1. It’s Getting Hot in Here. 2. One Fish. Two Fish. Red Fish… No Fish. 3. Snow Caps Cones for Everyone. 4. Too…
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Category: Organisms
Cephalopods: Masters of W.T.F? – Enough GIFs to Kill a Kraken
With octopus, squid, & cuttlefish, reality is stranger than fiction. Shape-shifting, color-changing, or morphing into a Las Vegas billboard are nothing new for these real-life transformers.…
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Go home Dinoflagellate, you’re drunk
Sally, one of my lab mates, takes amazing videos of protists under the microscope (she posts these on her Instagram, pondlife_pondlife – go check it…
View More Go home Dinoflagellate, you’re drunk6 times an invertebrate punched a vertebrate in the face (and it was awesome)
A guest post from Katie Thomas, a graduate student at Duke University researching the evolution of bioluminescence in squids. (@katiethomas10) For those of us who love the…
View More 6 times an invertebrate punched a vertebrate in the face (and it was awesome)Dancing Squat Lobsters of the Deep
From former DSN’s own Peter Etnoyer (posts here) comes a great set of deep-sea GIFS. Among the many revelations of recent studies of Gulf of Mexico deep-sea…
View More Dancing Squat Lobsters of the DeepMy favorite deep-sea GIFs
Comb Jelly, Phylum Ctenophora The giant deep-sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea Siphonophore Blanket Octopus, Tremoctopus sp. Dumbo Octopus, Grimpoteuthis Vampire Squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis Giant Squid, Architeuthis…
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Whale Shark and Manta Ray Gif Roundup
Dr. Simon Pierce (@simonpierce) is a marine biologist extraordinaire focusing on whale sharks. He is the Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Science Coordinator of the Global Whale Shark…
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This Is How We Do It
From Spice Girls to Fresh Prince the 90s were an eclectic mash-up of pop tunes and catchy anthems. Perhaps one of the more popular, get-stuck-in-your- head-all-day ditty’s, Montell…
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Five Mind-Blowing Bivalve GIFs That Will Blow Your Mind – Your Blown Mind Won’t Believe #6!
Since the dawn of human civilization, much has been written about the sheer adrenaline-pumping excitement of clams, scallops, cockles, but today’s digital age has cranked-up that…
View More Five Mind-Blowing Bivalve GIFs That Will Blow Your Mind – Your Blown Mind Won’t Believe #6!Top 10 GIFs of Ocean Animals Eating Other Animals
1. Cone snail eating whole fish 2. Orca taking a seal 3. California angel shark eating a California horn shark 4. Goblin shark eating a fish 5.…
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