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Coral Nerd, Ph.D.
@coralnerd.bsky.social
Deep-sea biologist and Southerner living in the North
How is this even comfortable?!? #dogsky
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I have a giant stapelia/ starfish plant! I love how fuzzy the plant itself it. Also the plant is pollinated by flies, thus the flowers smell like carrion 😅
June 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Don’t mind me, just the #crazyplantlady stopping at a random business to take pictures of the #dogwood #flowers on my way to work.
#bloomscrolling
June 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
When a corgi mix decides his done, he’s done.
May 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Whiskey the wall loaf has some very vivid dreams
May 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Finally stopped at this #dogwood tree I pass every weekday. 🩷🩷 #bloomscrolling
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy #wormwednesday! This polychaete is pretty fabulous among the beige mud. #invertefest #invertfest
📸 #okeanos #saveNOAA
April 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’ve been sneaking #coral into my bug #invertefest pictures, but today I’m dedicating the post to my #octocoral. This old Acanthogorgia is being overgrown by a parasitic zoanthid. In another few decades the zoanthid will take over #invertfest
📸 #okeanos (I think)
April 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is my third favorite #deepsea crab. These hermit crabs use anemones and corals instead of shells. They are so very squee. #invertefest #invertfest
📸 #okeanos
April 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Today for #invertefest #invertfest are two species of #deepsea crabs fighting over dinner. When there’s food, there are no friends 😬
#crabs #foodfight
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m just a deep-sea fan girl (wink wink) so my first #invertfest picture has two octocorals and a #squid putting a hurtin’ on one of those annoying vertebrates. #octocoral #deepsea
📸 #okeanos
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I did not realize the #maple trees were blooming! I thought these were new leaves, not precious little #flowers. #bloomscrolling #spring
April 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The #sweetgum trees are blooming. It finally feels like #spring! #bloomscrolling #bloomscroll
April 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The drama. #birdwatching
April 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I love listening to the #goldfinches screaming at each other. They’re so sassy.
Our household is a total DINK stereotype where BirdTV™️ is better than human TV.
April 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yesterday I took some time for myself to wander around #Ulta and try some new makeups. I was swatching all kinds of #lipsticks and apparently one of them was a good stain! I’ve washed my hands >10x.
I cannot for the life of me remember what brand this was 😭😂
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This guy really knows how to do Sunday.
#whiskeydog #sundaynap #dogsky
April 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
He likes to feel the breeze in his fur. #whiskeydog #dogsofbluesky #dogsky
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and had this note attached 💖
My husband is so sweet. I think I’ll leave it in my pocket
April 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Homemade #chickenbiscuit sammies are the best because
1) not supporting bigots,
2) they’re better, and
3) did not have to leave the house.
March 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This game had no place being as hard as it was
March 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#whiskeydog does not like early mornings. This is after multiple phone alarms have gone off 🤣 #dogsofbluesky
March 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My dog likes to play “blanket over the head” and sometimes he gets tired out in the middle of it 🩵
March 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
March 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you see this skeet or quote skeet a tree

I don’t actually know what this is, but it reminds me that #spring is near and MA spring really turns out.
March 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM