No! 
Thanks for making me aware of its existence. Gotta check it out later! ^>^
This thread is fantastic! I love sea creatures. Especially cephalopods!
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I’ve been meaning to post about this movie/documentary, but forgot for some reason. I watched it some time ago, and found it stunningly beautiful and very gripping. Apparently it also got an Oscar - which I totally understand why! 
If you like documentaries and 
then you’re in for a treat! ^>^
I love jellyfish. They’re visually stunning, strange and alien. Somehow watching images of them gives me a deep sens of relaxation. 
Lion’s mane jellyfish
Moon jellyfish 水水母 or みずくらげ
Upside down jellyfish 逆さクラゲ or さかさくらげ
Box jellyfish 箱水母 or ハコクラゲ
Freshwater jellyfish 真水水母 or マミズクラゲ
Immortal Jellyfish 紅海月 or ベニクラゲ
Irukandji jellyfish イルカンジクラゲ
Clinging jellyfish 鉤手海月 or カギノテクラゲ
Nomura’s jellyfish 越前水母 or エチゼンクラゲ
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More strange sea creatures! ^>^ Some sea urchins (海胆 or うに) are considered delicacies. Others bring a poisonous sting to attackers or unwary divers. There’s a large variety of them in the sea.
West Indian sea egg or white sea urchin
Sand dollar サンドドラー
Sputnik urchin or Imperial urchin
Purple sea urchin 紫ウニ むらさきうに
Reef urchin
Rose flower urchin
Spawning sea urchin
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Inspired by @Nemuitanuki this morning, I’ve been looking up types of starfish (海星 ひとで “human hand” lolz)! 
^>^
Fun fact: “Sea stars are unique because unlike most other animals they do not have blood but instead use sea water to pump around their bodies.” Leather Sea Star · Tennessee Aquarium
Read more: 20 Bizarre and Beautiful Starfish Species; ヒトデ - Wikipedia
Leather starfish
Granulated sea star
Crown-of-thorns starfish 鬼海星 or おにひとで
Necklace Starfish
Chocolate Chip Sea Star
Giant Spined Star
Brittle star 蜘蛛海星 or くもひとで
Pincushion starfish
Brisingid sea star
Blue starfish アオヒトデ
Panamic cushion star
Twerking cushion star, lol
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I had no idea there were so many interesting star shaped fish
At last, the sea urchins!
They’re wonderful to watch while scuba diving, too. I’ve seen a fire sea urchin poop once through the bulbous “eye” on top of its body. That is indeed its butt.
Don’t mind me, I’m throwing confetti! ^-^
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So, I happened to read one of the comments to John Oliver’s webspecial about octopuses, something about the male ripping off his own junk and throwing it at the female during mating. 
Well, I decided to investigate the claim and came upon this gem of an article by BBC Earth!
Spoiler: octopus reproduction is a varied and complicated business!
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I was not aware that jellyfish, corals and sea anemone are part of the same family Cnidaria. Nor did I know that jellyfish goes through a metamorphosis stage from polyp to medusa when starting life, so growing on the bottom of the sea before transforming to its mobile medusa form.
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Here’s some lovely underwater footage! ^>^
Cuttlefish are amazing! 
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I felt like looking up fishies from the Amazon with its rich and unique aquatic life! ^>^
More info: Amazon fish | WWF * Amazon River Fish: Best Known Species - Rainforest Cruises
Arapaima ピラルクー
Tambaqui コロソマ
Zebra pleco ゼブラ プレコ
Altum Angelfish スカラレエンゼル
Red-tailed catfish レッドテールキャットフィッシュ
Red-bellied piranha (piranha = ピラニア )
Electric eel 痺鰻 or しびれうなぎ alternatively 電気ウナギ or でんきうなぎ
Green terror
Amazonian manatee アマゾンマナティー
Amazon river dolphin アマゾンカワイルカ
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This morning I spent some time looking for facts about rays (鱝 えい). They are stunning, majestic creatures, imo. Sadly, some of them are now endangerd. Y_Y
More info: Manta Ray | National Geographic // http://divemagazine.co.uk/eco/9281-manta-cephalic-lobes-communicate // 10 Stunning Facts About Stingrays | Mental Floss
Rays forming a group is called a fever 
Spotted eagle ray 斑鳶エイ まだらとびえい
Giant oceanic manta ray マンタ or 鬼糸巻エイ or おにいとまきえい
Marbled electric ray
Undulate ray
Tiger stingray
Polka-Dot stingray or White-blotched river stingray, a type of freshwater ray ポルカドット・スティングレイ
Devil rays can also jump out of the water, to stunning heights!
Also, rays are born fully formed and they are really cute in a spoopy way! :3 
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If you have the coast nearby, you might be able to do some foraging for edible seaweed.
See also: 10 Different Types of Edible Seaweed with Images - Asian Recipe
The Abundant World of Seaweed | TOKYO RESTAURANTS GUIDE| find your restaurants and attractions in Tokyo
Dulse ダルス
More info: The cultural history and health benefits of eating dulse. -
Arame 荒布 or あらめ
Irish moss or **Red carrageen * 赤かえでのり or あかかえでのり
More info: The health benefits of Irish moss
Wakame 若布 or わかめ
Bladder wrack
Sea lettuce 石蓴 or あおさ
Nori 海苔 or のり
Konbu 昆布 or こんぶ
Hijiki 鹿尾菜 or ひじき
Sea palm
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Inspired by lovely @Abstormal who’s posted lots of pics of their cute reptiles, I’m dedicating a post to water lizards! 
Nile monitor 尼羅大蜥蜴 or ナイルおおとかげ
Green Basilisk, Emerald Basilisk, Plumed Basilisk, Double-crested basilisk or Jesus Christ lizard グリーンバシリスク
They’ve developed the ability to run on water, which is where their nickname Jesus Christ lizard comes from
Asian Water Monitor 水大蜥蜴 or みずおおとかげ
Australian water dragon ヒガシウォータードラゴン (is that you @Midnight_Doragon ? 
)
Philippine sailfin lizard
Chinese water dragon インドシナウォータードラゴン
Leopard gecko ヒョウモントカゲモドキ
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I LOVE water lizzards! Was suposed to say “wish there was some legal here”, but, we do have leopard gecko… but I thought they were desert lizards O_o
One of the few 8of the legal ones) I don’t own. Have been tempted though cause so darn cute!
One of my lizards are such desert dwellers they don’t even have a water bowl O_o
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It totally is! So purrrretty colors! ^>^ 
Edit: Also, googling also got me the info that they live in deserts. But, maybe also jungles??? 
Another theory is that the images I found is some other species of gecko, that’s been wrongly named online.
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I bet many of our pet reptiles are kept in one type on environments, but would naturally be found in several kinds.
Nah, that definitely looks like a leopard gecko =)
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