Marine Biologist Wannabe Mugs

"You see, if we learn to swim upside down, they won't see us coming..."

"He followed me home, can I keep him?"

"You were right: Now that I have a Pilot Fish, I don't beach myself anymore..."

'There's someone in your teeth Harold.'

"I don't know, how long can you tread water?"

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

Check out the nice crawdads I have in the bait bucket, George.

Seagiraffes

"At times I wonder what I've done with my life that makes me worth being saved."

"Whales eat billions of tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill. The krill are free but whales spend a fortune on dental floss."

Desert Island Meals.

Bite out of fishing pier.

'It appears he hit an iceberg.' (A LETTUCE)

"It's not the social stigma. It's the mercury."

"If oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide, why isn't this water fizzy?"

The one that got away

Boy with a whale: 'He followed me home, Dad, can I keep him?'

It beached on a pile of plastic bottles, so they were able to just roll it back out.

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

Boy bringing home an octopus in a fish bowl.

"The hyenas started it."

The Food Chain

"Say Bernie, how come this little guy's been following you around all week?"

'Luxury cruise you said!'

"We’re a lending aquarium."

'It must be the dead sea.'

Crab with a clown face.

In a cycle - one bucket out, one bucket in.

These species are only living off the coast of Southern California!

'A cousin to the hammerhead, here we see the allusive, yet, handy, multi-use shark.'

"They're so like us."

'Sweet! Let's break it open and see what it is!'

'My Pilot-Fish is on holidays, so I'm using a GPS System to find my way around...'

"This is a side of Manhattan you don't often see."

'No, they're not my children. They gave me these for doing a good job at work.'