chrisgoatley.bsky.social
Marine biologist at the University of Southampton. Researching reef fish ecology and evolution and the awesomest fish in the sea - gobies. 🐠🪸🇬🇧🇪🇺🇭🇲🏳️🌈
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Bleekeri!
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Could you add me please!
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A few different studies, but mainly, putting a load in individual containers with various food items and weighing them and prey over a few months - very little change. The outcome was that they seemed to be scavengers of damaged/unwell mussels which can't close well.
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This was the subject of my Honours dissertation. Trying to find out what they eat revealed that they don't eat much!
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True, but it highlights that many people are likely fine with the idea.
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Very interesting! In Australia and the the UK I have never had anyone say no when I've cheekily asked to see their successful grant application. Maybe I've just been lucky and asked nice folks. Share people! Everybody wins.
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That's actually the opening to the mantle cavity. Their mantle isn't their head but their torso.
Cephalopods don't have the head-torso-limb body plan like we do. Instead, they have the torso-head-limb body plan.
See these horrifying but educational drawings by @dannastaaf.bsky.social
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Rock cook?
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This literally happened to me a few months ago! Having said that, my office is for the most part very nice.
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And if you are unlucky and or eat the wrong bits they can cause hallucinations! www.iflscience.com/eating-this-...
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Hi there! Could you add me into this starter pack please!
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Could you add me please!