@anna_lillith@mas.toSign the petition to halt deep-sea mining projects and demand stricter global protections for the ocean.
Let’s keep the pressure on.
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@anna_lillith@mas.toIn short: US companies can apply for #mining rights in international waters, essentially bypassing international environmental regulations and protections meant to safeguard the ocean. This is a huge step towards the industrial #exploitation of the #DeepSea, which remains one of the last pristine frontiers on Earth.
And it’s not just a legal technicality, this is an environmental disaster in the making!
Rare deep sea anglerfish photographed and sighted for the first time in daylight
@animalculum@scholar.socialDeep-sea #shrimp have evolved enhanced vision for the bioluminescent world
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-deep-sea-shrimp-evolved-vision.html
#Bioluminescence and environmental light drive the visual #evolution of #DeepSea shrimp https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07450-z
"Oplophoroidea migrate vast distances, up and down in the water column. Some of them have special glowing organs that they use to camouflage, defend themselves and maybe even communicate. They have evolved a diversity of light-detecting proteins that can help them navigate"
@animalculum@scholar.socialNearly 500 species of #DeepSea dwellers documented at Costa Rican methane seeps https://phys.org/news/2025-02-species-deep-sea-dwellers-documented.html
A faunal inventory of #MethaneSeeps on the Pacific margin of #CostaRica: Charlotte Seid et al. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/134385/
"marine biologists have documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps off Costa Rica's Pacific coast... Of the documented species, at least 58 are entirely new to science"
@animalculum@scholar.socialThe Borealis Mud Volcano: A hidden sanctuary for marine biodiversity https://phys.org/news/2025-01-borealis-mud-volcano-hidden-sanctuary.html
Sanctuary for vulnerable #Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano: Giuliana Panieri et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55712-x
"the carbonate crusts that characterized Borealis provide a suitably hard substrate for species of #anemones, #serpulids, #demosponges, and sparse #octocorals."
although I love it, I often forget to post about episodes of the Common Descent podcast. Here's the newest episode on Chimaeras, those strange, strange cartilaginous fish, related to sharks and rays, but outside of Elasmobranchii .
https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/01/18/episode-209-chimaeras/
@animalculum@scholar.socialA bizarre #SeaSlug in the deep https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv5900
Discovery and description of a remarkable #bathypelagic #nudibranch, Bathydevius caudactylus, gen. et. sp. nov. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063724001845
"it exhibits #bioluminescence and a gelatinous body with a bell-shaped oral hood and finger-like projections on its tail, which distinguish it from known species... This study highlights the importance of exploring #DeepSea environments"
@animalculum@scholar.social#Scientists just filmed a rare video of a giant #DeepSea #squid carrying eggs https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scientists-just-filmed-a-rare-video-of-a-giant-squid-carrying-its-eggs/
"Usually, squid species lay their eggs on the seafloor and leave them alone after they despatched them, but this species of squid – the black-eyed squid (Gonatus onyx) – carries and broods its eggs for several months and therefore is one of only two so far confirmed species that are known to take care off their offspring after spawning."
Introduction:
Hi, I'm an artist who loves #videogames #books #paranormal #horror #invertebrates #space #deepsea and of course my OCs, to name a few things.
Those are most often the subjects of my works. I also draw #comic strips about our shenanigans in different co-op games.
Comic style combined with broken colors is my go-to style. Digital painting is my 2nd favorite.
Nice to meet you all! If you have any follow recommendations based on my interests, feel free to poke me!
The songs of icebergs, the songs of the whales, the distant dark is calling.
The silence is roaring.
The pressure in that cold palace beyond the reach of ice and light.
@animalculum@scholar.social#NewSpecies of ocean predator in the Atacama Trench
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ocean-predator-atacama-trench.html #DeepSea
A new large predator (#Amphipoda) hidden at hadal depths of the #AtacamaTrench: Johanna Weston et al. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430
"Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's #HadalZone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home... A new study highlights one of those species... This #crustacean is the first large, active predatory #amphipod from these extreme depths"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqE2g4mwj4k
Suppose this is an announcement for a new horror project called "Deep Sea Claustrophobia".
Jokes aside, turned the submarine from last time into something more. Not there yet, but was good enough for a short introductory cutscene. Right?
Makes me wonder how much animated story/narration should be added.
Creating and writing monsters can seem daunting. In my Halloween blog, I suggest you look to the depths of the ocean for influence. The horrifying monsters are already there under the cold, dark and crushing weight of the depths.
#ScienceFiction #Horror #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCraft #Monsters #SpeculativeFiction #Halloween #Blog #DeepSea
http://www.jacquigreaves-author.com/blog/monsters-from-the-deep
@animalculum@scholar.socialWatch This Mysterious #Octopus Boing Across The Ocean Floor https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-this-mysterious-octopus-boing-across-the-ocean-floor
#DeepSea in situ observations of #Arctic finned octopods Cirroteuthis muelleri suggest pelagic–benthic feeding migration https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0640
"at the apex of each bounce, it spreads its arms, ballooning out the membrane between them to land on the seafloor. During this touchdown, the octopus captures any prey that it managed to encompass, before bouncing up again and repeating the sequence"
Why yes I did just spend the day researching creatures of the deep sea for my Halloween writing blog - Monsters of the Deep.
Such fun!
"Deep sea claustrophobia"
Full album here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/x3doEY
@animalculum@scholar.socialSound provides new information about the secret lives of sperm whales https://www.mbari.org/news/sound-provides-new-information-about-the-secret-lives-of-sperm-whales/
Evidence for seasonal migration by a cryptic top predator of the deep sea https://movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40462-024-00500-x [movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com]
"Sperm #whales are the loudest animals on Earth and rely on sound to find food in the sprawling darkness of the #DeepSea. #MBARI technology allows us to listen in, gaining new insight into the mysterious lives of these #animals."
@animalculum@scholar.socialScientists make surprise discovery of life in the seafloor’s underworld https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/16/science/life-below-seafloor-hydrothermal-vents/index.html
Animal life in the shallow subseafloor crust at #DeepSea #HydrothermalVents: Monika Bright et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52631-9
"the vents belch out elements that help #bacteria, #mussels, #TubeWorms survive... researchers exposed parts of the #subseafloor and uncovered a surprise: #caves connected to the vents teeming with giant tube #worms, some reaching up to 0.5 meter long, and other #animals"
