Rowan Dear, House Proud Blenny (ANIMALS 2026)

This little Tasmanian Blenny was living in its little hole on top of a half cut pier leg. After watching it for a while, it eventually came out of its hole and decided to start cleaning up a small broken shell that was discarded next to its home. It would pick up small pieces of the shell and then spit them into the water before going back and picking up the next piece. I spent almost 20 minutes watching, in my mind I had the words of David Attenbrough narrating this behaviour I was watching.

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