zozo 💙 i will never recover actually!!

i love that you love fish, i have sooooo many favourites! first off i've always been obsessed with sharks and rays, so my favourites there are blue sharks, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, zebra sharks, manta rays (all devil rays actually), fiddler rays, sawfish and bowmouth guitarfish! honestly it's so hard for me to narrow even those down because there are SO many i love.

as for bony fishes, i LOVE sturgeon of all kinds! they're so resilient and prehistoric-looking, and their scale can be so crazy. i also really like arowana for the same reason! i LOVE tuna - i don't eat them because they're top predators and some species (bluefin esp) are overfished. they're absolutely beautiful, the first time i saw a live one in person was at the monterey bay aquarium and i'm going back soon so i can't wait to see them again. they're so gorgeous and FAST and powerful.

i will also shoutout what is an all-time favourite kind of fish for me: salmon! i went a long time without eating them but recently went from vegetarian to pescatarian for health reasons, and because it's possible to make informed choices about salmon depending on their origin. supporting sustainable salmon fisheries can help indigenous communities, and several of the orca orgs i support are heavily involved in salmon habitat restoration to that effect. but other than that, salmon are so fascinating to me for the journeys they take throughout their lives, and how tightly bound they are to the health of the ecosystem around them. it's why when i got my first orca tattoo i designed it to include salmon as well! they are forever linked 💙