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You are ugly, but so damn cute!

Look at the details of this little creature. Every tiny texture, the strange hair like appendages, the rough skin patterns, and those bright blue eyes make it look like something from another planet.

Nature doesn’t always create beauty in the obvious way. The black hairy frogfish is a perfect example. Its unusual appearance is what makes it fascinating.

A face only a mother could love, but definitely a face that every underwater photographer would appreciate.

#blackhairyfrogfish #frogfish #blueeyes #underwater #photooftheday

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I can’t believe that I had the chance to see this incredible creature… it was hard tho…

This beautiful frogfish belongs to the antennariidae family. They characterised because usually don’t swim, they clamber across the seafloor on arm-like pelvic and pectoral fins. They’re so cool that evolution modified its dorsal-fin spine into a “fishing rod” (illicium) tipped with a lure or bait ( esca). They wave it, prey approaches, and snap.

#frogfishphotography #uwphotography #frogfish

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Frogfish N.16~

#Philippines2024 #philippines #buceoanilao #cebu #malapascua #macro #morningdive #frogfish #scubadiving #divemastr #underwater #canon #canon6d #canongx1 #padi #yourshotphotographer #yourshotphotography #natyourshot

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SATURDAY FROGFISH
Probably the greatest joy in Anilao—aside from nudibranchs—came from frogfish. I encountered this colorful small clown frogfish few times in different locations.

Dive buddy with patience:Anne-Kathrin
Dive master Obet

#Frogfish #UnderwaterPhotography #uwmacro #MacroDiving #divinglife

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Strange and beautiful creatures of the #underwaterworld that can sometimes be found in the Wakatobi national park 🥰 Purging a few of the photos that are clogging up my phone, to make way for the new year… out with the old and in with the new… I’m away on holiday now but looking forward to getting back and creating some new content. Which is your favourite? #sprinklesaltonyoursoul #ghostpipefish #giantclam #seahorse

📸 @soulwaterproductions @adriennegittusphotography

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Thought to be a Juvenile Spotfin Frogfish (A. nummifer) or Brackish-Water Frogfish (A. Biocellatus)
FROGGY ID help welcome 🙌

📸 Olympus TG6 + video light

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Painted Frogfish 💛 (Antennarius pictus)

#amed #muckdive #scubadiving #macromood #olympustg6 #tg6 #diveindonesia #sealife #oceanlover #raw_oceanlife #indounderwater #frogfish #weefine #indonesiaunderwater #paintedfrogfish #frogfishfanpage #frogfishlovers

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What a little charm of a creature, doesn't get much more adorable than this! This is tiny baby Painted Frogfish!

The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) is a specialized ambush predator found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for its ability to blend into its surroundings through slow but dramatic color changes over days or weeks. Instead of swimming, it typically uses its modified pectoral fins to “walk” across the seafloor, helping it remain undetected. One of its defining features is an illicium—a modified dorsal spine that acts like a fishing rod—ending in a lure called the esca, which it uses to attract prey. When an animal approaches, the frogfish strikes with one of the fastest feeding mechanisms in the animal kingdom, creating a powerful suction to swallow prey whole in milliseconds. It can consume prey nearly equal to its own size thanks to an expandable stomach. During reproduction, the female carries a large mass of eggs that is released into the water column as a floating ribbon, and after spawning the smaller male typically retreats quickly to avoid aggression.

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🐟 Frogfish
📍 Blue Bay, Bangka Island, Indonesia
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Spotfin Frogfish 💛

#amed #muckdive #diving #scubadiving #underwater #uwvideo #olympustg6 #tg6 #diveindonesia #scuba #sealife #oceanlover #raw_oceanlife #indounderwater #frogfish #spotfinfrogfish #satestickmacroclub #seafrogshousing #frogfishfanpage

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Frogfish N.14~

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Frog fish of Barbados 🇧🇧🫶🏿

#barbados #frogfish #frogfishphotography #protectnature #scuba #freediving #education #snorkel #islandlife #islandboy #underwaterphotography

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