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Whalefest Monterey starts tomorrow!

Dive into Whalefest’s Virtual Ocean with scientists and artists exploring the treasures of our marine sanctuary in a series of live-streams Jan 26-29 each night from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles: https://t.co/bEKk4TjmQ1 @NatureNews

Ptychogena lactea has up to 500 fine tentacles around the rim of its bell and grows to nine centimeters (3.5 inches) across. You can find images of this jelly and other fantastic deep-sea creatures in MBARI's image gallery: https://t.co/dIytWeWgIC
#stufftodoinside

Feather stars have moves! #SaturdayVibes

Learn more about these spectacular relatives of sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers: https://t.co/RQY1seRpOG

On #WorldWildlifeDay let's not forget about the unseen wildlife below the ocean surface 💙🌊

The deep ocean is the largest habitat on earth, and we don't yet know how deep-sea life will tolerate even small shifts in temperature and chemistry as the ocean and climate changes.

Mysterious little red jellies: A case of mistaken identity

MBARI scientists are trying to set the record straight about the little red jellies that have remained largely mysterious despite decades of study: https://t.co/WZh7ufo4bC

Another Wednesday, another worm. 🐛
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Flota is a free-swimming worm living near the deep seafloor, below 1,500 m. Polychaetes (i.e. segmented worms) have bristles (chaetae) used in locomotion and defense.
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More deep-sea worms: https://t.co/bJX2pPkH22 #WormWednesday

Every day is Black Friday in the deep sea! #itsdark #stayawayfromthelight #blackfriday

Siphonophores make the worst feather boas. #fuzzybutdeadly
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Siphonophores like this Apolemia lanosa, are made up of many parts. Some parts swim, some protect, others sport stinging tentacles to capture prey.⁠

Learn about a fish-eating siphonophre: https://t.co/kKUyQ0wf7E

First up, a munnopsid isopod. These marine isopods are extremely diverse and can be found on the seafloor, below the seafloor, and throughout the water column. They use their long legs to propel them off the seafloor and through the water or to parachute down to the seafloor. 🕷️