polls/6i_hnf...
May 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m working on a project to determine if looking at ocean images could evoke feelings of awe.
It would be super helpful if you could scroll through the photos and select an emoji reflecting your level of awe-smile being the most awesome, frown the least.
pollunit.com/polls/6i_hnf...
It would be super helpful if you could scroll through the photos and select an emoji reflecting your level of awe-smile being the most awesome, frown the least.
pollunit.com/polls/6i_hnf...
If I were a nudibranch I’d probably be an Armina californica.🤿
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If I were a nudibranch I’d probably be an Armina californica.🤿
Just a wolf eel and his bat star buds talking shop
April 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Just a wolf eel and his bat star buds talking shop
Reposted by Susan B
🤿 Sunday Monterey dive in the kelp forest. I was pointing my camera up to catch the sunlight through the canopy and wasn’t looking at the screen. I didn’t know a big friend swam over me at the end until I saw the video at home
April 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🤿 Sunday Monterey dive in the kelp forest. I was pointing my camera up to catch the sunlight through the canopy and wasn’t looking at the screen. I didn’t know a big friend swam over me at the end until I saw the video at home
Reposted by Susan B
Being a rascal is good and pure behavior, when you are rascal in opposition to evil. Don't forget that, kids.
February 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Being a rascal is good and pure behavior, when you are rascal in opposition to evil. Don't forget that, kids.
2024 threw in some exciting plot twists and I’m eager to see how the story continues in 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
2024 threw in some exciting plot twists and I’m eager to see how the story continues in 2025.
Feeling sad or overwhelmed by recent events? Sea Kelp! #PhycologyFriday
December 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Feeling sad or overwhelmed by recent events? Sea Kelp! #PhycologyFriday
Due to the recent interest in carnivorous squirrels in mind-I thought I’d post this old and blurry photo of a squirrel that attacked and ate a little bird.
December 21, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Due to the recent interest in carnivorous squirrels in mind-I thought I’d post this old and blurry photo of a squirrel that attacked and ate a little bird.
A little arrow crab guarding its Barbie Dream Sponge Home (not anybody’s ear canal.)#crustmas
December 8, 2024 at 7:57 AM
A little arrow crab guarding its Barbie Dream Sponge Home (not anybody’s ear canal.)#crustmas
Managed to squeeze in a few dives this weekend to close out November. I made a few new #nudibtanch friends.
December 1, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Managed to squeeze in a few dives this weekend to close out November. I made a few new #nudibtanch friends.
Santa Cruz rocks
BRITTLE STAR FOSSIL NEWS! ha ha! not something I get to post very often! hilltromper.com/article/rare...
Rare Santa Cruz Brittle Star Fossils Shine New Light on Local Paleontology
Ancient “serpent star” fossils, Amphiura sanctaecrucis, not seen in the area since the early 1900s have been unearthed in the Santa Cruz Mountains and donated to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural Histo...
hilltromper.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Santa Cruz rocks
Does anyone know what this tiny Monterey Bay #nudibranch might be?
November 25, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Does anyone know what this tiny Monterey Bay #nudibranch might be?
More Monterey #nudibranchs. The rainbows are too big to squeeze into macro shots. These two seem to be enjoying a romantic tube anemone dinner.
November 24, 2024 at 4:39 AM
More Monterey #nudibranchs. The rainbows are too big to squeeze into macro shots. These two seem to be enjoying a romantic tube anemone dinner.