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#oceanlife

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#oceanlife is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 59 people shared 120 posts with it โ€” around 4 a day. Activity is down 36% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 10 with 10 posts.

#oceanlife posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #oceanlife

Matt G. โ™พ๏ธ
@artistsince05.bsky.social
3 days ago
Zebra Shark. A carpet shark that is most commonly found in the tropical coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific, where they spend most of the day lying on the sandy seafloor and only waking up at night since they're nocturnal. ๐Ÿ’œ/๐Ÿ”„s are welcomed! ๐Ÿฆˆ #artistonbskly #as05 #oceanlife #digitalart #humanart
In the Indo-Pacific coral reefs of Raja Ampat, a Zebra Shark goes about its day swimming in the bustling coral with various schooling fish of all kinds (unicorn fish, blue tangs, and Bartlett anthias), making sure the reef is healthy and stable.

For years, zebra sharks have been referred to as "leopard sharks" (not to be confused with the houndsharks off the kelp forests of Pacific), because of their spots that cover their bodies as adults. Zebra sharks get their name because of the stripes that they possess at birth when they're pups, but gradually loose their stripes as they get older.

They're docile sharks, meaning they're not a danger to humans, and feed on mollusks and crustaceans while also being popular for public aquariums that display them. Which is unfortunate because they're sadly endangered thanks to coral reef degradation (both by humans and man made climate change) and dynamite fishing which destroys coral reefs in the process.
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Matt G. โ™พ๏ธ
@artistsince05.bsky.social
6 days ago
French Angelfish. Kicking off the start of August, these Caribbean coral reef fish can grow up to 16 inches long, possess an omnivorous diet on algae and invertebrates, and are found from Florida to Brazil. ๐Ÿ’™/๐Ÿ”„s are welcomed! ๐Ÿ  #artistonbsky #as05 #oceanlife #digitalart #humanart
A lone French Anglefish swims in the bustling Caribbean Reef, with various schooling fish swimming beside and behind it. 

Integral to the coral reefs of the Cairbbean, these play a vital role in keeping the ecosystem healthy by feasting on the algae for stablizing the health of the reef, and occasionally being displayed in public aquaria because of their beautiful yellow scales that give their beautiful colors in their dark bodies. 

They've even been sighted as far as New York, particularly in which they can be found in artifical reefs thanks to retired subway cars that have become home to fish over the decades.
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Matt G. โ™พ๏ธ
@artistsince05.bsky.social
8 days ago
Blue Whale. The largest known animal to roam every ocean across the globe from the tropics to the poles, and feasts on krill to sustain it's gargantuan size. And also my last sea life art for July. ๐Ÿ’™/๐Ÿ”„s are welcomed! ๐Ÿ‹ #artistonbsky #as05 #oceanlife #digitalart #humanart
A lone female blue whale, cruising along the coast of California in summer, is heading towards nearby a warm of krill as seen by the red stain that is meant to resemble the swarm. 

There is no other marine mammal that has genuinely become one of the ocean's iconic giants, and the blue whale is no exception. 

100 million krill are devoured by the gargantuan ballooning throats that blue whales slowly line up and open their massive mouths that possess baleen to trap the krill, satisfying its huge bulk. They've even been known to live up to around 80 to 90 years of age, and one was recorded to be 110 years of age.

Once there was 300,000 of these magnificent rorqual whales dominating every ocean around the world, but sadly, that number is now less than 5% thanks to commercial whaling that almost put them towards extinction.

Thankfully, the number is now at around 10,000 to 20,000 numbers, but even so, with ship collisions, noise pollution, and climate change threaten the very krill that the blue whales rely on for their survival..

It is without a doubt that blue whales still have a long way to recovering to their pre-whaling numbers, just as their relatives have done before.

(Updated from last year, somewhere around early August)
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Nature Neon
@natureneon.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
Moon jellyfish are one of the oldest living creatures on Earth, having existed for over 500 million years. Despite their simple structure, they play a vital role in marine ecosystems by feeding on plankton and helping maintain balance in the food chain. ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’œ #OceanLife #Science ๐Ÿ“น: Alexander Russel
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Matt G. โ™พ๏ธ
@artistsince05.bsky.social
8 days ago
Megamouth Shark. Since it's discovery in 1976, these elusive deep sea planktivorous sharks have been known to far offshore and congregate in deeper waters, yet we still know very little about them. ๐Ÿ’œ/๐Ÿ”„s are welcomed! ๐Ÿฆˆ #artistonbsky #as05 #oceanlife #digitalart #humanart
A male Megamouth Shark swims in the deeper waters, somewhere in the twlight hours off the coast of Hawaii, where it comes out at night to feast on plankton to sustain it's body weight.

More than half a century since it's discovery in 1976, human beings have known very little about megamouth sharks, as they're only known from live catches where the specimen unfortunately dies from bycatch, there's still a lot of knowledge to learn about the megamouth, let alone that they share the same diet of plankton with whale sharks and basking sharks. 

And plus, I decided to use flat brushes for the colors and used the sketching lines rather than using the ink bleed or tinderbox brushes for the line arts. Hope that makes the megamouth distinct in that regard.
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Matt G. โ™พ๏ธ
@artistsince05.bsky.social
10 days ago
Fin Whale. Known as the greyhound of the sea, these baleen whales are the second largest of their kind, and thanks to their sleek and streamlined bodies, their bodies help them swim fast throughout the world's oceans. ๐Ÿฉต/๐Ÿ”„s are welcomed! ๐Ÿ‹ #artistonbsky #as05 #oceanlife #digitalart #humanart
A lone fin whale swims in the North Atlantic, driven on by the Gulf Stream originating from the Caribbean. Here, in the barren wilderness of the deep blue, the fin whale is looking for large schools of herring to sustain its massive weight.

Second largest besides the blue whale, fin whales (also known as the finback) they're most common in temperate oceans, where they gather in  huge numbers to feast on schooling fish, squid, and krill.

Like all giant whales, they were once on the brink of extinction thanks to whaling, but with the ban of commercial whaling, most populations are on the long road to recovery, with the exception of the North Atlantic populations back to their pre-whaling numbers.
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