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It was a pleasure having @LeoDiCaprio onboard Alucia for his upcoming #ClimateChange documentary.
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Me, when jostled: 😠
Dinoflagellates, when jostled: ✨✨✨
This cosmic blue glow is the defense mechanism of a microscopic marine algae called Lingulodinium polyedra, which bloomed in huge numbers off the coast of southern California last month.
📷 @patrickc_la, Instagram
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It's almost our favorite day of the year, #WorldOceanDay! Join us June 8 as we celebrate humanity's most important and most under-explored treasure, our #ocean.
🪸 24 hours of ocean TikTok, from seafloor to surface
🦑 Family-friendly Facebook event
🦈 Reddit #AMA on r/AskScience
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Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the sea floor, but support 25% of all marine life. They're some of the most biodiverse places on earth, which is why they're called the rainforests of the sea....or cornucopias of the sea if you wanna be all seasonal about it.
🍗 🐠 🦈
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Time for a moment of chill, courtesy of a whale shark we spotted in the Red Sea. Speaking of spots, each whale shark has uniquely patterned spots that can be used to identify different individuals.
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Your feed has just been ✨blessed✨ by a visit from a jumbo squid!
This one came to check out our submersible off the coast of Chile. The jumbo squid, aka the Humboldt squid, grows to two meters (six feet).
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Starting from the bottom, Ocean Edition...a thread🧵
#WorldOceanDay
ALT An OceanX submersible diving new an iceberg or glacier wall
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Some of you wanted to know more about the shipwreck where we saw a very large squid* last year.
*bit.ly/giantcreature
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Good job everyone, we made it through the first week of the new year! What's got you jumping for joy this weekend? No one knows exactly why spinner dolphins spin, but it could be to display dominance, to share their location, to shake off pesky remoras, or just to have fun.
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On June 8, #WorldOceanDay, we'll be live from the #RedSea with a crew of experts from OceanX ready to answer your #AMA questions about all things ocean science—exploration, engineering, research—and science education and communications!
Ask us anything! bit.ly/AskScienceAMA
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Cruising through the first week of 2023 like...a sailfish. The sailfish is one of the fastest fish in the sea, capable of reaching speeds of 68 mph (110 km per hour).
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Time for a mid-week moment of chill, courtesy of a whale shark we spotted in the Red Sea. Speaking of spots, each whale shark has uniquely patterned spots that can be used to identify different individuals.
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Ocean sunfish (also called molas) start out the size of a pinhead and end up weighing as much as a pickup truck—they top out at around 5,000 lbs (2267 kg). When it’s all said and done, an adult sunfish grows up to be 60 million times (!!!) the size of a hatchling.
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Meet the #Antarctic #sea #spider!🕷These deep-sea creepy-crawlies are HUMONGOUS, with legs as long as 70 cm (that's 2.3 FEET). The enclosing shell on their limbs is very porous and absorbs oxygen—that's how they breathe. This allows them to grow and grow (and GROW!). *Shudders*
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See these chromatophores in a (baby) octopus larva and then on full display in the mesmerizing camouflage abilities of this adult.
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🎶 "Hold me closer, tiny daaancer..."
Spotted at 600 meters (2,000 feet) in Exuma Sound, #Bahamas.
Sound on to hear more from the #science team 🔈
#fish #ocean #marinebiology
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The cockeyed squid's left eye can be twice the size of its right eye. The big left eye points up, scanning for the silhouettes of prey swimming above. The small eye points down, scanning for bioluminescence from prey or potential predators. #squidtember
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Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal, with 1 million hairs per square inch. They need those coats because they live in waters that can be near-freezing. They've also got another tool to keep them toasty: a turbo-charged metabolism, courtesy of their leaky muscle cells.
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Time for a moment of chill, courtesy of a whale shark we spotted in the Red Sea. Speaking of spots, each whale shark has uniquely patterned spots that can be used to identify different individuals.
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If the 🥺 emoji came to life.
Baby sea lion pup spotted by us in #NewZealand some years ago. 🥺
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Your feed has just been ✨blessed✨ by a visit from a jumbo squid!
This one came to check out our submersible off the coast of Chile. The jumbo squid, aka the Humboldt squid, grows to two meters (six feet).
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Notice the eyes of this strawberry squid? They are different sizes and colors. The yellow, left eye is oriented upwards and views objects in dim sunlight while the small, blue, right eye is oriented downwards and is optimized to capture bioluminescence.
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You know why these shrimp never lie, right?
Because you can see right through 'em. 😁🤓
#dadjokes
📷: anemone shrimp in Raja Ampat
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Pantropical spotted dolphins are very social. It's not unusual to find them in groups of several hundred, or hanging out in mixed schools with other species, like spinner dolphins. They're also fond of aerial antics and riding the wake of boats. 🤙🤙🤙
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This is the helmet jelly, a fairly common #jellyfish in the #oceantwilightzone. It's pretty distinctive because of the red dome inside—which is actually its stomach!
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Scientists found a colony of SIXTY. MILLION. FISH NESTS while mapping the Antarctic seafloor. This is "the most spatially expansive continuous fish breeding colony discovered to date globally at any depth," according to a new paper in the journal Current Biology.
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According to legend, St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland and into the ocean. Though there were never snakes in Ireland, there are some gorgeous banded sea snakes we’d like you to meet.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Coral reefs look serene but they're actually battlefields. Corals fight each other to claim space on the reef. Soft corals release toxins to to make their neighbors ill. Hard corals fire strands of their guts at the coral-next-door and digest the intruder. Not very neighborly.
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This is the helmet jelly, a fairly common #jellyfish in the #oceantwilightzone. It's pretty distinctive because of the red dome inside—which is actually its stomach!
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How do schools of fish move together? If one fish speeds up or changes direction, its neighbor will do the same. They track their neighbors by sight and via sensing organs along their bodies that alert them to vibrations and pressure changes in the water.
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You knew some sharks laid eggs, but did you expect them to look like this? Meet the Port Jackson shark from Australia. Its eggs have a screw shape so the mama shark can pick them up in her mouth and "screw" them securely into a rock crevice.
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The wobbegong, also known as a carpet shark, is a master of disguise. It's perfectly colored to look like a sandy sea floor, and even has a tasseled beard that mimics coral.
📷: Spotted by us in Raja Ampat 2014
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Notice the eyes of this strawberry squid? They are different sizes and colors. The yellow, left eye is oriented upwards and views objects in dim sunlight while the small, blue, right eye is oriented downwards and is optimized to capture bioluminescence.
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Time for a moment of chill, courtesy of a whale shark we spotted in the Red Sea. Speaking of spots, each whale shark has unique constellation of spots that can be used to identify different individuals.
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Pantropical spotted dolphins are very social. It's not unusual to find them in groups of several hundred, or hanging out in mixed schools with other species, like spinner dolphins. They're also fond of aerial antics and riding the wake of boats. 🤙🤙🤙
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Cruising into the weekend like…
...a sailfish. They're widely considered the fastest fish in the ocean, with top speeds of almost 112 km/h (70 mph). We spotted this one in Costa Rica. It's about 1.8m (6') long, which is on the small side. They can grow about twice that big.
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See these chromatophores in a (baby) octopus larva and then on full display in the mesmerizing camouflage abilities of this adult.
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🔴 We are LIVE on Reddit answering your questions about all things ocean science—exploration, engineering, research, testing, identification—and science education and communications! 🦑🚢🌊🪸
Ask us anything! ➡️ bit.ly/OceanXAMA
#AMA #WorldOceanDay
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You know why these shrimp never lie, right?
Because you can see right through 'em. 😁🤓
#dadjokes
📷: anemone shrimp in Raja Ampat
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*clock ticks over to October 1*
OceanX social team: HAPPY SPOOKY SZN!!!
Antarctic sea spider ("facehugger") filmbed by us.
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Pantropical spotted dolphins are very social. It's not unusual to find them in groups of several hundred, or hanging out in mixed schools with other species, like spinner dolphins. They're also fond of aerial antics and riding the wake of boats. 🤙🤙🤙
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🎶 "Hold me closer, tiny daaancer..."
Spotted at 600 meters (2,000 feet) in Exuma Sound, #Bahamas.
Sound on to hear more from the #science team 🔈
#fish #ocean #marinebiology
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This wobbegong is part of the carpet shark family. When it's not gracefully swimming, it's sitting (rug-like) on the seafloor, that ornate patterning actually making for some nifty camouflage to surprise and snap up prey. 🎥 : instagram.com/jacintashackle…
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If you need a moment, we humbly suggest chilling out with these gorgeous jellyfish we spotted in the Red Sea.
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You knew some sharks laid eggs, but did you expect them to look like this? Meet the Port Jackson shark from Australia. Its eggs have a screw shape so the mama shark can pick them up in her mouth and "screw" them securely into a rock crevice.
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In the ocean, it snows all year. Marine snow is organic debris that sinks from the surface to the depths. It's made up of bits of dead plants and animals, snot, and poop. It's a critical food source for animals in the deep sea, where there is no sunlight and food is scarce.
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And the award goes to... OceanX! This year's @TheWebbyAwards winner for Education & Discovery is our journey to unexplored ocean depths and the incredible life that thrives in rich waters more than 3,000 feet below the ice of Antarctica. #OurBluePlanet with @BBCEarth. #Webbys
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O Christmas Tree worm, O Christmas Tree worm
How lovely are your "branches"
They're sticky hairs you use to feed
You also use them to breathe
O Christmas Tree worm, O Christmas Tree worm
How lovely are your radioles
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🎶 "Hold me closer, tiny daaancer..."
Spotted at 600 meters (2,000 feet) in Exuma Sound, #Bahamas.
Sound on to hear more from the #science team 🔈
#fish #ocean #marinebiology
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Now, apparently, some squid have taken a liking to it! Wwe visited the wreck multiple times, and each time we encountered large, purple-backed flying squid.🦑
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You knew some sharks laid eggs, but did you expect them to look like this? Meet the Port Jackson shark from Australia. Its eggs have a screw shape so the mama shark can pick them up in her mouth and "screw" them securely into a rock crevice.
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Name a more festive marine invertebrate than the Christmas tree worm...I'll wait.
The two "Christmas trees" sprout from the worm's head. They're covered in sticky, hair-like appendages used to breathe and to trap bits of food.
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"They are the world's second largest shark and fish, and known here as "liabhán chor gréine", or the "great fish of the sun"."
independent.ie/news/basking-…
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See the lobes on each side of this manta ray's mouth? A 2021 study suggests they might communicate by gesturing with these lobes. The rays were seen gesturing at other rays, cleaner fish, and human divers.
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On the second week of #OceanXplorer's maiden voyage, a technician discovers an anomaly on the seafloor. Thinking that could either be "a rock or a wreck," the team deploys the #deepsea instruments to check it out, only to discover something even more as... piped.video/watch?v=DDBKIvqJ…
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Q: How can you tell it's a lionfish?
A: ...Its lips are moving.
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Although notorious in other parts of the world for all the wrong reasons, #lionfish are native to the Red Sea, where this one was filmed from our sub.
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"It's the first calf to be born into this pod specifically, named the J-pod, since September 2020."
dailyhive.com/vancouver/baby…
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POV of when you ask your friend to trim your bangs.
📷 OceanX | #Florida Keys 2019
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Yes, it's Monday, but on the bright side, your feed has just been ✨blessed✨ by a visit from a jumbo squid!
This one came to check out our submersible off the coast of Chile. The jumbo squid, aka the Humboldt squid, grows to two meters (six feet).
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Cuttlefish are often overlooked in favor of their charismatic cephalopod cousins octopuses and squid, in part because they look quite similar to the latter. One giveaway is that cuttlefish have a wavy black "W" in their eyes, whereas squid pupils are round.
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The 1st sighting of the rare bigfin squid (Magnapinna) in the Tonga Trench (Southern Pacific Ocean), filmed by researchers from @deepseauwa @KelpieGeo @InkfishExplore at 3,300 meters in Sept 2024. There have been so few sightings, little is known about these alien-like squids.
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Check out this guitarfish, solo.
Seen in the #RedSea.
#exploreredsea
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In a school of fish, each fish responds to its neighbors. If one fish speeds up or changes directions, its neighbor will do the same. They track each other by sight and via sensory organs along their bodies that alert them to vibrations and pressure changes in the water.
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Why do penguins have white bellies and black backs? It's countershading. It helps camouflage them from predators in the water. Seen from below, a penguin's white tummy blends in with the sunlit surface waters. From above, its black back blends in with the dark depths below.
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"Ghost sharks, also known as chimaeras, are distant relatives of sharks and rays that branched off from sharks 400 million years ago. Because they live in such deep waters, this species is rarely seen by humans."
newsweek.com/rare-baby-ghost…
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The deep-sea version of a holiday feast is a whale fall. When a whale's body sinks to the seafloor, sharks, hagfish, crabs, and eels feast on the flesh. Then worms, clams, and crustaceans eat leftover bits of decomposing tissue. Then bacteria feed on lipids in the bones.
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🎶We can dance if we want to🎶 Our #ROV spotted this octopus showing off its dance moves to #youngexplorers in the #Mediterranean Sea. When an #octopus isn't walking on the seafloor, it uses jet propulsion to zip around.
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A #rare bioluminescent #deepsea squid swam by our #ROV in the #Seychelles. The Dana octopus squid has the largest photophores of any #bioluminescent creature.
Want more #squid content? Check out our YouTube channel to see when another large squid surprised us in the Red Sea.
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A mesmerizing feeding frenzy of lemon sharks feasting on thousands of mullet. #SharkWeek
📸: @YoungPageviews
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you wish you were peacefully gliding among a reef right now, like one of these fish?
Correct answer: 💯💯💯
#underwaterlife #reeffish #coralreef #snorkel #redsea #soothing #diveredsea
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When you get a visit from a couple of absolute units. #bottlenosedolphins spotted during early am #wildlife surveys when we were in the Red Sea.
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Blue whales take the crown for largest species ever to exist. With hearts the size of Harley Davidsons and blood vessels so large a human could crawl in them, this incredible footage comes courtesy of @DolphinDroneDom.
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This is the helmet jelly, a fairly common #jellyfish in the #oceantwilightzone. It's pretty distinctive because of the red dome inside—which is actually its stomach!
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Whales can't breathe through their mouths, so they exhale air through their blowholes (sealed shut when relaxed), generally in the form of a steamy mucus. Baleen whales have two blowholes, toothed whales only one. 📷: instagram.com/dolphindronedo…
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Blue whales take the crown for largest species ever to exist. With hearts the size of Harley Davidsons and blood vessels so large a human could crawl in them, this incredible footage comes courtesy of @DolphinDroneDom.
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Before you watch #GOT this weekend, check out these #dragons of the sea (who are not nearly as fearsome as their name would suggest). #GOTS8 #ForTheThrone #motherofdragons
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Clownfish do a little dance that is very cute, but more importantly, helps their host anemones breathe. The clownfish’s twirling and wiggling increases water flow around the anemone’s tentacles, bringing it more oxygen.
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Who's feeling crabby today? Wave a claw!
This is a Sally Lightfoot crab, a super-agile species: they can jump in all four directions as well as vertically! On the Galapagos Islands, these crabs help out marine iguanas by removing ticks from their skin.
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See the lobes on each side of this manta ray's mouth? A 2021 study suggests they might communicate by gesturing with these lobes. The rays were seen gesturing at other rays, cleaner fish, and human divers.
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The report recommends banning the practice of boiling lobsters alive. businessinsider.com/octopuse…
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Each day starting at sunrise, over 20 million of these teacup-sized jellyfish follow the sun to keep algae-like organisms (zooxanthellae) inside of them fed! Why? Because the zooxanthellae gobble up energy from the sun and emit byproducts that feed the jellies.
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#DidYouKnow know octopuses don't have tentacles? They have arms. Arms have suckers all the way down and tentacles only have suckers on the end.
My whole life up until now has been a lie.
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In three years, @4ocean removed enough trash to match the weight of 30 blue whales. Now they will upcycle it into new materials with the goal of eliminating virgin plastic. prweb.com/releases/4ocean_re…
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Happy #twilightzoneday! This day is supposed to be about the iconic TV show, but we're bigger fans of the #oceantwilightzone, the layer from 200-1000m where sunlight fades to black. CC: @WHOI
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