The Naturalists Episode 32: Spring in the Time of COVID

Sea and Lev have a chance to catch up on a weird and quiet spring in the time of COVID, and try out video for the first time… available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b29RmTyQBhg

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I am so happy to be back with the leaf-litter fauna of the Pacific Northwest. More info with the original post. ... See MoreSee Less

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Mating short-snouted seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus) in the waters off The Netherlands by Peter Verhoog. You can tell the male fish is on the left by the presence of the smooth abdominal area known as a brood pouch. The female is depositing eggs into the brood pouch where the male will fertilize them. The eggs are pear-shaped and implanted in the tissues within the brood pouch. Males secrete the enzyme prolactin which breaks down the eggs’ outer layers and contributes to the formation of placental fluid. Both parents contribute to the nourishment of the developing embryos; the eggs come from the female containing a nutrients in the form of a yolk, while the male’s placental fluid supplies additional nutrients and oxygen while carrying away waste products.Short-snouted seahorses breed between April and October and have a gestation period of about 3.5 weeks. The young seahorses hatch into planktonic fish that Broods can have as many as 865 babies and their average length at birth is ≈ 9 mm (≈ 0.35 in.). They inhabit plants and algae in shallow, muddy waters close to shore and within estuaries.Photograph by Peter Verhoog Underwater & Nature PhotographyDan nu de foto die ik al een paar jaar probeer te maken! Het is mij eindelijk gelukt! Dit liefdeskoppel ging gewoon hun gang, het maakte ze niets uit dat ik er bij was. Ik vond het helemaal top om dit proces en voorbereiding van de paring (12 seconden) te zien. Video volgt, nog geen tijd voor gehad. Prettig weekend!#dutchsharkwhisperer #hollandsehaaienfluisteraar #photography #photographer #conservation #selfie #sharkselfie #magnificent #nature #picoftheday #travel #instatravel #potd #wild #photooftheday #naturelover #zeelandismooi #zeepaard ... See MoreSee Less

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3 years ago

A closer, slower view of the Bracken Cave bats 🙂 ... See MoreSee Less

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Biological Seas

3 years ago

This deep-sea inhabiting [#gastropod](www.facebook.com/hashtag/gastropod?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXb0SXDKTjkA8Fe_sJg3oREzP0xgSA8eFC32yXIuMyA__FEvtg0jtJazzKU84T-uwnt0sEHFKMpjyMMHjC3PhRv8KOYVY6bK212NaAMZ8yG6110giOwNWrfTivvFXmT44Mr2pk_j15zHTngwRDd3RMr3O1AviVqJfOHcZtoE66LAw&__tn__=*NK-R) known as the scaly-foot snail (𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮) is endemic to three localized areas near hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.Being vent-endemic, this species was added to the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species in 2019 due to the threat of seabed mining.The scaly-foot snail has a maximum shell width of 45 mm (1.8 in) and its foot is armored on the sides by iron-mineralized sclerites.📷 (paratype):[ collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/147212](collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1472128?fbclid=IwAR259STrVid9KKSdwQ-rJohcTLbqNKLl1q7KpRoTSp56bL... ... See MoreSee Less

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3 years ago

ABCbirds Marine recently sponsored an expedition to Trindade islands off of Brazil- check out Hadoram Shirihai’s notes! ... See MoreSee Less

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Frank Deschandol is offering a Peru photo trip- with a diversity of poison frogs! ... See MoreSee Less

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3 years ago

Looking for an ID on this spinning, ciliated, biblical-angel-looking plankter which came up in a tow at surface level in a saltmarsh on cape cod. Visible with naked eye, filmed here under 4x. I do birds, fish, herps, orchids… plankton is a new world for me! ... See MoreSee Less

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