This is a metal snail (Volcano Snail) that lives on underwater volcano vents in the Indian Ocean. Its shell and scaly feet both are armoured with layers of iron, making it the only animal to incorporate iron sulfide into its skeleton 🐌
📷: Dr Chong Chen/IUCN
HI idk if any of these r repeats (sorry if they are😖😖) but id love 2 see facts abt panther groupers!! gars are also rlly fun imo any kind and i also love sturgeons..... if u have any fun facts abt the differences between types of sturgeons i would rlly love 2 hear !!!! sorry again if this isnt the kind of stuff u wanted 2 hear omg . love ur blog keep it up💕💕💕💕💕‼️
Thank you for your kind words friend! Of course I'm happy to provide! :DD I do repeats all the time so it's completely fine, and even then I have not done panther groupers yet! So...
Juvenile panther groupers are pure white with black spots, but as they age they gain splotches of beige and grey! They're also called humpback groupers because of their distinct hunched form.
And there you have it! I shall do gars and perhaps a sturgeon next! Differences between sturgeon species, I'm not so sure about... they all vary from each other in different ways, like distribution, body shape, colouration, snout length and shape, and so on! My good buddy @sturgeonposting has several informational posts about sturgeons, so be sure to check them out if you want to see many facts!
Zebra sharks got their name from the stripes they have as pups which become spots when they become adults.
the feminine urge to neglect all my responsibilities fail out of grad school and draw uncountably many nudibranchs
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They’re named after the croaking sound they can make via repeatedly rasping a muscle against their swim bladder! And also they’re pretty silvery and light-coloured on their stomach.
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They tend to swim by undulating their very long dorsal fin and keeping the rest of their body still.
sharks are just like giant kitties tbh. they’re just curious silly little creatures. they’re just interested in what’s around them. they bite you the same way a cute little kitty bites you. they’re just trying to get to know you. why do you hate them so so much they think you’re interesting and they’re cute. leave them alone
Cutie-pie of the sea (x)
*Update: this is not a real octopus but a spy bot for research. In a BBC vid(here), the spy bot helps an octopus to protect itself from sharks.