Beluga Surfacing by Wolverine09J

Calamari Squid by käptncook

Starfish and Seastars

The yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake, or pelagic sea snake, is a species of sea snake found in tropical oceanic waters around the world. It is the only member of the genus Pelamis. These snakes breed in warm waters, and they are ovoviviparous with a gestation period of about 6 months. According to Raymond Ditmars, an American Herpetologist, females bear live young in tidal pools. They are helpless on land, and they sometimes form large aggregations of thousands in surface waters. These snakes have a neurotoxic venom that is used against their fish prey. No human fatalities are known. (Wiki.)

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Dog Shark

Great White Shark

Hector’s Dolphins

The arrow crab, is a species of marine crab. The body of the arrow crab is triangular, and the rostrum is drawn out into a long point with serrate edges. The legs are also long and thin, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) across, and the animal’s carapace may be up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long. Colouration is variable in this species: the body may be golden, yellow or cream, marked with brown, black or iridescent blue lines; the legs are reddish or yellow, and the claws are blue or violet. It is nocturnal and territorial. It eats small feather duster worms and other coral reef invertebrates. They are commonly kept in reef aquariums to control bristle worm population.(Wiki.)

PHOTO BY: Nick Hobgood

Dolphins Breaching

Humpback Whale and Young

Risso’s Dolphin by Bill Bouton

Heron

Hammerheads by Jaw’s Dad

Blanket Octopus

 The blanket octopus has long transparent webs that connect the dorsal and dorsolateral arms on the adult females. The other arms are much shorter and lack webbing. These species have evolved an unusual defense mechanism: blanket octopuses are immune to the poisonous Portuguese man o’ war, whose tentacles the male and immature females rip off and use for defensive purposes. Also, unlike many other octopuses, the blanket octopus does not use ink to intimidate potential predators. When threatened, the female unfurls her large net-like membranes that spread out and billow in the water, greatly increasing her apparent size. (Wiki.)

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