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@tuexplorer1.bsky.social

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Lost most of the time, but I can show you what lives in the ocean

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you're looking for the #OkeanosExplorer dive on USS Yorktown, this page has you covered! Not just for this dive, but most of them, so if you need to go back and look at stuff, it's a great resource.
youtu.be/upNXEVe-w3o?...

EX2503 Dive 07 Wreck of USS Yorktown CV 5 Apr 20 2025

YouTube video by Okeanos Redux

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 3h

4323m another Casper? @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 4h

Also wondering if it was dried out, is the pink part on the inside the solid structure, and the rest gelatinous? I tried to find a photo of one dried, but I'm guessing most specimens are wet?

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you! I think slime stars are my favorite of the sea stars. Is the slime the produce runny or more thick?

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 4h

You're welcome, happy to share the stuff they film. This stuff never gets old

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 4h

I think these were between 4700-4800m. Anemone, Typhlonus, gastropod, bamboo coral
@nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

4778m To me this looks like a tiny cydippid ctenophore that got snagged on a stalk. I see 2 tentacles, one snagged & the other on the right flowing in the water. @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

There's this Arby's restaurant commercial I used to see where the tag was "where's the beef?!", & so now every time I see one I yell out loud THERE'S THE BEAF!!!

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

Another Typhlonus! This expedition holds the record for most amount of them that I've seen over a decade @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

4783m Bathysaurus mollis
@nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

🤷‍♀️🤣

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 7h

Swima eating. 4700-4800m I heard them say a worm person says this is new. I have seen swima launch off the seafloor many times, but I have never seen them eating anything. They usually get spooked before the ROV can settle down. @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 8h

Polychaete on chondrocladia sponge. 4800-4700m
@nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 8h

Bassozetus 4791m
@nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 8h

Relicanthus? On a sponge. @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 8h

That looks like a cydippid. Odd seeing it on the seafloor. @nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 9h

Ses pig & sponge

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 9h

Bamboo coral, Psychropotes, sponges. 4815m
@nautiluslive.org dive L1009 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 10h

Same

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 10h

Nope. No penis means NO penis

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Livestream Oceanographic @livestreamocean.bsky.social · 13h

@nautiluslive.org has begun their next dive #CookIslands
www.youtube.com/live/0lR6fx8...

Nautilus Live | Channel 1 Stream

YouTube video by EVNautilus

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if it's some giant amphipod? Don't the build dirt tubes sometimes?

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 18h

I put this sound to whatever this is.
@nautiluslive.org dive L1008 #CookIslands #MarineLife

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 18h

B/c it is now happening again: if you are a man & ask me to follow you back & I do, and then you DM anything other than shit about marine science I just want you to know: I'm not having sex with you. Ever. You suck. Does this look like a fucking Tinder profile to you?! 🙄

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 18h

I think you might be right

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 18h

a close up of a snail with the hashtag bettaguy

ALT: a close up of a snail with the hashtag bettaguy

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