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Ribbon eels are in the family of moray eels. The beautifully colored blue and yellow eel gets its name from its ribbon-like body style and motion. Their swimming is mesmerizing, and the vivid coloration adds fluidity to the movement. @freshfinsdiving Ribbon Eel We love to find ribbon eels amongst the sandy patches in the reefs here in Amed/Tulamben. Seeing them swim is always something extraordinary ︎
Did you know⟿⟿ ✦ All ribbon eels begin their life as male, with a yellow dorsal fin against a black body. As they grow into maturity they will change to blue and yellow, like this one we found swimming freely at Coral Gardens! ✦ It doesn’t stop there- once the ribbon eels reach a certain length, they will change to a solid yellow color, and develop female parts until they can lay eggs! ✦ In the wild, these beautiful eels can live up to 20 years old and reach a length of 1 meter. Join us underwater, let’s dive⟿
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#freshfinsdiving #ribboneel #eels #scubadivingbali #scubadivingamed #amedbali #weareSSI #learntodive #discoverscubadiving #bali #wonderfulindonesia #underwaterworld #explorebali ♬ Mahal – Glass Beams A ribbon eel can live up to 20 years and is the only protandric ​hermaphrodite (sex-changing) eel. They begin life as a black male with a yellow dorsal fin. They keep the yellow dorsal fin as they mature, but the black changes to vibrant blue. Once they reach maturity, the male eel will develop female reproductive organs. Another color change to solid yellow takes place as the female develops. They will mate once, lay eggs, and perish within a month. During adulthood, two males often reside together in holes near the ocean floor. They are opportunistic hunters, waiting for prey to swim by the opening to catch their food. They travel by undulating their body. Coupled with the bright colors, watching them swim can be hypnotic. Image from TikTok. These eels can grow to around one meter in length. Once they complete the sex change to female, eels may grow slightly larger. They reside predominantly in sandy areas in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and typically stay in shallow waters less than 200 feet (60 meters) deep. Female ribbon eels are very rare. This is due mainly to their short lifespan. They are also the only color-changing moray eel. The major threat to the ribbon eel is the aquarium trade. However, they are not suitable for home aquariums. They are difficult to maintain and often die shortly after capture. While they are beautiful and would make a breathtaking addition to any aquarium, it is best to leave them in the wild. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Mesmerizing Footage Shows Impressively Colorful Eel Flowing Just Like A Ribbon appeared first on InspireMore.

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News Thunderbolts The Thunderbolts* Are Not So Sure About That Team Name “Do we all just punch and shoot?” Yes, Yelena, it looks that way. By Molly Templeton | Published on November 11, 2024 Screenshot: Marvel Studios Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Marvel Studios If the whole scrappy-bad-kids-team-up dynamic of Thunderbolts* seems a little overly familiar these days, well, at least they’re really going for it. The latest preview of the upcoming film—billed as a “special look” from D23 rather than just a plain old trailer—is one part clip and one part reintroduction of the major players. First we get an extended version of the “Bucky breaks up the slow-motion chase scene” that appeared briefly in the previous teaser, and then a little rundown of reluctant teammates Yelena (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Bucky (Sebastian Stan), and John Walker (Wyatt Russell). Oh, and Bob (Lewis Pullman). And then there’s Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who seems to have purchased the Avengers tower. This has, sort of, maybe, been a thing fans have been wondering about since Tony Stark sold the building in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Frankly I find that less intriguing than the scene in which Yelena walks away from a job with a cute little guinea pig in her sweatshirt (which was also in the previous teaser). Why? How? Where? These are the mysteries I personally look forward to understanding. (I would also like to give a cookie to whoever picked the Toadies’ “Possum Kingdom” for this not-a-trailer.) There is also the mystery of the asterisk in that title, which here seems to be a product of dissent in the ranks about the team name. Red Guardian likes it. Ghost and Bucky are not having it. Jake Schreier (Paper Towns) directs Thunderbolts* from a screenply by Eric Pearson (Black Widow), Lee Sung Jin (Beef), and Joanna Calo (The Bear). It’s in theaters May 2, 2025.[end-mark] The post The <i>Thunderbolts*</i> Are Not So Sure About That Team Name appeared first on Reactor.