Fish are friends, not food!

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✨welcome to the shark zone motherfuckers <3✨

☀️ I’m Sharky, but you can call me Alex too :) This is my ocean/shark blog! (w/ the occasional meme or two perhaps)

💙 I’m nonbinary, I use they/them and he/him!

☀️ My favorite marine animals are sharks!

💙 I mostly rb as I’m not exactly an expert on marine biology as a whole, however, should I rb anything with blatant misinformation please let me know!

☀️ I’ll try my best to trigger tag appropriately, I use “tw thalassophobia”, but feel free to ask me to tag anything else!

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[angel-kiyoss]

𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕩

[typhlonectes]

Thresher shark

[bunjywunjy]

HGHSGHD THE REMORA HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE

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[animalids]

Photo by Debbie

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[teal-deer]

As a reminder: libraries, museums, zoos, etc are NOT brand accounts! As an example, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Tumblr is very cool & they support ocean conservation and education! I believe the National Archives and Smithsonian Libraries are also around here somewhere. Support public institutions!

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[protectoursharks]

Aurelia aurita or Moon Jellyfish 

Moon Jellyfish live approximately for 1 year. However, the polyps can wait around 25 years for the best conditions before continuing through their life cycle

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Eurypharynx pelecanoides or the Gulper or Pelican Eel

These eels live up to 3048 m (10,000 ft) below the surface, because of this they're bioluminescent. Because of their large jaws (which are what gave them their name) they can swallow prey up to two times its size!

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[thoughtlessarse]

Fin-to-fin synchronised swimming, thought likely to be part of courtship, has been seen in groups of basking sharks for the first time in the Hebrides, Scotland. Video cameras were temporarily attached to the sharks and gave scientists an unprecedented view of their hitherto secret underwater world. Photograph: University of Exeter and NatureScot

click source for more Week in Wildlife photos

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Plerogyra sinuosa or Bubble Coral 

Appropriately named, the bubble coral is covered in bubble-like polyps that are filled with water; these can develop in different colors and shapes. The polyps also contain zooxanthellae, causing the bubbles to expand during the day and retract at night. 

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Spotted lagoon jelly | Mastigias papua

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Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today's wet beast is: Sarcastic Fringehead

Olive's Wet Beast Fact: these weirdos are very aggressively territorial. When two of them have beef, they fight by pressing their distended mouths against each other, making it look like they're kissing

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!