Daily fish fact #545
Ribbon eel!
Their protruding nostrils help them sense vibrations in the water around them. This helps them hunt at night in the darkness!
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Y'all loved my eel painting a lot and I've just realised I never posted the poster I did for the 2023 World Eel Day campaign!!
Eels are super wonderful creatures and deserve their own day! Some eels like the endangered European Eel really need our help, you can learn more about World Eel Day over at https://eels.cargo.site/ !!
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"Don't be sad, there are eels"
4"x 6" print. My first foray into soft lino I made some time in April of this year
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Spiny eel/ribbon eel dragon for a commissioner. Eel dragons are one of my ultimate comfort subjects to draw.
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TRANS PRIDE RIBBON EEL <3 may or may not take requests for pride flag sea creature drawing s ...... .. ... . idk..
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Animal of the Day!
Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
(Photo from Murex Dive Resorts)
Conservation Status- Least Concern
Habitat- Indo-Pacific Ocean
Size (Weight/Length)- 1 m
Diet- Shrimp; Small fish
Cool Facts- It might surprise you that the ribbon eel is actually a species of moray eel. They find rock crevices throughout coral reefs while waiting to ambush prey. They can sit still for hours before latching on a fish. As with all morays, ribbon eels have a set of pharyngeal jaws set further back in their throat. They use these secondary jaws to pull their prey deeper into their mouth for easy swallowing. Ribbon eels are naturally very skittish and use their large mouth as a warning to predators, including the photographers taking their picture. Unfortunately, ribbon eels are highly valued in the pet trade and almost always pass away in captivity.
Rating- 12/10 (Possibly protandrous hermaphrodites.)
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If you don't think fish are funny, I present to you: Ribbon Eel
They look like screaming sock puppets
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A piece I did for the Fathoms mermay zine!!
ribbon eel mermaid 🌊
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Inktober Day 3: Path I'm off theme today, here's a moray.
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Heads up, big eel news coming your way:
World Eel Day 2024 will be on May 17th!
Last year, created the 2023 poster for the World Eel Day campaign. To my surprise, they asked me to come back for this year's one, too!
You can watch my process videos (it's a big gouache painting!) over here for part one, and in part two I explain what World Eel Day is and how you can take part! It's rEELy easy!
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Hand stamped eel cards! Coming soon to my store
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Mermaid una!! She’s a ribbon eel!!
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