Dr Rachel Hale Marine Biologist

Do you listen to This Podcast Will Kill You? My fave at the moment.

Folks, people who appreciated Siouxsie's work during the pandemic and/or who like free speech and academic freedom should help out here if they can. And that's all of us, one way or another, right?
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Everyone, hail the Pumpkin King! 🎃

While we were scanning a larvacean with lasers to create a 3D model of the animal, we noticed a jack-o-lantern-like face appear for just a split second. We decided to nickname this the jack-o-larvacean as our underwater mascot for Halloween. 🌊🐙🧪🎮

A half finished latchhook rug of a fish.

Bit late for #SundayFishSketch (and not a sketch, and not finished), but it is (or will be, eventually) an Opah! But boy is it taking forever.

The Nelson locations took days to come out for the recent case.

#nzpol

For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion

Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter

The number of anti-vaxx or "it didn't kill my dad's friends cats uncles best friend so we'll all be fine" people in Nelson is really stressing me out tbh.

12. Measles - Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Building the future of health

It is also funded for those who do not have two documented measles vaccines - you don't have to be eligible for free healthcare (scroll down to funded vaccines: www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...)

Aotearoa , new Zealand - MMR vaccine is free for anyone aged under 18, and for people over 18 eligible for free healthcare. please visit your local chemist that offers vaccinations & see if you had 2 doses. If not please get vaccinated. Protect yourself and people who can’t get vaccinated #nz

Sometimes Bluey is at their daycare. Both Bingos and Blueys.

🙏 wouldn't it be so nice if we could turn it all around

Just want to say that I saw Glendon's repost of this skeet and thought, yes I want to see more of this on my skyline, and clocked through to your profile and your artwork is so beautiful. Thanks for posting.

CHONKY

Oooof that is sweaty. Ok I can kinda see it. 22 sounds v pleasant after that.

WHAT

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050 The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

My son was 1 when leaders pledged to keep warming below 1.5C.

By his 11th birthday even 2C is dead.

I’m lost for words at the scale of this betrayal.

Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024

Why can't we do better than this?
What will be left for our kids?
I don't want this to be my legacy. If there are still people even around to remember us at all.

"Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024"

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Ok well not a *true* crab but crab frend shaped

A crab.

Crab

I love/hate a deep sea mystery. And there are so many. V frustrating!!

A close up of the mystery organism/tube.

Can just about make out some antennae/tentacles as it retreats.
Tube looks...fleshy?

Omg I miss weird (and tasty) crisp flavours. All the random Christmas ones in Aldi 😘🤏

An illustration about hydrostatic skeletons: How do some squishy animals maintain their shape? (Left to right: an earthworm, an anemone, an octopus, a jellyfish, and a nudibranch) They have a skeletal system made of one or more water-filled chambers! (Cross section of an earthworm and an octopus tentacle) Water pressure inside keeps the chamber supported, like a water balloon! Hydrostatic skeletons allow boneless animals to... (An octopus in a bottle) Fit into tight spaces! (A wiggling worm) Move quickly due to less weight! (A planarian regrowing itself) Regenerate faster when injured!

Not all skeletons are made of minerals or chitin
#skeletober #inktober #skeleton #hydroskeleton #invertebrates #education #art #SciArt

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I live at the top of the South Island in New Zealand. There are eels everywhere here.

Lots of eels in a shallow river.

An abundance of eels at the bottom of my road!

I love how marine mammal sightings are always slightly disappointing but if you see a nudibranch it's genuinely the shit 🥹
Inverts will never be beat for sheer beauty.