James A. Wong
@jimstudiesfish.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle, studying the ecology of subtropical reef fishes! More fish pics on IG: @jimothy_fish
There's so many nice crustacean ones! Scylla and Charybdis are two taxa of brachyuran crabs - and are two sea monsters in Greek myth. To choose between the two was an idiot for picking the lesser of two evils! Crustaceans have all the fun - fish taxonomic etymology is so literal ):
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
There's so many nice crustacean ones! Scylla and Charybdis are two taxa of brachyuran crabs - and are two sea monsters in Greek myth. To choose between the two was an idiot for picking the lesser of two evils! Crustaceans have all the fun - fish taxonomic etymology is so literal ):
Like, it's just so cool that someone describing these animals saw so much grace and beauty in them they could only compare them to legends. This is Alope orientalis - Alope was a mortal woman of great beauty, coveted by the gods. Doesn't get more poetic than that
November 28, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Like, it's just so cool that someone describing these animals saw so much grace and beauty in them they could only compare them to legends. This is Alope orientalis - Alope was a mortal woman of great beauty, coveted by the gods. Doesn't get more poetic than that