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Happy New Year everybody! And 2017 hasn’t been a bad year for me. I mean, it hasn’t been perfect, with extreme exam stress and uni drama sometimes getting a bit much. But all in all, it’s had some great moments. The trip to Morocco and getting to see the fossil sites there is a highlight, especially since it got me credited in the paper describing Xericeps. I’ve caught up on some great shows, like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Bojack Horseman and Breaking Bad (bout time too). I’ve passed my driving test and I’ve had my first job (for about a week, but still). And of course, this year has been great in the documentary department, with the utterly fantastic Blue Planet II being the most watched program of the year. So, like Planet Earth II before it ( rahonavis70m.deviantart.com/ar…), I’ve drawn a collage of some of the series’ best moments to celebrate this brilliant series. This was actually suggested by , but I was already planning on doing this.

One Ocean - from this episode, I had to pick the giant trevally catching terns in mid-flight. Also, the beautiful sight of the mobula rays swimming through bioluminescent plankton, set to a truly beautiful score ( youtu.be/-7Xk6u3pWs8). And, of course, frickin’ OrcaCam!!! Seeing the herring run from the POV of an orca took my breath away!

The Deep - I could’ve picked anything from this episode, but tried to go for variety. For the awesome factor, we have the sixgill sharks feeding on and fighting over the sperm whale carcass. For the creepy factor, we have the cutthroat eel in the brine pool suffering from toxic shock. And for the wonder factor, we have the snailfish found some five miles down.

Coral Reefs - the bobbit worm was an obvious choice. And I had to include the grouper and octopus cooperatively hunting, because that was awesome and unexpected.

Big Blue - gotta have a baitball, and some dolphins. So I included the baitball of lanternfish being hunted by spinner dolphins, tuna, mobula rays and sailfish. I also included the captivating Portuguese man-o-war. And of course, the tragic pilot whales, which I think broke everyones’ hearts.

Green Seas - the octopus evading pyjama sharks was incredible, particularly using the never before seen method of covering itself in shells. And then of course, there’s the zebra mantis shrimp, because frickin’ mantis shrimp!!!

Coasts - the Galápagos sea lions catching tuna has to be seen to be believed. And the Sally lightfoot crabs jumping across rocks and evading a moray eel and an octopus is probably the closest thing Blue Planet II has to the iguana chase.

Our Blue Planet - although he could easily represent the first episode, I included ‘Percy the Persistent’ tuskfish for this episode, with the bleaching of the reef he lives on and the very coral he uses to crack open shells upon representing the damage we are doing to the oceans. And then the baby leatherback turtle in David Attenboroughs’ hand to represent the work people are putting in to protect the oceans and their wildlife, and the hope for the future.

Of course, I could’ve included so much more, like the walruses, the Kobudai, The Humboldt squid, the sperm whales, the albatross, the whale sharks, etc. but there was only so much space.

Happy 2018 guys! Let’s hope it’s a good one.

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Happy New Year everybody! And 2017 hasn’t been a bad year for me. I mean, it hasn’t been perfect, with extreme exam stress and uni drama sometimes getting a bit much. But all in all, it’s had some great moments. The trip to Morocco and getting to see the fossil sites there is a highlight, especially since it got me credited in the paper describing Xericeps. I’ve caught up on some great shows, like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Bojack Horseman and Breaking Bad (bout time too). I’ve passed my driving test and I’ve had my first job (for about a week, but still). And of course, this year has been great in the documentary department, with the utterly fantastic Blue Planet II being the most watched program of the year. So, like Planet Earth II before it ( rahonavis70m.deviantart.com/ar…), I’ve drawn a collage of some of the series’ best moments to celebrate this brilliant series. This was actually suggested by , but I was already planning on doing this.

One Ocean - from this episode, I had to pick the giant trevally catching terns in mid-flight. Also, the beautiful sight of the mobula rays swimming through bioluminescent plankton, set to a truly beautiful score ( youtu.be/-7Xk6u3pWs8). And, of course, frickin’ OrcaCam!!! Seeing the herring run from the POV of an orca took my breath away!

The Deep - I could’ve picked anything from this episode, but tried to go for variety. For the awesome factor, we have the sixgill sharks feeding on and fighting over the sperm whale carcass. For the creepy factor, we have the cutthroat eel in the brine pool suffering from toxic shock. And for the wonder factor, we have the snailfish found some five miles down.

Coral Reefs - the bobbit worm was an obvious choice. And I had to include the grouper and octopus cooperatively hunting, because that was awesome and unexpected.

Big Blue - gotta have a baitball, and some dolphins. So I included the baitball of lanternfish being hunted by spinner dolphins, tuna, mobula rays and sailfish. I also included the captivating Portuguese man-o-war. And of course, the tragic pilot whales, which I think broke everyones’ hearts.

Green Seas - the octopus evading pyjama sharks was incredible, particularly using the never before seen method of covering itself in shells. And then of course, there’s the zebra mantis shrimp, because frickin’ mantis shrimp!!!

Coasts - the Galápagos sea lions catching tuna has to be seen to be believed. And the Sally lightfoot crabs jumping across rocks and evading a moray eel and an octopus is probably the closest thing Blue Planet II has to the iguana chase.

Our Blue Planet - although he could easily represent the first episode, I included ‘Percy the Persistent’ tuskfish for this episode, with the bleaching of the reef he lives on and the very coral he uses to crack open shells upon representing the damage we are doing to the oceans. And then the baby leatherback turtle in David Attenboroughs’ hand to represent the work people are putting in to protect the oceans and their wildlife, and the hope for the future.

Of course, I could’ve included so much more, like the walruses, the Kobudai, The Humboldt squid, the sperm whales, the albatross, the whale sharks, etc. but there was only so much space.

Happy 2018 guys! Let’s hope it’s a good one.