Dancing with Great White Sharks 🦈 There is constant communication with every movement. Every small muscle engaged or relaxed, directional angle position, depth, distance, acceleration, posture, and path.
I love animal behavior and appreciate the patience, empathy, grace, and heightened awareness and years of precursory and continued constant observation and extensive considerations that is necessary to “transcend language barriers” to discover what is possible in inter-species communication and considerations for unexpected interactions, to understand the spectrum of respectful coexistence.
Without the expanse of experience, water skill, and behavioral knowledge specific to this species, I wouldn’t recommend to anyone to ever do this. I am forever grateful for the patience they have extended to me, for pushing me at times, for showing me, teaching me, and helping me discover and explore the unknown.
To me sharks are role models, I know that might seem like an odd role model but I truly feel that humankind could greatly benefit from being more “shark like.” They have taught me so much and helped shape who I am.
My tribute of gratitude is in the work I’ve done to develop educational programs and resources available to the public and push to actually pass laws to protect them. My latest book “My Shark Teachers” outlines 23 life lessons from sharks I feel everyone of all ages could benefit from. Thank you to those who support ❤️🦈❤️
Filmed by @juansharks on @reddigitalcinema for @saltnairstudios
I would recommend @rodneyfoxsharkexpeditions if you want to go see #GreatWhiteSharks and please help raise awareness to stop the #SharkNets in Australia @envoyfilm
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A day in the life of a pearl octopus.
Deep below the ocean’s surface, just off the Central California coast, thousands of octopus gather near an extinct underwater volcano. The Octopus Garden is the largest known aggregation of octopus anywhere in the world. In 2018, researchers first observed thousands of pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) nesting on the deep seafloor at this site near Davidson Seamount. For three years, MBARI and our collaborators used high-tech tools to monitor the Octopus Garden and learn exactly why this site is so attractive for deep-sea octopus.
Our work has confirmed that pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) migrate to the Octopus Garden to mate and nest. The Octopus Garden is one of a handful of known deep-sea octopus nurseries. At this nursery, warmth from deep-sea thermal springs accelerates the development of octopus eggs.
💬📹: @mbari_news
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HUUGE Wobbegong collides with a very unimpressed Grey Nurse who immediately turns to file a complaint with our nearby divers about the touching.
📹💬: @southwestrocksdive
Wobbegong sharks are bottom-dwelling sharks found in the Indo-Pacific region. They have a distinctive appearance with a flattened body and a broad, camouflaged head. These ambush predators are known for their intricate patterns and skin flaps that help them blend into their surroundings. Wobbegong are nocturnal and primarily feed on small fish and invertebrates.
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