day two-hundred-and-ninety-eight - pipefish

of all shapes and sizes! (well... three colourations and pretty much only one shape to be honest)

© jem barratt

they're in the same family as the seahorse, and are pretty cool, don't you think? they kind of look like seahorses that have been stretched out and straightened. and, much like their kin, they are awful swimmers. yep. fish that suck at swimming.

and there are so many genera of pipefish that there's almost one for every letter of the alphabet. (in fact, there are over 50, but lots of them start with s and p).

xj

day one-hundred-and-ten - seahorse

oh i wish humans lived by seahorse rules because then men would have the babies ha ha ha blah blah...

so many people say that as some kind of witty observation. but would you really like to be a fish that is rubbish at swimming and a creature that has to eat almost constantly to survive?

i doubt it.

© jem barratt

oh i used up all my words before the picture. that was dumb. what else can i tell you about seahorses?

- their size is comparable to a teacup (apparently)
- pygmy seahorses are ADORABLE

that's all. xj