marine
I just participated in a ‘what should be on our next tshirt’ question at work. This was mine
JUST A LITTLE KELP FROM MY FRONDS
It was so nice today so I made a little tour to south Boston / Dorchester water front
The ship is so big that I thought it was a big green wall there at first lol
#boston #harbor #BigShip #seaport #waterfront #massport #marine
Two fish hiding inside the bell of a jellyfish
What an incredible photo
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/fish-inside-jellyfish-mexico
I send thanks to the buyer from California who purchased a coffee mug of
Gone Sailing -- https://stevehendersonart.com/featured/gone-sailing-steve-henderson.html?product=coffee-mug
May you relax with this mug, with a smile.
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #fedigiftshop #coffee #mug #sailing #sail #friends #friendship #men #weekend #relax #leisure #boat #boating #blue #freedom #sale #gift #marine #nautical #sea
Scientists documented whales in a group assisting in the birth
No cetaceans needed, they got video
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sperm-whales-help-one-another-give-birth-new-study-finds/
I’m tempted to build a bot that responds to every post that starts with ‘well actually’, with a photo of whales, and then it says WHALES, actually’
People magazine reports on the celebrity match that I care about: macaroni penguins were found to be breeding with rockhopper penguins to make little rockaroni penguins
https://people.com/rare-hybrid-rockaroni-penguin-chicks-filmed-exclusive-11720784
BREAKING NEWS
Orcas seen grooming each other with kelp, in a first for marine tool use
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/23/killer-whales-kelp-grooming-tool-use
Me: my superpower is I always get free food when I least expect it
Orcas:
As I split my time between SF and Monterey:
If what I keep hearing in SF is ‘AGI’ (lol) what I keep hearing about in Monterey is ‘sea star wasting disease’
And they have finally found the cause for it. It’s a huge deal for climate, etc
https://apnews.com/article/sea-star-wasting-disease-epidemic-f2ab802ae8787618a5905c566d38e0c5
A juvenile #GrayWhale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, & an official with a #marine mammal research group suspects #hunger may have driven the whale to new hunting grounds as the species’ population declines.
#science #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #EndangeredSpecies #ecosystems #MarineLife #whales #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/gray-whale-dies-washington-river-ba070a4060f2f48f0e4533cc14b944b2
This is my second favorite octopus story (that they can use coconuts as armor)
My favorite one is that some octopus lead groups of fish in hunting together, and punch the fish that act up
https://www.sciencealert.com/octopuses-team-up-with-fish-to-hunt-and-will-punch-them-if-they-act-up