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Tag: marine life

Large scale whale photos: epic and beautiful.

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“Photographer and conservationist Bryant Austin captures some truly breathtaking shots of whales as a reminder of their beauty and existence in the vast oceans. The photographer manages to get full body shots of them, a feat that so few are able to achieve with such high quality, while revealing remarkable details of these aquatic mammoths. Browsing through his collection, one feels like they can actually reach out and touch the giant creatures, feeling the texture of their skin while examining the breadth of their bodies.”

By Bryant Austin. Text via My Modern Met.

This marine theme lamppost installation is brilliant!

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Another great ad from the Vancouver Aquarium, via Buzzfeed

So much beauty it almost makes up for the fact they poop through their mouths.

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Great ad from the Vancouver Aquarium, via Buzzfeed

This is why the dolphins don’t play with the narwhals.

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By Liz Climo

Alright, how much fun would a course called “Felt Microbiology 101″ be?

Especially, if you get to play with creations like the below (a giant euglena, giant amoeba, and giant daphnia)

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By Hiné Mizushima, via Thinx

A Rorschach test made from stunning invertebrate images

Specifically, the Portuguese man-of-war…

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By Aaron Ansarov, via Thinx

Who needs Pokemon cards, when you can get free CEPHALOPODA cards!

And these are just 10 of close to 500 different free biodiversity cards on the website, which are also playable as a game!

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If you want to print them out, go to Phylogame.org/cephalopoda, and click “print” (on the left sidebar). Then click on page “2″ (near the top) and click “print” again. If you want to include card backs with these printouts, then download the card back (the link is on the left sidebar), flip your card printouts and print the back on the other side.

Crochet seafood (as in fish and chips and a shrimp salad)

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By Kate Jenkins, via Visual News

How are we ever going to evolve if you people keep pushing us back into the ocean?

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From Bizarro Comics.

How about a tea in the ribcage of a fully articulated 95-foot bowhead whale skeleton?

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“In 1831 the skeleton of a 95-foot bowhead whale was displayed in a pavilion at Charing Cross, as part of a tour that had also touched Ostend and Paris. Visitors could ascend a flight of steps to a stage set within the ribcage, where they could sit at a table and write puns in the guest book. (“Why should we be mourned for if killed by the falling of the bones of the whale? We should be be-wailed.”)”

Text via Futility Closet.

My goodness: This has to be one of the prettiest things I’ve seen – macrophotography of starfish.

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By Alexander Semenov, via Colossal.

Shark Attack Laundry Basket #awesome

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By Jolanta Uczarczyk, via Thinx

This: Chewbacca made from seaweed…

But what kind of seaweed(s) specifically?

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Via Reddit.

Crochet jellyfish: need I say more?

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Pattern by Lazymuse, via Stacey Thinx.

These photos of underwater scenes by Alexander Safonov are unbelievably beautiful #whoa

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By Alexander Safanov, via Colossal.

Awesome marine life plus human technology hybrids (a.k.a. how cool are these whale boats?)

WANT!

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By Kyler Martz

Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravaganza! – Day 5

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SNOWMAN SCIENCE
Courtesy of Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson

Evolution

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(see more of Popperfont’s Sciencegeek Advent Calendar Extravanganza here)

Love this video and the fact that it’s full of stop motion invertebrate goodness.

Wax Tailor feat Aloe Blacc- Time To Go from Oh Yeah Wow on Vimeo.

By Oh Yeah Wow, via Colossal.

Types of Sharks that Also Sound Like Heavy Metal Bands

By DAVID NG

Great White*

Clouded Angel*

Hammerhead*

Thresher*

Leopard*

Megamouth*

Requiem*

Son of a B****, I’m Sick of These Dolphins

From a Wes Anderson quote in The Life Aquatic, and good for a segue into marine biology careers. Also see this.

By Nick McLellan, via Hey Oscar Wilde!

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