Here’s something to make you feel like you know nothing about the world:

Right. now, on Earth, there’s a hot pink tree-shaped CRUSTACEAN living inside sea stars.

Study: researchgate.net/figure/Dendrog…

Here’s some videos of a blue sea dragon (Glaucus atlanticus) eating a by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). These slugs really eat animals that are so much bigger than them… and don’t even get me started on their countershading 😍

🎥: Open Ocean Exploration

So I’m not leaving here, but I AM also on Instagram and TikTok and they’re lots of fun and we can hang out there anytime :)

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Hey folks! I’d love to get to know you better! Anyone from anywhere can vote. Do you consider yourself to be:

BABY FISH WITH JELLYFISH HOLDERS!?!
There’s a baby fish that RIDES ON JELLYFISH using special fish cowboy-boots to hold onto the jellies.
Study: bioone.org/journals/ichth…

sometimes I just can't believe how cool our planet is, who needs fiction

In the deep, animals scream with light instead of sound. That's why this newly-discovered comb jelly has a black stomach and blood-red body: to hide the cries of its swallowed victims, earning it the name Vampire Comb Jelly. 😈
#DailyJelly
Study & video: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This is your semi-regular reminder that baby open-ocean octopuses ride around on jellyfish. Please enjoy.
#DailyJelly
Pics from the amazing Songda Cai: bit.ly/2MkUNPm

I would also be open to joining a team. And for those who don’t know, even though I tweet like an 8 year old girl who is also a millennial, I am somehow a prof at Georgetown University in Washington DC.
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