Sunday 31 August 2014

Bowfin

Image: Phil's 1stPix
Amia calva
In the end, there can be only one. And that one has to do all the childcare.

Saturday 30 August 2014

Picasso Sponge 12


A crab, presumably a King Crab because of the six walking legs, hangs out on a Yellow Picasso Sponge.

This particular specimen depicts a gentleman cyclops putting on his glass.

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Friday 29 August 2014

Snake Gourd

Image: douneika
Trichosanthes cucumerina
Who knew you could look even prettier after getting torn to shreds?

Wednesday 27 August 2014

Giant Pink Eyeball


Look at this thing...


Video: EVNautilus
It even has eyelashes!

Sunday 24 August 2014

Myzostomida

Image: Pbsouthwood
Parasitic worms... on stilts!

Saturday 23 August 2014

Picasso Sponge 11


A crab, presumably a King Crab because of the six walking legs, hangs out on a Yellow Picasso Sponge.

This particular specimen depicts a noise. Below it are the words "this is not a noise".

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Friday 22 August 2014

Pelagothuria natatrix

Image: NOAA
Pelagothuria natatrix
It's a deep sea, swimming sea cucumber! The REAL deep sea, swimming sea cucumber!

Wednesday 20 August 2014

Bright and Beautiful. And Spiky.


Wow! What a beauty!

Sunday 17 August 2014

Pelagic Stingray

Image: Makoto Nakashima
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Stingrays are most famous for their sting, but they're also well-known as flattened fish that spend all their time gliding an inch above the ocean floor. Not so the Pelagic Stingray. They're just as flat, but they're not one to be tied down. Their home is the wide, open sea!

Saturday 16 August 2014

Picasso Sponge 10


A crab, presumably a King Crab because of the six walking legs, hangs out on a Yellow Picasso Sponge.

This particular specimen depicts a herd of milk bottles grazing on rolling hills of luscious, green grass.

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Friday 15 August 2014

Stiff-footed Sea Cucumber

Image: Jerry Kirkhart
Eupentacta quinquesemita
PHWOAR! Look at the legs on that!

Wednesday 13 August 2014

Solar-powered Phyllodesmium

Image: Markus Fritze
Phyllodesmium longicirrum
Wow... can you believe there's a slug in there?

Sunday 10 August 2014

Gar

Image: Joachim S. Müller
Now, this is what I like to see! A big fish with long jaws packed full of sharp teeth. No messing around. You know where you are with a Gar. You're in danger of losing a finger.

Saturday 9 August 2014

Picasso Sponge 9


A crab, presumably a King Crab because of the six walking legs, hangs out on a Yellow Picasso Sponge.

This particular specimen is a self-portrait by a lobster

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Friday 8 August 2014

Moon Crab

Image: budak
It's the world's most flat-footed crab!

Wednesday 6 August 2014

Goo Spines of Dalceridae

Image: Gerardo Aizpuru
It's a walking diamond! Perhaps this is one gem who can steal from the rich and give to the poor all by itself.

Sunday 3 August 2014

Frogs With Sticky-out Bits

Image: Alex Figueroa
Horns! Spikes! Sinister bulges that throb and pulsate when no-one's looking! I just love a good set of sticky-out bits!

Turns out quite a few frogs and toads are partial to a bit of sticking out, too...

Saturday 2 August 2014

Picasso Sponge 8


A crab, presumably a King Crab because of the six walking legs, hangs out on a Yellow Picasso Sponge.

This particular specimen depicts a shape-shifter in the middle of his transformation from a werewolf to a triangle.

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Friday 1 August 2014

MOTHER SITS ON CHILDREN FOR OVER 4 YEARS


Says it's for their own protection.