Kathy Degner
@CaliKatBird
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Naturalist, educator, birder, nature lover, photographer, traveler, dreamer, parrothead. Half of me is ocean, half of me is sky. Bird Science Program.
Pasadena, CA
Joined July 2012
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Hey
@ROPOS_ROV
, you made my day with this zoom on this Rossia megaptera bobtail squid. Sooo cute! Just wish there had been a purple potato zoom too.
#HeezenCanyon
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Stethopristes. This fish is adorable. Its coloration is also very on point...that "soap bubble" coloring is viral on social media.
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
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Best day ever! Mola mola! A fish so nice they named it twice! Soooo cool!
@EVNautilus
#NautilusLive
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@sykesjeff
Just took this one yesterday. One of our thousands of local parrots that reside in parts of Southern California. Sadly many are endangered in their native habitat, but they are thriving here. That may well be key to the species' survival.
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Unbelievable!! A
#Magnapinna
!! These Bigfin Squid are unbelievably rare. Soooo cool! And so cooperative!
#LostCityVents
@SchmidtOcean
#FalkorToo
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Squid!!! Absolutely stunning captures of this glass squid, Taonius borealis. Life in the midwater is so incredible & I am so grateful for the technology & opportunity to witness these dives and discoveries in real time.
@oceanexplorer
#Okeanos
@SarahMackAttack
#earthisblue
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Meanwhile over on
#NautilusLive
, the most chill Graneledone octopus ever. It sat there for something like 20 minutes...just watching Herc.
@EVNautilus
@Ocean_Networks
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Do you know what this platform needs? More chaunacops!!
#bestfish
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#Dive700
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This was a pretty awesome sight to see as D2 got to the seafloor! It's like it was waiting for us. We thought maybe a strawberry squid but I saw that Mike V identified it as Stigmatoteuthis dofleini.
@oceanexplorer
#WestCoastShakedown
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I need a newborn baby otter fix today. Here's one if you need it too. 🦦
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Holy crap. A plastic bag of trash, looking remarkably like a rock, 463m down on the sea floor. It has been colonized by crabs, brittle stars, polychaetes, and probably more. We’re all thinking the worst about what’s in the bag.
@SchmidtOcean
#BiodiverseSCB
#Biodiverseborderlands
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That "stuff" on the rock at the top of the screen is a big mass of blobfish eggs!
@nepdep_
@ROPOS_ROV
#nepdep
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This little spikey ball squat lobster has ridiculously long arms. They're like Inspector Gadget arms.
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#Dive700
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I can’t stand the cuteness!! Not sure if it’s octopus or squid, but it is freaking adorable!!! 😍🥰 Maybe Bobtail Squid? 🤔
@SchmidtOcean
#FalkorToo
#WhitingBank
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The tripod fish is in the same family as the previously posted ipnops, Ipnopidae.
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#DragonsBack
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What is going on with this crab & coral? Olympic torch bearer? Antenna for better reception to stream the Olympics? Victory coral? Fashion statement? Juan Fernandez king crab
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
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@TheYooner
@hgracestewart
@twolf10
@verygooster
I couldn’t decide if he was asleep or dying. Stroke could be the answer. Or maybe he’s just hoping a hole in the floor will open and swallow him up.
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There's a very good chance that this sweet floof I photographed in the same area the next morning was the very baby I saw born the afternoon before.😍
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While in
#MorroBay
I was given a precious gift: I saw a wild baby
#seaotter
being born late one afternoon. The light was tough & I didn't want to get too close & draw attention to it, but here are some photos, hopefully not too graphic
@SeaOtterSavvy
@MontereyAq
@AquariumPacific
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Can’t remember if I met
@alexs_journey
through
@burrowingbolt
or the other way around, but these 2 families across the pond have become very dear to me. Here’s the hand knit Alex & his owl Willow doll I won in an auction to help fund Alex’s cancer treatment in the USA. 🦉❤️
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The sweetest little octopus.🐙 There was a decent sized scale worm under it that you can see in the photos. Not sure if it was hiding or about to be dinner. Or maybe they're just seafloor buds.
@nepdep_
@ROPOS_ROV
#nepdep
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Tell me this crab with an anemone friend (crabnemone?) doesn’t look like the upside down head of Beaker.
I’ll wait.
@SchmidtOcean
#OctoOdyssey
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Anytime you see an
#octopus
automatically makes your day 1000% better. Trust me. Look at how cute it is! 🐙Green lasers are 10cm apart for size reference.
#NautilusLive
#ONCabyss
@EVNautilus
@Ocean_Networks
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The nautilus gang is having a watch party with the R/V Falkor
#ROVSuBastian
and our YouTube dive buddies. So far we’ve seen 2 nautilus shells. Bring on the live nautiluses!!❤️
#EdgeGBR
@SchmidtOcean
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@TheEndoftheRoa4
@archiveslut
@AGuzmanLopez
I was going to say the same thing, so I'm piling on here. Throat injuries are NOT to be taken lightly. Please get checked out ASAP. And I am so sorry this happened.
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One thing I hear a lot is the surprise at how big
#seaotters
really are, especially since most people rarely see them out of the water. Southern sea otters can be up to 4 ft long, with females weighing up to 50lbs & males up to 70lbs.
#MorroBay
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Ipnops is just so cool. And yes, those are its extremely modified flat eyes. To give an idea of size, those two green laser dots are 10cm (about 4in) apart.
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#DragonsBack
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A very brief look at the first
#octopus
of the expedition. Let’s hope for a better look soon.
#NautilusLive
#NautilusinMBNMS
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It was the middle of the night and I was listening more than watching, but still didn't catch the name of this fish. A rattail of sorts?
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#Dive701
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For those who wonder why I'm obsessed with
#nautiluslive
, it's for moments like this: seeing a deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish for the first time, & watching it morph into so many different shapes, like a deep-sea lava lamp. So cool! What a gift. Because science!
@EVNautilus
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OhEmGeeeeee! I can't stand the cuteness! Japetella octopus. 🐙This one really posed for us this time. I think it might be the 4th one we've seen this season.
@SchmidtOcean
#VentUnderworld
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Pretty sure everyone on board & watching was holding their breath for over an hour & there was a collective exhale once Argus was safely on deck. Welcome home, pal! Thanks for holding on tight to your Herc balloon. Well done, team!💛
#buddysystem
#NautilusLive
@EVNautilus
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A really cool jellyfish, maybe a type of helmet jelly. But where are all its tentacles?
#NautilusLive
@EVNautilus
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Just received an incredible gift from one of my amazing ocean exploration buddies. This beautiful handmade felted wool nautilus is a work of art that I will treasure, along with our friendship. Thank you so much
@CatT0808
! I love him!😍
@SchmidtOcean
#CephalopodAwarenessWeek
❤️
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You can see the pup is still in the amniotic sac. Mom is cleaning it off. At first she was flopping the pup around & I was afraid it was dead, but then it cried out. To see my favorite animal being born while dealing w/ my own personal grief is a gift I'll treasure forever.❤️🦦
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Update: definitely enough water on the patio to float a duck but luckily it’s currently flowing away from the house. 8 inches so far.
#LAwx
#LARain
#CAwx
#Californiastorm
#Pasadena
#ABC7eyewitness
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A sea pig, which is a type of sea cucumber, going for a roll on the sea floor at 3200m. Fun fact: sea pigs are found in all the world’s oceans, but you’ll probably never see one, other than via live-streamed dives.
#NautilusLive
@MBNMS
#DavidsonSeamount
@EVNautilus
🌊🐽
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Chaunax have become the fish of the dive these last couple of days.
#restinggrumpface
#whysoglumchum
@SchmidtOcean
#WhitingBank
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A few more shots of the rarely seen Stygiomedusa gigantea. This one is small, it still has a lot of growing to do. Such a cool encounter.
@nepdep_
@ROPOS_ROV
#nepdep
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Absolutely incredible! This is how you end a dive, lol. So much life. Thank you
@SchmidtOcean
and the team aboard
#FalkorToo
!
#LostCityVents
#blacksmoker
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Hey
@SeaOtterSavvy
do you know the significance of mama’s green tag? Thanks!
#MorroBay
#seaotters
#otternursery
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Even down at 3200m we see human disturbance. Last night these 2 soda cans were found about 6 minutes apart 50 miles offshore on Davidson Seamount. Pepsi from the 70s, Diet Coke is a more recent vintage. We need to do better. 🐙
#marinedebris
#pollution
#NautilusLive
@MBNMS
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BEAUTIFUL chiroteuthis! You can see the photophores on the eye. Absolutely stunning capture by the ROV pilots.
#squid
#Okeanos
@oceanexplorer
🦑
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Happy
#NationalWildlifeDay
! Here are a just a few of my favorite wildlife encounters. I consider myself so lucky every time I have a magical moment like these.
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@KellyBrenner
Stopped at a park along the central coast. Noticed movement at edge of cliff. A little chocolate chip baby bird pops out, my 1st ever baby Western Gull. No one else around, just me & the wobbly baby bird less than 10 feet away. Then its 2 siblings popped out. Absolutely magical❤️
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I even have lizards on my tree! Singing geckos, in fact. One year I had matching Christmas cards that said Geck the Halls. 😂🦎
#FindThatLizard
@Afro_Herper
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This flatworm is beautiful! It's like a lace doily for your benthic dinner party.
@SchmidtOcean
#OctoOdyssey
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I can’t get enough of this adorable little
#squid
. It looks like a Snitch! Where’s Harry?😁🦑
#EdgeGBR
@SchmidtOcean
@SarahMackAttack
#squidsquad
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Taking a break from posting
#NautilusLive
dive photos to say that holidays (and the days leading up to them) can be very stressful & emotional. Take a moment to stare at this adorable
#seaotter
pup and just breathe. Consider yourself hugged.🦦🤗
#youareenough
#cutenessoverload
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@sykesjeff
Newborn sea otter getting groomed on top of Mama. 💜🦦 Morro Bay CA
Sea otters don't have blubber so they rely on their extremely dense, water resistant fur to provide insulation by trapping air between their skin and fur. This requires spending a major amount of time grooming.
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#ROVSuBastiann
looks like he's about to "pen" a letter. Wonder what his handwriting looks like?🤔
#seapen
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#Dive701
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A very tall (15-20ft) caulophacus sponge, with a friend living inside.
@SchmidtOcean
#NazcaHighSeas
#Dive702
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Never doubt your ability to have an impact on a stranger, especially when out in nature. Sharing our joy & passion for birds/wildlife/nature/conservation can change people’s lives. I just received this message and I’m 😭❤️.
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Photobomb by Big Red coming to say hi, until it was blown off into safety by the thrusters.
#Tiburoniagranrojo
@nepdep_
@ROPOS_ROV
#nepdep
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