why-animals-do-the-thing:

zooophagous:

earthstory:

What on Earth is this?

The best

This appears to be some type of Pacific Sea Cucumber, but the follower who has been helping me can’t find a scientific name for it. It often shows up under the name ‘oh ikari’, but that doesn’t appear to be an official name. 

The weird frondy bits are oral tentacles, which are modified structures similar to the tube feet seen in other echinoderms like sea stars and sea urchins. The oral tentacles filter food particulates out of the water (algae, minute aquatic animals, or waste materials - yum) and are used to channel them into the animal’s mouth ones at a time. 

(via moreanimalia)

Source: earthstory

octoninnii:

Stay with me on this video, trust me, this is insane shit right here. 

So, I work at the local aquarium where we operate on a catch and release system for new animals every season. This year, our giant pacific octopod is this gorgeous lady, Doc. 

We all know octopodes (or octopuses, as they’re more commonly known) are extremely smart; well I got a first had experience with that tonight. 

In the video above, Doc is trying out a tactic on me that worked on my coworker earlier today before I got to work. She positions herself, as seen, at the upper corner of her tank and lifts the lid (which is weighed down with six bricks and additional lead weights, mind you) enough to blow a mass of water through her siphon and out the crack she’s made so it looks like the tank is overflowing. My coworker today rushed over and took the lid off to get in the tank, thinking he had to clear out a clogged pipe. When he did so, she took the opportunity to get a number of arms down the outside of the glass as she tried to climb out of her tank!!

I, knowing this, did not take the lid off, but watched her test the weight of the lid each time she blew water out, to see if I had taken any of the bricks off!! If you watch closely, a few seconds after she blows water, you can see the header with her info raise slightly as she pushes up against it. (We’ve since doubled the amount of bricks on top of there omg) 

montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
Zoom Info
montereybayaquarium: “ Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters. Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word...
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montereybayaquarium:

Cephalopods are superlative and sneaky assassins, using countless tricks to catch unsuspecting critters.

Sign up for our texting program when you’re here to catch these hunters in action in our Tentacles exhibit. Text the word “experience” to 56512 to find out when our exhibits are being fed!

(via nevertoomanyspiders)

Source: montereybayaquarium