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There's just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them...
But we don't underestimate kids around here.
Kid-friendly not-made-for-kids videos for all! Collected by Rion Nakaya and her three four year old co-curator.
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The Robust Ghost Pipefish’s capacity for camouflage never ceases to amaze me!
We came upon this adult pair, the smaller is the male, first, out in the open, and then swimming near some vegetation in the predominantly mucky area that characterizes Secret Bay. Isn’t the likeness to the sea vegetation remarkable?
If you look closely at the larger one, you can see its mouth and eyes moving as it adopts its typical vertical, head downward orientation.
There’s a great collection of Ghost Pipefish photos here. Plus, another video of them from our archives.
via La Boite Verte.
Meet the Ornate Ghost Pipefish. A relative of seahorses, they are brilliantly colored and beautifully distinctive. This video needs to be seen full screen.
The Ornate Ghost Pipefish or Solenostomus paradoxus is one of the hardest fish to spot in the ocean. First of all they are relatively small, only growing to about 12cm in maximum length. This combined with the fact that their bodies look more like coral or seaweed than an actual saltwater fish, makes them a master of camouflage!
This species is just one of the over 200 different species of Pipefish! …Ornate Ghost Pipefish are normally found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in and around reefs. They come in a variety of colors including black, yellow, red and even transparent! … They use their mouths as a vacuum of sorts to consume their food, normally tiny crustaceans.
And for a bit more, check out this series of videos at Advanced Aquarist, which features two ornate ghost pipefish and their larvae at the California Academy of Sciences.
Meet the mimic octopus, the first octopus found that impersonates other animals.
Living in the tropical seas of Southeast Asia, it was not discovered officially until 1998, off the coast of Sulawesi. The octopus mimics the physical likeness and movements of more than 15 different species, including sea snakes, lionfish, flatfish, brittle stars, giant crabs, sea shells, stingrays, flounders, jellyfish, sea anemones, and mantis shrimp…
But wait, there’s now a super-recent video of a mimic fish (a Black Marble Jawfish) mimicking the mimic octopus who mimics fish. #meta
via National Geographic.
Camouflage octopus! The story and science behind the famous animated gif.
From Science Friday.
