The ocean sunfish or common mola is one of the heaviest known bony fishes in the world. Adults typically weigh between 247 and 1,000 kg. Babies.....well they weigh very little....
Prof. Michael Sweet
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Prof. Michael Sweet
@DiseaseMatters
Father, Husband, award winning Researcher & Lecturer, Prof @DerbyUni, Trustee @ORP_IndianOcean, co-founder @CoralSpawning, fellow @RoyalSocBio & @ICRSCoralReefs
- Hey there little dude - introducing (again) the Vietnamese Mossy Frog!!!
- Everyone needs to see the birth of a baby octopus at least once in their life, right? x.com/Oceandiversity…
- Did you need to see a tadpole metamorph into a frog? No? Ok sorry
- Do you need to see a long tailed tit in mid flight? Yep, yep, yep!!!
- Merry Christmas everyone - enjoy the lights brought to you by tiny marine algae called Lingulodinium polyedra, these little beauts bloom in huge numbers - this example was off the coast of southern California last month.
- Introducing Eulagisca gigantea, a scale worm that lives in Antarctica. It's about 8 inches long -- roughly the size of a squirrel.
- Replying to @DiseaseMattersWhales often mate in groups so while one male is busy with the female the other male just pops his dick out of the water while swimming around waiting his turn. Everyone’s gotta have a bit of fun, right?
- Mexican researchers have discovered conjoined gray whale twins in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, which is just off the Pacific Ocean, near Baja California Sur. Twinning is a rare occurrence in whales, and conjoined twins are even more exceptional.
- When a plant looks so much like a bird you need to do a double take - introducing Crotalaria cunninghamii, or the Green Bird-flower, from Northern Australia.
- Meet the "Bagworm Caterpillar". It collects and saws little sticks to construct elaborate spiral log cabins to live in. They build their homes out of silk, sand, soil, and plant materials.
- Introducing Costasiella kuroshimae affectionately named the leaf sheep. This little dude not only crazes but can photosynthesise itself
- Wow, look at those colours - juvenile Mimachlamys crassicostata (the humble scallop) 🥰
- This is a 392 year old Greenland Shark that was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. This guy was wandering the oceans back in 1627.
