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Beauty and Venom: The Dual Nature of Mandarinfish

Most animals in the midnight zone produce bioluminescence. The abyssal comb jelly has a scarlet stomach that absorbs the light produced by meals digesting in its gut. The red pigment absorbs blue-green bioluminescence, keeping Beroe hidden from predators. Many other deep-sea jellies employ a similar strategy. Learn more about these dazzling denizens of the deep on our website.

Titan? It is said, that the deep sea houses many different types of creatures. Some of them are one of a kind and unique to this world. The ancient greeks called some of those unique creatures "Titans" and others were even considered as gods by them. But where did they go? First artwork of a 7-part series. Legenden sprechen von einzgartigen Unterwasserkreaturen - im antiken Griechenland wurden Sie "Titanen" genannt, manche wurden sogar als Götter verehrt. Doch wo sind sie hin? Erstes Kunstwerk einer 7-teiligen Serie. #lovecraftian #deepseafish #deepseadiving #deepsealife #deepseacreature #deepseacreatures #underwaterpainting #vintagescifi #underwaterart #fantasyartists #lovecraftianhorror #underwaterart #sciencefictionart #blueblueblue #cthulhumythos #seamonster #seacreature #deepsea #titan #hplovecraft #imaginativeuniverse #creatures #imagination #digitalart #scifiart #monsters #mediavilla #blueartwork #bluepainting #blaublaublau #blueaesthetic (hier: Cologne, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdGPrdHY9x/?igshid=1nze10wiq0ou8

This comb jelly, Bathocyroe sp. has a red gut to hide the bioluminescence of the animals in its gut! A predator with a glowing gut could easily become prey. ⠀ .⠀ Comb jellies are beautiful gelatinous animals that live throughout the world’s ocean. They have ‘combs,’ or rows of cilia which are used to swim. Some have tentacles, some have lobes, some have neither, but all ctenophores have eight comb rows at some point in their life. . Ctenophores are hard to figure out from photos — they are usually perceived “backwards” from their natural orientation since the mouth is on the “front”, and does not trail behind like in a typical pulsing jellyfish. ⠀ . Reposted from @mbari_news . . . . . . . . . . . #ctenophore #combjellies #ctenophore #treeoflife #deepsea #deepsealife #ocean #oceanlife #sealife #MBARI #biodiversity #JellyWatch #gelata #gelatinouszooplankton #marinebiology #underwaterphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFSe4xB1mG/?igshid=1clmsf1xk2wj2

I did some half-ass zenithal on the base so I can see the details. Now I get to decide what colors I want to use. I'm so excited to start painting this Artisan Guild anglerfish lady! #CathyPaints #artisanguild #deepkin #DeepSeaLife #UnderTheSea #anglerfish #starfish #crabs https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8I_xEHj8T/?igshid=2pgj0qzzlohk

Why are so many deep-sea animals colored red? At the surface of the ocean, we see a red animal because red light is being reflected off of it. In the visible spectrum of light, red has the longest wavelength and therefore the least amount of energy to penetrate through water. . This means that as you travel deeper in the water, there is decreasingly less red light, so red animals will appear black. This Benthocodon sp. jelly appears red in the photo, because of the artificial light from the ROV. . Reposted from @mbari_news . . . . . . . . . . .⠀ #jellyfish #ValentinesDay #valentines #redjelly #deepsealife #jelly #gelata #deepsea #sealife #underwaterphotography #pelagic #deeppelagic #marinebiology #ocean #oceanlife #oceanlover #oceanlove #Loveourocean https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8gn-qhxku/?igshid=1c665e7sshh3d