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Daily fish fact #519

Handfish!

They're anglerfish which have adapted to using their pectoral fins as legs, using them to walk on the seafloor instead of swimming!

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La Jolla

OH MY GOD. EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING I NEED TO SHOW YOU THIS MOTH

THEY’RE CALLED THE SOUTHERN FLANNEL MOTH AND THEYRE SO TINY JUST

IM GOING FERAL RN

Wasp-mimic clearwing moth, Euhagena emphytiformis, Sesiidae

Found in the United States

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Daily Cephalopod #28

Knuckle Puck

Loligo pealeii

go mentally deranged yeh. go brainless yeh. go wacky. go positively bonkers yeh. go mad bruv. lose ya marbles yeh. go foolish