Aquatic Life Appreciation Thread 🐋 🐠 🐙

I also found pictures of lizards with a much more bland coloration and spots all over, not in bands. But, yeah, there are more than one image calling the ones looking like my pic, leopard geckos. So, I guess that is correct.

Some more info! :lizard:

Some Facts About the Leopard Gecko

  1. Leopard gecko’s natural range spans through parts of the Middle East, central and southwestern Asia.
  2. Although in captivity they are usually kept in desert-type terrariums, leos are not desert dwellers, and sand is not a good substrate for them.
  3. The scientific name for Leopard gecko is Eublepharis macularius .
  4. Leos are often referred to as nocturnal, but they are actually crepuscular animals , which means they are most active in twilight.
  5. Leopard geckos lack the adhesive lamellae – microscopic hooks on their feet that most others geckos have; that means they cannot climb vertical surfaces .
  6. Since leopard geckos breed so readily in captivity , almost all available leos on the market were born in a terrarium.
  7. Leopard gecko’s natural color is yellowish-brown with dark spots all over the body. However, many morphs with amazing color ranges were created, and many of them don’t include any spots.

Especially #2 is interesting! :eyes:

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Exactly, had a feeling that was it =)
They do look more… well…foresty =P than my desert dwellers that come from actually sand and stone only areas :wink:

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I missed going to the aquarium, had a lot of fun

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That’s not aquatic life, that’s The Life Aquatic. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Today I’ve been looking up info about eels! ^>^

Read more about eels in this blog post: 18 Different Types of Eels (Not All are Shocking) – Nayturr

Garden Eels 穴子 あなご

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Splendid Garden Eel 錦穴子 にしきあなご

Spotted Garden Eel >: チンアナゴ

Electric Eel 痺鰻 しびれうなぎ or 電気ウナギ でんきうなぎ

Purple Spaghetti Eel (Spaghetti Eel = ハリガネウミヘビ)

White Mouth Moray Eel ワカウツボ
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Moray eels hanging out…:relaxed:
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Ribbon Eel 鼻髭鱓 はなひげうつぼ

Snipe Eel シギウナギ

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When an eel bites your knee
As you swim in the sea,
That’s a moray…

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This is a nice thread. I think, based on the number of cute nudibranch posts, people here might enjoy the work of the South Korean illustrator Pikaole.

I particularly enjoyed the post on seals - I have the word well memorised (as they are mentioned in a Japanese song I like) but the kanji always throws me off as the readings are so unusual.

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When it’s jaws open wide,
And there’s more jaws inside,
That’s a moray.

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Finally some positive news about the ocean! ^^

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Big boi

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Fish are tasty as food, but let’s fish them sustainably. ^^

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Turtles are the best! :durtle_love: Sadly, over 50% of all turtle species are threatened. :slightly_frowning_face:

Sauce: More than 50 percent of all turtle species are threatened: New atlas of the turtles of the world published

Here’s some pics of cool turtle species!

Green sea turtle/Black sea turtle 青海亀 あおうみがめ/ 黒海亀 くろうみがめ

Leatherback turtle 長亀 おさがめ

Eastern box turtle @Redglare

Alligator snapping turtle a cousin to :crabigator:? 鰐亀 わにがめ

I have no idea what’s going on in that mouth! :fearful:
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Burmese roofed turtle

Bowser *Indian star tortoise インドホシガメ

To the sea!
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Box durtle!

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Helpful Durtle

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CURSES—tricked again! :sob:

I kept tapping in confusion before it clicked in my head haha

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In Japanese, Ichtyosaur is 魚竜 ぎょりゅう or イクチオサウルス

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Is he called Darth Jelly?

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all fish are pilot fish!

scroll to second video

basically any fish can learn how to pilot their fish tank to get to food.

the things we do for food…

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The things we do to fish! :joy: I wonder what kinds of real-life application this discovery is gonna be used for! Fish bus-drivers?

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