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Belalang
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“It was amazing how many people spent their whole lives in places where they never intended to stay.” — Terry Pratchett, Hogfather (via thebookbeard)
Hang onto your heart—it’s a top-down view of pea-sized dwarf cuttlefish hatchlings, bred in-house by our biologists 🙌
It’s hard to hear your friends when you’re in a crowded room! And right now, many places in the ocean are becoming like that crowded room, as noise pollution – like sounds from ships – makes the ocean environment much louder than it used to be.
That’s a major concern, since many marine animals, like humpback whales, depend on sound for everything from communicating with their mates and offspring to finding food.
Dr. David Wiley, research coordinator at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, has been studying the impacts of ship noise on foraging humpback whales. A recent study he collaborated on is among the first to show that humpback whale foraging behavior is significantly altered from exposure to ship noise. As the intensity of ship noise increases – from increased shipping, for example – humpback whales decrease the number of bottom-feeding events per dive, perhaps because ship noise interferes with the sounds they produce to coordinate their bottom-feeding behavior.
(Photo: Laura Howes)
Whales can’t wear noise-cancelling headphones :(
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Octopus dance!
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A “quick” character concept doodle of the Ragnarok Unit! They are all named after WW2 aircraft, and stand in strong opposition to Åsgardian rule. They are also old as dust, and about 70% of the squad are likely geriatric at this point. They are also enchanted by some primordial magic source, so there’s that too I guess.
Trying to get back into doodling again, but work is taking up so much time it’s not even funny at this point. I guess I’ll have to add time management to some of the things I should dedicate some more… time to learn. ; u ; b
This blue-ringed octopus has been spotted lying on a beach near Melbourne, Australia.
Those octopuses are not especially known for their aggressiveness. On the contrary, they tend to stay hidden under rocks at the bottom of the sea.
The real risk is for a kid to find this creature and think “hey, why not play with it ? It seems funny and spongy!”. Indeed, their venom is the strongest of all among the cephalopod creatures, able to kill a human easily.