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My biggest character flaw is thinking I could live in an anemone without first evolving a symbiotic relationship so it doesn’t sting me 😤

talking about my day ▶️ 🔘─────── 3:19 talking about how adorable bobtail squid are ▶️ 🔘─────── 3:24:45

If your party doesn’t have a thriving deep sea community of fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods feeding on a whale fall, don’t bother inviting us.😤 When a whale dies, its body sinks to the sea floor. Food is scarce in the deep sea, so it draws a crowd from all over and the whale carcass becomes a pop up ecosystem. We found this whale fall in the Strait of Gibraltar last year. It could be a pilot whale or beaked whale.

Majestic, blue and very huge! 🐳 Watch this blue whale dive at the end of the vid to see how quickly it blends back into the depths. Even though blue whales are the largest animal to live on Earth, they can be difficult to spot. 📷: Mark Girardeau / Newport Coastal Adventure

The Real Life Aquatic ⛴️🦐 Not only do we explore the ocean, but we create media to share the amazing marine life and habitats with the world. Some of our films are more ✨ artsy✨ than others.

Arachnophobes aren’t even safe in the water😳 To make things worse (or better if you love creepy crawlers), sea spiders have straw like mouths to suck up their prey’s insides, like a very nutritious smoothie. They also “breathe” through their porous legs that absorb oxygen underwater. Some people wonder if these fellas are similar to those giant spider crabs that also scare people on the internet. Interestingly, sea spiders are more closely related to actual land spiders than crustaceans.

Oh look! It’s a photo of the OceanX social media team searching for more content for this new platform. 👀😅 Let us know what ocean tech or marine creatures you want to see more of! 🦑🦈⛴️🐋