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ThatFishChick, Kat
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Professional aquarist, unprofessional artist, questionably human, dispensing fun facts and weird tidbits about sharks, rays, fish, and aquatic invertebrates
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Hammer time! #hammerhead #hammerheadshark
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#giantisopod
August 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Cuttle buddies! #flamboyantcuttlefish #cuttlefish
a trio of brightly colored cuttlefish sit on a sand bed amid green macro algae
August 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Cherry shrimp in the club. #cherryshrimp
Three, bright red shrimp stand atop a clump of green plants
August 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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'Tis very effectively hidden #electriceel #camo
A grey and red eel rests its chin next to a clump of green plant, with a single strand to the side. A green bubble next to the eel bears an asterisk. A second green bubble at the bottom reads "*hidden".
August 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Plumose were gorg today. #plumoseanemone
An image of giant, fluffy, orange anemones
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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It's the most wonderful/awful time of the year - Japanese spider crab molting season. It's like seeing your kids off to their first day of pre-k. #japanesespidercrab #moltingseason #crabinabox
A Japanese spider crab lurks in the shadow of a dark exhibit in a clear box
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Oh to be a sea nettle with negative cares in the world. #seanettle #pacifica
A Pacifica sea nettle in a blue exhibit. White text reads "unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my kreisel."
August 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#japanesespidercrab #inspiring
A Japanese spider crab lurks behind a rock. White type reads "something inspirational"
August 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Rodan is looking sharp! #japanesespidercrab #rodan
A Japanese spider crab perches on a rock in a dark exhibit. Orange, yellow, and white plumose anemones stand tall behind him.
August 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Numazu being heckin' dramatic. Looks like we're having a Shakespearean moment. #giantisopod #isopod #deepthoughts
A giant isopod climbs to the top of a rock in a dimly lit exhibit.
August 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Imma blame Con ONeill from now on for each and every one of my bioluminescence projects. Pyrofarms gets the blame for the original project, but everything else was this man's fault. #oceanlights #cononeill #bioluminescence #pyrocystis
The screencap of an Instagram post. There is a (badly) cropped photo of the actor Con ONeill. Below it, reads the caption "Whatever it is ... Whatever makes you glow.... Do it. Go on. I dare you x"
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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First world problems #sharkweek
A text post from the Facebook group Shark Week All Year Long that reads "I haven't heard a single reference to Ampullae of Lorenzini all week and I am distraught" in white text on a dark grey background.
July 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Tiny blobfish made a space-faring friend #tinyblobfish #tinyblobfishadventures #littledebbie #spacetravel
A tiny, pink blobfish sits atop a clear case. Inside the case is a bobblehead of the Little Debbie mascot in her signature white, straw hat and a white space suit on a mirrored base. Inside the clear case, a Little Debbie astronaut bobblehead stands proudly before an image of its self and a box of Cosmic Cupcakes high above planet Earth. A folded, white card describes her adventure "launched into space!"
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Sassafras looks like she's having a private chuckle before ducking out #greenmoray #thatsamoray
A Green moray just poking it's head out of the jagged crack in an old pipe
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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So, this is a product 😅 #jaws #katamacandlecompany
A screenshot from the Katama Candle Company listing a candle called "Chrissie's Last Swim - JAWS Inspired candle." Three candles are pictured. They are pale blue with blood red swirls. Each candle has a grey shark head sticking out of the top.
July 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Why is it spider crabs look like they have made regrettable decisions when they sit recumbent? #spidercrabs #japanesespidercrab #regerts
A Japanese spider crab sits recumbent in an area of dark gravel
July 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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The best fish common names for no particular reason. #commonnamefun #slipperydick #fuzzynut
A pair of photos labeled "Slippery dick." The upper photo displays a colorful, green and pink specimen labeled "terminal phase." The lower instead is a pale, pink fish with a dark stripe down the body labeled "initial phase" The photo of a small, pink speckled fish on a white, sandy bottom. Text beneath boldly declares "Goby - Fuzzy Nut (Gum Drop)"
July 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Funny fish species, because we are all grown adults #taxonomyisfun #sarcasticfringehead #lumpsucker #bluebastard #bonyearedassfish
A Google overview labeled "Sarcastic fringehead." Below that is a photo of two, darkly colored fish. Their upper lips are pink and lower yellow. The fish to the left is gaping its mouth extremely wide. Beneath that is an excerpt from Wikipedia in a pale, blue box. Text reads "Overview. The sarcastic fringehead is a small but hardy saltwater tube-blenny that possesses a large mouth and aggressive territorial behavior, for which it has been given its common name. Wikipedia." The image of a small, yellow, fuzzy fish. It is labeled "Cyclopteridae, also known as lumpfish or lumpsuckers." The word lumpsuckers is underlined with a red squiggle. The photo of a grey fish labeled "Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, the blue bastard." The words blue bastard are underlined in red. The illustrations of a small, narrow, pointed fish. It is labeled "bony-eared assfish."
July 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Confession: whenever I drop into an exhibit, I always say quietly, "Maximum effort." No one has figured it out yet. #aquaristlife #deadpool #maximumeffort
A gif of Deadpool seated at the edge of a bridge. He steps off the side. Text beneath the image is a caption of his catchphrase, "Maximum effort!"
July 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Timely reminder on both the 4th and the passing of the "Big Beautiful Bill;" the mayor in JAWS is still the mayor in JAWS II. Elections matter. #vote #jaws #electionsmatter #yourvotematters
The mayor from JAWS stands before a large, cheering crowd on a summer beach. He wears a blue, striped suit, pink shirt, and dark tie, smiling warmly as he speaks into a microphone. Text above and below the image reads "Happy Fourth of July. The beaches are open and everything's fine "
July 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I love the absolutely chaotic and niche overlap of IASIP and the coelacanth.
A meme starting with text. Top text reads "Paleontologists in 1937 : the fossil record tells us that coelecanths became extinct well over 60 million years ago. Paleontologists in 1938:" Below that text is a black and white image of what is supposed to be Majorie Courtenay-Latimar standing to the right of a poster board with a large image of a coelecanth. At the top of the poster, bold text reads "Science is a LIARS sometimes."
June 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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I work with amazing people. One of them even made bracelets for everyone themed around Glow Nights. #getyourglowon #glownights
A seemingly ordinary bracelet of green, purple, black and clear beads. Some beads are star shaped, while others are gem shaped. Black letter beads spell "GLOW." A glowing green and blue bracelet against a purple background. Letter beads brightly spell "GLOW."
June 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Ebirah knows not this "personal space" you speak of. #japanesespidercrabs #ebirah #ebirahhorrorofthedeep
The extreme close up of a Japanese spider crab in a dimly lit exhibit
June 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Wonderfully true from Wild Green Memes. #jaws #gonnaneedabiggerboat
A three panel comic. In the top, Chief Brody from the movie Jaws says, "We're gonna need a bigger boat." In the middle panel, Hooper asks, "And why is that?" Qui-Gon Jinn is merely pictured smirking in the bottom panel.
June 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM