animal behavior

The Marine Drag Queen... The Ribbon Eel is the only member of its genus. Scientists thought for a long time that there were 3 types of ribbon eel, the black, the blue, and the yellow species. But now we know they form a unique species changing sex and colour during its lifespan! Ribbon eels can...

We are avid fans of marine animal behavior and symbiotic relationships, so this was a real treat to be in the water at the right place at the right time! Don't forget to turn up the volume. :popcorn::yeahbaby: Mating Lobstah by GoinDivin posted Jun 16, 2020 at 3:05 AM

Caribbean spiny lobsters mating off the northsore of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Listen with the sound on it's timed perfectly! #ItsGR8UW #MarineAnimalBehaviorAndSymbioticRelationships

I am currently working on the covering behavior of sea urchins, and am filming them quite a bit, both in the lab and in the field. I have observed some instances where the urchins come together, and seem to interact (communicate?). The spines and tube feet touch and move around quickly, and the...

... between small and very small fishes, but: still a fight. A damselfish is defending its territory against a school of catfish. Once the damsel darts inside the catfish, they disperse. For the longest time I was concentrating on underwater photography, but for moments like this, video is...

A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata, which is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords. Wikipedia A Tunicate is a filter feeder that takes seawater in and filters out the planktonic partials for...

Some interesting fish behavior, filmed last week in Siquijor, Philippines. These gobies (Valenciennea puellaris) live in pairs, and build borrows in the sand. They consider the sandy area around their burrow their territory. Here, one foreign goby tried to invade. Some posing and fighting...

Filmed at Karang Makassar in Komodo National Park by Peter Fratesi It’s tough not to get excited when you see (and video) a manta mating train; part of the manta mating ritual, since “courtship rituals and actual mating events are relatively infrequently observed…”.[2] As you can imagine, when...

As you can see from our guest’s video above, the ritual happens quite quickly, but if you are vigilant and patient, watching fish behavior can be exciting. Don't worry about being a voyeur, if you don't shine the torch on them too much they don't care if you watch. After they separate, if you...

Male and female mandarinfish paring up to begin their mating ritual, photo by Christian Beiser Male Mandarinfish It begins just before sunset on what can sometimes be the gloomiest spot on the reef. However, if you have the patience, the shallow areas under the pier or in the rubble is where...

I had some fun filming echinoderms, sea cucumbers, to be precise. I am shooting these videos with the Nikon Coolpix AW130, which is not worth much as a photo camera, in my opinion, but does surprisingly well as a video camera. I am still working on my technique as a recent...