Ikko Tanaka, poster for Osaka Aquarium, 1990. Japan. Via Cooper Hewitt
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FISH-LIKE REPTILE
ICHTHYOSAUR
A fish-like reptile that lived during the Jurassic period, 125 million years ago. It was perfectly streamlined like the modern porpoise, and although it was an air breathing reptile, it was helpless as a fish if stranded on shore. Displayed at the Prehistoric Gardens on the Oregon Coast Highway near Port Orford.
i saw jellyfish today & did not have any emotional breakdowns
can’t say i’d have that kinda strength
someone, please, take me on a date to an aquarium!
Today I learned that cuttlefish experience REM sleep, and that it makes their skin flash random colors. This is the cutest thing ever.
The electric eel at my aquarium has a voltmeter attached to his tank, and whenever he pumps out a burst of electricity–either when he’s navigating his tank or getting fed–the meter lights up and makes noise. Sometimes, I’ll walk past him when he’s snuggled up and totally motionless on his log, and see the voltmeter going crazy.
I am left to assume that he is dreaming, and is sleep-zapping at the things in his dreams.
I am absolutely delighted to learn that electric eels dream of kicking ass.
Wow. And here I would have thought they dreamt of robot sheep.