Although they look like they belong on the runway, the elegant squat lobster's vivid coloration is actually a form of camoflage. These tiny crustaceans live on plant-like creatures called crinoids, or feather stars. Their hosts are brightly colored, so to blend in Allogalathea elegans pulls out all the stops!

“What in the world is that thing?! No way! It's a sea serpent! I thought they were just a thing of legend. Guess not."

These gulls really put the 'G' in LGBTQ! Studies have shown that up to 15% of a western gull colony may be composed of female-female pairings, which lay 'supernormal' clutches of 6-7 eggs. While most of these eggs are infertile, some do hatch-- likely due to one or both members seeking out temporary male mates-- and just like their heterosexual counterparts, the female gulls in these pairings tend to stay with with their same-sex partner for life.

Florida manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris

Southern sei whale "Balaenoptera" borealis schlegelii

Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

Australian humpback dolphin Sousa sahulensis

Muriel Helen Dawson (NZ/UK, 1897-1974)

Seashore, c.1935

Pastel with white heightening

Common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius

With serrated hinged terrapin Pelusios sinuatus, on adult hippo, and Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus, around juvenile hippo

Bryde's whale "Balaenoptera" brydei, front center

Cape long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus "delphis" capensis, back far right

With salema porgy Sarpa salpa, around whale

Eden's whale "Balaenoptera" edeni

With scad

Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis

With whalesucker Remora australis

Henrik Immanuel Wigström (Finnish, 1862-1923) for Fabergé Flamingo, 1903-08 Agate, rose diamonds, gold 10.2 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm