Key West Octopus (by W. Tipton)
Bumble bee mimics have become a secondary fascination of mine as I study real bumble bees. These robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are fantastic mimics that go so far as to mimic color patterns of endemic species across their geographic distribution!
I wonder how many “bumblebees” I’ve seen have really been just very clever robber flies
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This busy little bee was hard to catch up with.
Bombus vosnesenskii lady
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Our animal of the week is the upside-down jelly! Instead of swimming, this jelly spends its life pulsing upside-down in shallow, sunlit water.
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Fins up if you love sharks! There’s still a lot to learn about these fascinating, misunderstood creatures, but one thing we do know is that there’s a huge diversity of spectacular shark species gliding through our ocean.
@oceank1ng <3
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Photography: freshwater shrimp by Sharnbrook shrimp
I want all of them in my tank
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Drone captures a whale opening its mouth to feed. That is a big mouth.
Fuck that
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