he watches most games every single year. He has to go through this EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. I'm holding on for dear life

THAT WAS A STRIKE DAMMIT

Hiked Catherine Creek in the gorge yesterday, it was so beautiful!

Let me know what ecosystem-specific mermaid I should do next! #sciart #ocean

Annnnd finally, we reach the shallow sea and find out Kelp Forest Mermaid. She has green skin, flowing green hair, and competes with sea otters to gobble up all those pesky sea urchins

Moving up, we find our Open Ocean Mermaid! She evolved alongside whales and sharks, with counter-shading for camouflage, a lot of blubber for warmth, and she even evolved a melon for echolocation! She doesn't need her arms, as she's a filter-feeder like a baleen whale #sciart

Staying in the deep sea, we find our Hydrothermal Vent Mermaid, who has similarly big eyes and reddish skin, with some defensive spikes on her tail. She feeds on chemosynthetic bacteria and thrives in hot, dark places #sciart

yesss I got three tattoos there last year! A crawdad, a snail, and a garter snake!