Saltwater Science

Saltwater Science is a South Carolina Ocean biology and coral aquaculture consultant. Inquiries can be messaged or emailed.

Hello new ones 👋

: November 20, 2020: Pucker up! This juvenile boxfish, 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) long, was collected by a bluewater diver in the top 30 meters (98 feet) of the Celebes Sea water column.
Full caption: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/daily-image/media/20201120.html

Hey Marvel/DC,
If you're reading this, you should check out the female blanket octopus as inspiration for your next superhero. About the size of a bedsheet when mature, she spends her life "flying" through the open ocean (instead of lurking around the seafloor or a den like other species of octopus). She's equipped with the superpower of camouflage and has a special tool in her utility belt. Immune to the sting of jellyfish, she is known to rip the tentacles off jellyfish—like the Portuguese man o' war—and carry them as her own personal weapons. ZAP! BOOM! POW! You wouldn't even have to provide a cape; she already has one, which she can detach in the face of danger. (Imagine the plot-twist-y escape scenarios you could write!) Anyway, we'll be waiting by the phone for the development meeting. Have your people call our people.
xox OceanX
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