This is Nembrotha cristata, a colourful sea-slug found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean. They grow to about 50mm in length and have black bodies with a strange luminous green “trim”. Like most nudibranchs, they deliver a painful string. They do not produce the stinging cells themselves but incorporate them into their own tissues from their prey, stinging jellyfish.
i love slug
(via cutesy)
3 weeks ago
The Pacific blackdragon is a deep sea fish, that can be found up to depths of up to 3,300 ft. Female blackdragons are about two feet long and have fang like teeth and a long chin whisker. They are black on the outside, as well as on the inside to prevent light from swallowed bio-luminescent prey shining out. The males are small, about three inches in length, and brownish in color. They have no teeth, no chin barbel and no stomach. Unable to eat, the male lives only long enough to mate.
(Source: thepredatorblog, via classics2)
3 weeks ago
What a cutie.
I hate not being able to source pictures ;( Message me if you know it.
(Source: najanubiae, via tkym)
3 weeks ago
3 weeks agoTechnicolor Stickleback
This juvenile fish has developing bone stained red and developing cartilage stained blue.
Mark Currey, PLoS Genetics, doi:10.1371/image.pgen.v06.i02.g001
3 weeks agoTop: The larva of the purple sea urchin drifts in the ocean for a month before settling on a rock. Bottom: Then the larvae change shape and grow spines as they prepare to settle down on a rocky shore. (Brian Gaylord/UC Davis photos)
