Effortless floater seen during #ChileMargin2024. Glass squid are filled w/ammonium chloride, making them lighter than ocean water & able to spend their time following the current to the next meal or mate.

Octo hiding a snack & a crab cuddle. Libidoclaea granaria for crabs? Schmidt Ocean dive 756 #ChileMargin2024

They found some critters bones with a jaw and tooth! Collecting, of course. Schmidt Ocean dive 756 #ChileMargin2024

I know I haven’t posted some photos in a while because it’s been super busy 🤪 I’m gonna be transitioning more over blue sky. Find me at Veronica - @LeapinLemurs83.bsky.social.bsky.social

A ton of cup corals & other critters. SchmidtOcean dive 756 #ChileMargin2024 #MarineLife

Palpigrade (Eukoenenia spelaea) - Rožňava, Slovakia… one of the best terrestrial cave invertebrates I’ve ever seen!

Sending love to Mike and his family 😢🫂

Reminder that I'm moving here. Not a snowballs chance in hell I'm hanging around this shit hole past December., so if you want this content, find me there bsky.app/profile/tuexpl…

Here's video clips of the animal and collection

オオホオズキイカの幼体 ガラス細工のようでとてもキレイ 学名(maxima)がかっこいい 沖縄 | 水深900m Megalocranchia maxima Squid as beautiful as glasswork. Okinawa | Depth:900m

Someone made this sticker specifically for me of SOI's ROV SuBastian & yep, that's a Stygiomedusa too! That's gonna look awesome with the squid stickers I got from meg mindlin! (Sorry, not available to buy) The white part is transparent when applied

Turns out you can share video clips on 🦋, so that's where I'm sharing dive images. bsky.app/profile/tuexpl…

She's amazing! Angler! HulloThere Schmidt Ocean dive 759 is live! #ChileMargin2024

I can't wait for that!