Sea Life - Tumblr Posts - Page 3
Another piece from the dark days of computer issues.
This is an example double-page spread from a children's book concept, in which a girl descends through different levels of the ocean in a bathysphere. The full book would have a double page per ocean region, and probably some extra pages in the back with facts about the real sea life that appears and the development of the bathysphere and such.
Please feel free to critique my feeble attempts at poetry!
*holds squirt gun to your head* fun sea animal facts. now
I've just lost myself for a couple of hours reading about siphonophores... I swear that before Tumblr, the only siphonophore I'd ever heard of was the classic Portugese Man o' War... Some of these critters use jet propulsion!
In short, siphonophores are colonial animals related to corals and jellyfish. They consist of a colony of connected, interdepentent individual zooids, which individually are often highly specialised (for instance, for feeding, reproduction, or propulsion). Because they are not just a single organism, they can get pretty big...
Top one is an Apolemia, not sure of the species, this one was spotted off the coast of Western Australia, estimated at over 100m long...
Second one, not sure but may be the same as the 6th one below...
Third one, not entirely sure but the bioluminescence looks similar to one spotted by the Hercules remotely operated vehicle in 2005, I believe...
Fourth one is Nanomia.
Fifth one from the top (Bell-like float at the end, with tentacles hanging from the stalk) is Praya dubia, the 'giant siphonophore', up to 50m long... Note that this is an illustration by a furry artist (Kolossus154 - note I do not believe that the siphonophore is a fursona, though I could be wrong), rather than a photo or video, still cool though
Sixth picture, can't ID but looks similar to one spotted by Nautlius live in 2014
Believe that last one is Bathyphysa conifera (aka the Flying Spaghetti Monster...)
(please anyone, correct me if I'm wrong!)
siphonophores will never not freak me out. stop doing that its SCARY but also please don't ever stop doing that you ethereal marine cryptid
could I get some cursed biology facts about shrimp please? thank you!
shrimp are normally pretty slow swimmers, using their swimmerets as paddles to cruise slowly through the water looking for food!
but in an emergency, shrimp can skedaddle AMAZINGLY fast, scooting away at about 30 body-lengths-per-second over short distances, which is so quick that they straight-up look like they're teleporting.
Do sharks cuddle?
THEY SURE FUCKIN DO.
many sharks are at least moderately social, and if a specific species of shark has the ability to breathe without actually swimming and tends to have a lot of sharks in a fairly small area, well.
they are just going to Pile. and there is simply nothing you can do about it.
Beautyful nature 🐳
Is that wonderful, the whale is very tame and cuddly and rolls like a kitten
Wip painting im doing
Title: “dissociation, chilling with my thoughts.” Or “the i-spy painting”
I have no clue what im doing but i am having a lot of fun doing it. Not done but i wanna share it and my art more often
Ignore my fingie i dont have a good workspace to lay it down for a pic.
POLPO PHONE GRIPS REAL!!! they came out so cute 😭
up on me etsy if you want a lil guy 🥺 (phone case not included im sorry lol)
"Jellyfish" (Stamps)
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5 jellyfish digital stamps (200 x 100) plus variations made in GIMP with stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The borders are entirely self-made. Can be used on blogs, deviantart, neocities pages, tumblr or anywhere else really.
More stamps! Very simple ones, I just saw some stockpics of jellyfish and wanted to try and turn them into stamps. I like how these turned out, a bit of a different vibe from the aquarium/fish stamps I made before.
Sorry I feel it needs more mermaids so here’s all the mermaids you need
Oh thank you. I'm sure this will make my blog even nicer 😊
Holy cow I wanna take photos of those, they look so PRETTY adsdfsgdhfif
i never see it mentioned, but we all know about mermaid purse shark eggs right? this is common knowledge that is lives tucked tidily away in our subconsciouses, correct?
“🌊✨ Dive into the serene beauty of this otherworldly ocean habitat, untouched by human influence. This enchanting creature, a creation of art and imagination, embodies the pure grace and mystery of the ocean depths. The beauty of the sea both captivates and terrifies, a vast world beneath the waves waiting to be explored. What are your thoughts on the ocean’s enigmatic charm? 🌐🐠”
I wanna make like a whale and krill myself.
Sharks
why people dont like sharks?
They're so silly and cutes!
Manatee
https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Manatee-by-AlpineEthira/162098142.EJUG5
Bull Shark
https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Bull-Shark-by-AlpineEthira/162098102.EJUG5
Living Fossils - Creatures that remain seemingly unchanged by time. Here's the Coelacanth, the Sturgeon, the Gar, the Horseshoe Crab and the Nautilus! (Gouache on 50x40cm canvas, SOLD)
The superhero of the sea
Tremoctopus violaceus
Also known as Blanket octopus
There wasn’t a single male Blanket octopus discovered until 2002 because scientists looked at the wrong sized animals. Female Blank octopuses can be up to 40.000 times more massive than males which makes them the largest gender discrepancy in the whole animal kingdom.
The female blanket octopus has a long, fleshy ‘cape’ enclosing its tentacles. The cape makes the octopus appear larger to potential predators.
It’s also called the superhero of the sea because of its large cape.
They are found in subtropical and tropical oceans.