Dave Berndtson
@berndtson.bsky.social
A sack of guts strapped to a rock hurtling through the void.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
INVERT TIME!
Holothuroidea ➡️ Synallactoda ➡️ Apostichopus
These sea cucumbers have the ability to change the consistency of their connective tissue and can become very rigid or very soft.
They can enter a HAIL MARY type of survival mode by expelling their innards. It’s called evisceration.
Holothuroidea ➡️ Synallactoda ➡️ Apostichopus
These sea cucumbers have the ability to change the consistency of their connective tissue and can become very rigid or very soft.
They can enter a HAIL MARY type of survival mode by expelling their innards. It’s called evisceration.
October 25, 2023 at 12:48 AM
INVERT TIME!
Holothuroidea ➡️ Synallactoda ➡️ Apostichopus
These sea cucumbers have the ability to change the consistency of their connective tissue and can become very rigid or very soft.
They can enter a HAIL MARY type of survival mode by expelling their innards. It’s called evisceration.
Holothuroidea ➡️ Synallactoda ➡️ Apostichopus
These sea cucumbers have the ability to change the consistency of their connective tissue and can become very rigid or very soft.
They can enter a HAIL MARY type of survival mode by expelling their innards. It’s called evisceration.
Put him right back. What a cool species.
October 21, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Put him right back. What a cool species.
Sea star friend just trying to get by.
October 20, 2023 at 3:04 AM
Sea star friend just trying to get by.
🚨Cool scientist alert 🚨
Dr. Baranes from GMRI installing a tide gauge over the fore river today, so we can collect more data on sea level rise!
Dr. Baranes from GMRI installing a tide gauge over the fore river today, so we can collect more data on sea level rise!
October 13, 2023 at 11:28 PM
🚨Cool scientist alert 🚨
Dr. Baranes from GMRI installing a tide gauge over the fore river today, so we can collect more data on sea level rise!
Dr. Baranes from GMRI installing a tide gauge over the fore river today, so we can collect more data on sea level rise!
Next #invert up is Melibe leonina, my favorite nudibranch (profile photo). Here’s a sketch I did and a couple photos I took of one I caught in the San Juans.
This is a predatory nudibranch that feeds on planktonic inverts by capturing them in its big oral hood.
IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE WATERMELON!
This is a predatory nudibranch that feeds on planktonic inverts by capturing them in its big oral hood.
IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE WATERMELON!
October 13, 2023 at 1:19 AM
Next #invert up is Melibe leonina, my favorite nudibranch (profile photo). Here’s a sketch I did and a couple photos I took of one I caught in the San Juans.
This is a predatory nudibranch that feeds on planktonic inverts by capturing them in its big oral hood.
IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE WATERMELON!
This is a predatory nudibranch that feeds on planktonic inverts by capturing them in its big oral hood.
IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE WATERMELON!
Glad to be here! I’m going to be resharing a lot of the #invertebrate content I shared on Twitter.
Gotta start things off with “sad crab”. We found a #crab with these natural markings in the San Juan Islands!
I feel you sad crab.
Gotta start things off with “sad crab”. We found a #crab with these natural markings in the San Juan Islands!
I feel you sad crab.
October 12, 2023 at 1:04 AM
Glad to be here! I’m going to be resharing a lot of the #invertebrate content I shared on Twitter.
Gotta start things off with “sad crab”. We found a #crab with these natural markings in the San Juan Islands!
I feel you sad crab.
Gotta start things off with “sad crab”. We found a #crab with these natural markings in the San Juan Islands!
I feel you sad crab.