This guy is just so damn cute. There has to be a song or something about Tisbe. Oh Tisbe, Tisbe, Busy Tisbe; What is it you do all day long? Do you shoot about? Do you scream and shout? Why are you oh so yellow on the inside? Are you the envy of all those small? Do you swim out at night above them all? Tisbe, Tisbe, Busy Tisbe....
Tisbe
Real Tisbe
This is a photograph of the copepod, Tisbe, a common inhabitant of eelgrass beds in the estuaries of the Pacific Northwest. This photo was taken by Jeff Cordell, Principal Research Biologist with the Wetland Ecosystem Team, and is used with his permission.