Happy World Ocean Day 🦈
From the stunning blue shark, a species that undertakes the greatest migration of all sharks, travelling around 5,700 miles of sea each year.
Our world under the waves
As mentioned in a previous article on Our World Under The Waves, sea cucumbers are incredibly important cogs in the sea machine.
Media Monday #90 🪽
Cranes amid seagrass. As produced by the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory during the mid-18th century.
Their big hands and round bodies make these fish look like modern day pac-man from a different dimension (it’s a nerdy reference, but I stand by it).
Happy World Environment Day 🪨
From the coast of Lahemaa National Park on the northern coast of Estonia. A place where you can find glacial boulders draped onto the coastline, indicative of what the environment was like here a long, long time ago.
Nesting is a hard job for a mother turtle.
Even before digging the nest and depositing her eggs, she must haul her immense weight up the beach. Hence these very visible tracks in the sand.
Happy Birthday to the late, great Jacques Cousteau.
Co-inventor of the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) regulator, he played such a critical role in opening our eyes to the ocean world.
It seems that crabs were quite prevalent in ancient Peru.
Appearing in bowls, metal ornaments and even demon bottles that date back to between the 4th and 7th century.
You can never have too much protection in the ocean.
With the sticky tube feet between their spines, sea urchins can grab shells and other debris to use as camouflage and as a physical barrier from attack.
There be giants in the deep, even among the squishy sea creatures.
Corals are foundational for ocean life. Known as the rainforests of the sea, they create habitats for 25% of all marine organisms, despite only covering less than 1% of the ocean's area.
