1. С днем защиты детей! via: desperates

    С днем защиты детей!

    via: desperates

  2. James Dodds, “Pulling Together.”

    James Dodds, “Pulling Together.”

  3. Rockwell Kent, Drifter via: fore-and-aft:

    Rockwell Kent, Drifter

    via: fore-and-aft:

  4. David Blackwood, The “Friend” bound for the Labrador. Etching  2007

    David Blackwood, The “Friend” bound for the Labrador.

    Etching  2007

  5. I’ve had dreams like this. painting by James Dodds

    I’ve had dreams like this.

    painting by James Dodds

  6. John Neville, Day’s Catch, 2011, oil on canvas via: larboardwatch

    John Neville, Day’s Catch, 2011, oil on canvas

    via: larboardwatch

  7. sailor beards for kids!

    sailor beards for kids!

  8. sunfish skeleton theshipthatflew: benjaminhilts: Lewis Carroll 1857 - Skeleton of the Sun-Fish. via (Wikipedia)

    sunfish skeleton

    theshipthatflew:

    benjaminhilts: Lewis Carroll 1857 - Skeleton of the Sun-Fish. via (Wikipedia)

  9. I WISH someone had sent me this Valentine let’s not be anemones… by ~erikamoen A Valentines card made by Erika Moen. (Original link above.)

    I WISH someone had sent me this Valentine

    let’s not be anemones… by ~erikamoen

    A Valentines card made by Erika Moen.

    (Original link above.)

  10. Siren bigwaves: (via laswastedyouth)

    Siren

    bigwaves:

    (via laswastedyouth)

  11. balint zsako, Madama Butterfly via: fore-and-aft

    balint zsako, Madama Butterfly

    via: fore-and-aft

  12. Biggest ‘sprit I’ve ever seen ARGONAUTS by petercat.harris on Flickr. via icecreamontoast

    Biggest ‘sprit I’ve ever seen

    ARGONAUTS by petercat.harris on Flickr.

    via icecreamontoast

  13. Fun facts about beasties of the deep biomedicalephemera: Chauliodus sloanii, Melanocetus johnsoni, Malacosteus niger, Eurypharynx pelicanoides Some fish of the deep: Sloane’s Viperfish, Humpback Blackdevil, Black Swallower, Pelican Eel. The fish presented here have very different hunting strategies, all fitting into a specific niche in their environment: Sloane’s Viperfish actively hunts down prey, rockets towards them, impaling them on its long teeth, using a modified first vertebra to absorb the shock of the impact. The Humpback Blackdevil (Deep-Sea Anglerfish/Black Seadevil) stays still, and attracts crustaceans and lanternfish/bristlemouths with its lure, before gulping them down, often while they’re still alive. Black Swallowers find other bony fishes, grip them by their tail, and “walks” its jaws over the prey until the prey is fully coiled within their huge distendable stomach. Pelican Eels have huge jaws that are detachable, like a snake, and a massive stomach capacity. But despite this, their teeth are tiny, and their primary diet is small crustaceans. Cool fish with cool ways of eating! The Mighty Deep and What We Know of It. Agnes Giberne, 1902.

    Fun facts about beasties of the deep

    biomedicalephemera:

    Chauliodus sloanii, Melanocetus johnsoni, Malacosteus niger, Eurypharynx pelicanoides

    Some fish of the deep: Sloane’s Viperfish, Humpback Blackdevil, Black Swallower, Pelican Eel.

    The fish presented here have very different hunting strategies, all fitting into a specific niche in their environment:

    • Sloane’s Viperfish actively hunts down prey, rockets towards them, impaling them on its long teeth, using a modified first vertebra to absorb the shock of the impact.
    • The Humpback Blackdevil (Deep-Sea Anglerfish/Black Seadevil) stays still, and attracts crustaceans and lanternfish/bristlemouths with its lure, before gulping them down, often while they’re still alive.
    • Black Swallowers find other bony fishes, grip them by their tail, and “walks” its jaws over the prey until the prey is fully coiled within their huge distendable stomach.
    • Pelican Eels have huge jaws that are detachable, like a snake, and a massive stomach capacity. But despite this, their teeth are tiny, and their primary diet is small crustaceans.

    Cool fish with cool ways of eating!

    The Mighty Deep and What We Know of It. Agnes Giberne, 1902.

  14. Touched by an angelfish Photography by Elena Kalis via: bigwaves

    Touched by an angelfish

    Photography by Elena Kalis

    via: bigwaves

  15. Steve McCurry, Fishermen at Weligama Sri Lanka, 1995 via missfolly

    Steve McCurry, Fishermen at Weligama Sri Lanka, 1995


    via missfolly

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