Images Dated 17th December 2022

Whalers hunting and butchering whales at sea
Hunting and butchering whales at sea. Whalers hunting from small boats with harpoons, and butchering whales on sailing ships. Peche et depecement de la baleine

South American sea lions basking on a beach
South American sea lions, Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia, basking on a beach. Otaries sur la plage. Velin du museum, peint par Bocourt, d'apres Milne-Edwards

Anterior nectophore species, Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis. Male and female colonies. Found of the Mediterranean coast of Nice. Galeolaire orangee, Galeolaria aurantiaca. Meduse de la cote de Nice

Varieties of sea anemones and corals

Bowhead whale beached on a rocky shore
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, beached on a rocky shore. Baleine du Groenland echouee. Woodcut by F

Sperm whale or cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus. A whaler hunting in the distance. Cachalot grosse tete

Hunters on St Kilda harvesting eggs of marine birds
Hunters on St Kilda climbing cliffs to harvest eggs of marine birds such as the Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, and puffin, Fratercula arctica. Vogelberg. Woodcut by F

Le Sylphe fishing by night
Night fishing. A steam-powered fishing boat Le Sylphe raising the trawl net by moonlight. Peche de nuit: Aviso le Sylphe relevant le chalut. Drawn by Edouard Riou after a photograph by L

Fishing for sardine off the Atlantic coast of Brittany. Fishermen in small boats trawling with huge nets. Peche a la sardine, cotes de Bretagne. Drawing by Edouard Riou after a photograph by L

Hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, fighting over shells. Drawn after nature by Olivier Fredol at Concarneau aquarium. Chromolithograph by A

English sailors examining objects dredged from the sea. Fishermen checking their catch. Savants anglais examinant les objets rapporte par la drague

Shrimpers fishing for shrimps with nets at low tide. Peche de la chevrette a Maree Basse. Drawing by Edouard Riou after a photograph by L. Hautefeuille

Octopus, squid and cuttlefish squirting ink
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, elegant cuttlefish, Sepia elegans, shooting ink, and common squid, Loligo vulgaris. Drawn after nature by Olivier Fredol at Concarneau aquarium. Poulpe

Polar bears hunting seals in an Arctic landscape
Polar bears, Ursus maritimus, hunting seals in an Arctic landscape. Ours blancs. Chromolithograph by C

Hunting walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, in the Arctic ice floes. Whalers on a small boat hunting with harpoon. Chasses aux morses. Chromolithograph by C

Development of a bird, European golden plover, Pluvialis apricaria

European herring gulls, Larus argentatus. On a beach near rocks and sailboats. Goelands argentes

Fish development, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Appearance of the embryonic spot in the egg 1, first embryo lineaments 2, appearance of the heart 3, fully formed 4, ready to hatch 5, and hatched 6

Flying fish, sea bream and albatross
Flying fish, Exocoetus volitans, gilt-head sea bream, Sparus aurata, and albatross, Diomedea exulans. Poissons volants, dorades, albatros

Types of annelids or marine segmented worms

Sea cucumber, bladderwrack and algae
Sea cucumber, Holothuria arguinensis?, from the Chausey islands, Atlantic. With bladder wrack seaweed, Fucus vesiculosus, and red algae, Polyneura bonnemaisonii. Holothurie des iles de Chausey

Sea slug mollusc species

Smooth flame scallop, Ctenoides mitis (Lima tenera). Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Algeria. Cotes de l'Algerie

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