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Creature gallery

grunt sculpin!

12/16/2013

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We're happy to debut our new Vimeo page on the 4th day of fishmas with one of my favorite fish:
The Grunt Sculpin!

The Grunt Sculpin from Andrew Murgatroyd on Vimeo.

This little dude is not only super cute he has some amazing adaptations to life on the ocean floor. For one, the Grunt Sculpin (Rhamphocottus richardsonii) uses his pectoral fins like legs to scoot across the ocean floor! If you didn't notice, he doesn't really look all that much like a fish at all. When threatened he can dive headfirst into an abandoned giant acorn barnacle shell and wave his tail to resemble a feeding barnacle. Sneaky Sneaky!
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    Welcome to the 12 days of fish-mas gallery!

    At Christmas time in 2013 I made this gallery while working at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre! 

    Every day for twelve days we will be posted new marine creature with a photo and description! 
    It's like an advent calendar filled with fish, crabs and strange creatures beyond your wildest dreams!... 
    Okay, well that doesn't sound that appealing, but I'm sure you'll love all the photos that we took while volunteering at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre! Enjoy! 

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LiteraSea is a website about education, ocean literacy, marine science and current events written by Andrew Murgatroyd and Asta Mail
Andrew Murgatroyd BSc.
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