Oh Man This Is Popping Off Now

Blanket octopus (Joseph Elayani)

Let’s get carcinized.

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beetles! ✨

Rays rays rays

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!

Lookf at these buges…

I think everyone needs to see them

The Sea Creature of the Day is the Gulper Eel/Pelican Eel!

i keep forgetting to do this until im half asleep each night so this one is going to be a shorter one

i love deep sea creatures that just have the adaptation of more mouth 🥰 among those, the gulper eel is by far the most simultaneously horrifying and adorable and i love them a lot

every time they eat something i like to imagine them making a lil "nom" noise

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