Baby Seal says hi 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ 🐥 📷 @sumogurinet

Bioluminescence 💙 📍K.Huraa, Maldives. 🎥 @nihthu #sea #nature

Which one is your favorite 1-5?⁣ Tag a friend!⁣ 🎥 by @mbari_news⁣ ⁣ 1.⁣ This cranchiid squid, Helicocranchia, has quite a few nicknames from our deep-sea biologists. It’s called the pig-nosed, helicopter-tailed, and hippo-squid, depending on who you ask, of course. What nickname would you give it?⁣ ⁣ 2.⁣ The fangtooth, or ogrefish, has extra-long, sharp teeth and a face only a mother could love. 💕⁣ ⁣ This fierce-looking fish actually gets no bigger than the average adult human hand. The fangtooth is found in meso- and bathy-pelagic waters worldwide. Dark skin and scales provide camouflage in these dim ocean depths, assisting them with catching prey (fish, shrimp, and squid) and avoiding hungry predators (tuna and marlin). Their prominent lateral line system detects water movement and compensates for poor eyesight and low light conditions. The fangtooth has been spotted just eight times in the past 30 years of MBARI ROV expeditions.⁣ ⁣ 3.⁣ Snailfish like this Careproctus longifilis are flabby, scaleless fishes with tadpole-like bodies, broad fins, and tiny tails. Well-adapted to a variety of deep-sea habitats—including rocky outcrops, the muddy seafloor, and the midwater—they are a diverse and thriving group with over 400 described species.⁣ ⁣ 4.⁣ Even in a deep-sea world full of adaptations for seeing in near-total darkness, the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) stands out as one of the most bizarre. Two small indentations where eyes might normally appear on a fish are actually the barreleye’s olfactory organs, and its eyes are two glowing green orbs behind its face that gaze up towards the top of its head.⁣ ⁣ 5.⁣ Flapjack octopuses (Opisthoteuthis spp.) can grow up to 20 centimeters (nearly eight inches) across. They're typically found at depths between 130 and 2,350 meters (430 and 7,710 feet) where they feed on small worms, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.

Via @AnmlsWorld Turtle cleaning! 🛀 🏝 Why is this done? A build up of algae and other waste can lead to skin disease so it’s important that we clean their shells often! The brown and green on the turtles are a mix of algae and water scales. ***This turtle is being cleaned at a marine rescue centre / do not try this!! In the wild this is done by cleaner fish 🐟 ~ Video by @ogasawara_marine_centre

We hope you all have a great weekend! 🎥 @slatermoorephotography #sea

Nothing like a bit of context and scale to show off how large Blue Whales are! 🎥 @gonewhalewatching : “On Thursday’s extended tour, Captain @bluelifewild managed to capture a rare summer visitor, the Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, playing with a mighty Blue Whale! It’s an inter-species interaction that we’ve never seen before here in San Diego, due to the lack of overlap between Blue Whale season and Pacific White-Sided Dolphin season! It was our third July sighting of “lags”, and to see them joyously swimming on the whale’s snout was a real treat!”

Wait for it! Flying Mobulas ✈️⁣ Tag a friend who’d love this!⁣ 🎥 @ninamoysi⁣ ⁣ 📍 Baja California Sur, Mexico.

A living submarine: the Blue Whale!🐳 🎥 @dolphindronedom

Flying through the reef valley 🪸🦈🪸 🎥 @daviddiez #sea #ocean #wildlife #eaglerays #drone

🐢 💆🏻‍♂️ 🎶 🎥 @daviddiez : “I will never get tired of filming sea turtles. Hope you never get tired of seeing them “ #sea #turtle

Ribbon eels are a thing of beauty. 📽️ By @mathias_underwater & @jasmine_underwater

Baja Dream 🎥: @Bluelifewild #sea