I'm Jihan. I like drawing, sea creatures, food, really dandy clothes, books, and tiny or giant things.
Cyanea capillata (lion’s mane jellyfish, the largest known species of jellyfish) by Alexander Semenov. See his flickr and website for more sea creatures.
From Boing Boing:
This lovely orange Cirrate octopus appears to be the long-lost love child of a sock puppet and a dance recital costume. Filmed in the Taney Seamounts, west of San Francisco, it’s part of a branch of the octopus family that is very elusive—preferring deep, dark waters far from the coastline—very rare—they only make up about 15% of all octopus species—and very, very old. In fact, what is thought to be the oldest octopus fossil yet found is a cirrate, dating around 296 million years old.
Check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on youtube for more videos. From the youtube page:
These finned octopuses belong to an order of animals called Cirrata named for the presence of hair-like structures called ‘cirri’ on their arms which may aid these animals in the capture of food.
Penguins used to be as tall as I am. I think that makes them less cute but easier to cuddle with
How is a GIANT PENGUIN not cute? Best news of the day.
Incorrect the whale is doing everything right.
(Also, I couldn’t find the source for this. What the fuck, tumblr?)
(via crowsbeak)
Polypus levis Hoyle (male) - Port Gazelle, Keguelen from The Cephalopoda by Carl Chun
from BibliOdyssey: The Cephalopoda (via @polm23)
pbh3:
Damn teeny-tiny Octopus baby, you’re cute.
This is the best.
More sea creatures! By Tom Gauld — check out his other illustrations; not so many fish but I like his style.
