Jacob Colvin

You Need to Check This Out‼️😱 This looks like regular wood… but it is actually millions of years old. What I found on the Oregon coast is petrified wood with prehistoric animal evidence inside it. You can still see the original wood grain, and those rounded wormhole shapes are not random damage. They were drilled by ancient marine clams similar to shipworms. When this wood was floating or submerged in the ocean during the Miocene epoch around 15 to 20 million years ago, those clams bored into it and lived inside. Later, the wood was buried in marine sediment. Over time, minerals like silica moved in and replaced the original organic material. The tunnels filled in too, turning everything into solid stone. What you are looking at are mineral casts of ancient boring tunnels. These are trace fossils showing real prehistoric animal behavior preserved in rock. It feels like stone because it is stone. It just used to be a tree. This single piece records a forest, an ocean, marine life, and millions of years of change on the Oregon coast. #learning #science #education #nature #fossils

You Need to Check This Out‼️😱 On the Oregon coast, there’s a full housing market happening inside the tidepools. Hermit crabs don’t grow their own shells. Their back half is soft and totally unprotected, so they rely on empty snail shells for survival. As they grow, they have to upgrade. But the shell has to be the perfect size. Too small and they can’t tuck in fully. Too big and they drag extra weight, move slower, and become easy prey. Here’s the crazy part… when a new empty shell shows up, multiple hermit crabs will gather and line up by size. The biggest crab takes the new shell first. The next biggest moves into the shell it left behind. Then the next one upgrades. It’s a rapid shell-swapping chain reaction that can happen in seconds. If shells are scarce, they’ll even fight and try to pull each other out. Shocking fact… without a shell, a hermit crab can die quickly from predators or drying out during low tide. That “little shell” is literally life support. Next time you see a moving shell in an Oregon tidepool, you’re watching a real estate battle in real time. #Nature #Animals #learning #education

How To Find Sea Animals Easy‼️😱 If you’ve ever flipped over a rock in an Oregon tidepool and seen a small green or purple crab sprint sideways at full speed… that’s likely a common shore crab. Common shore crabs live in the rocky intertidal zone, which means they survive daily extremes. Twice a day they’re underwater with waves crashing over them. Then the tide drops and they’re exposed to air, temperature swings, and hungry gulls. They hide under rocks to trap moisture and avoid drying out. They’re opportunistic feeders. Algae, small snails, dead fish, tiny invertebrates… if it fits in their claws, it’s fair game. Their strong pincers let them crack shells and defend themselves, and they can even regrow a lost claw after molting. Shocking fact… these crabs can tolerate huge changes in salinity. When heavy rain floods tidepools with freshwater, many animals struggle, but shore crabs can adjust and survive. So next time you’re tidepooling on the Oregon coast, flip a rock carefully and look close. That quick sideways blur is one of the toughest little survivors in the intertidal zone. #Nature #Animals

You Need to Check This Out‼️😱 On the Oregon coast, there’s a full housing market happening inside the tidepools. Hermit crabs don’t grow their own shells. Their back half is soft and totally unprotected, so they rely on empty snail shells for survival. As they grow, they have to upgrade. But the shell has to be the perfect size. Too small and they can’t tuck in fully. Too big and they drag extra weight, move slower, and become easy prey. Here’s the crazy part… when a new empty shell shows up, multiple hermit crabs will gather and line up by size. The biggest crab takes the new shell first. The next biggest moves into the shell it left behind. Then the next one upgrades. It’s a rapid shell-swapping chain reaction that can happen in seconds. If shells are scarce, they’ll even fight and try to pull each other out. Shocking fact… without a shell, a hermit crab can die quickly from predators or drying out during low tide. That “little shell” is literally life support. Next time you see a moving shell in an Oregon tidepool, you’re watching a real estate battle in real time. #Nature #Animals #learning #education

Did You Know the Oregon coast used to be completely underwater ‼️😱 Not kind of underwater. Completely. 15 to 20 million years ago during the Miocene, Newport and the surrounding coast were sitting beneath a warm, shallow sea. The Nye Mudstone and Astoria Formation are the actual ocean floor from that time. The Nye Mudstone formed in deeper, calmer water. That is where we find whale bones, fish, and deep marine fossils. The Astoria Formation formed in shallower water and is packed with clams, crabs, sharks, rays, and marine mammals. And here’s the crazy part… we have found fossil whales out here with shark bite marks still on the bones. That means giant sharks were actively feeding in this same ocean basin. There were early dolphins, massive seabirds, ancient whales, and entire marine ecosystems where Newport is today. No coastal towns. No cliffs like we see now. Just ocean stretching across what is now land. Every time you pick up a fossil shell out here, you are holding proof that Oregon was once a tropical marine sea. That is not theory. That is rock record. #nature #travel #animals #learning #education

Help Me Figure Out What This is! 😱 #animals #nature #education #learning

How Old Is The Earth… Really? 🌍 This debate has been going on for centuries. Science says the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, based on radiometric dating of rocks, meteorites, and fossils. These methods measure how fast elements decay and give us a timeline that stretches back billions of years. Some religious perspectives interpret sacred texts to suggest the Earth is much younger, sometimes only thousands of years old. For many people, faith shapes how they view the origins of life, time, and the universe. So where does that leave us? Science focuses on evidence you can test and measure. Religion often focuses on meaning, purpose, and belief. Both try to answer the biggest question: Where did we come from and why are we here? The real question isn’t just “who’s right”… It’s how do you interpret the evidence and the texts? I want to hear YOUR take. Old Earth? Young Earth? Somewhere in between? Drop your reasoning below and let’s debate respectfully. #learning #education #science #nature

3 CRAZY Animals You Can Find At The BEACH ‼️😱 SEA ANEMONES might look simple, but they’re active predators. Their tentacles are covered in stinging cells that fire instantly to capture small fish, crabs, and anything that drifts too close. Some can clone themselves and stay in the same spot for decades. NUDIBRANCHS are slow-moving sea slugs with extreme defenses. Many absorb toxins from the animals they eat and store those chemicals in their own bodies. Their bright colors warn predators that they are not safe to eat. GUMBOOT CHITONS are massive intertidal mollusks that can live more than 40 years. They cling tightly to rocks in heavy surf and feed using rows of hardened teeth reinforced with magnetite, one of the strongest biominerals found in nature. Look closer next time you’re at the beach. There’s a lot more living here than you think. #learning #education #science #nature #animals

You Have to See This‼️😱 About 15 to 20 million years ago during the Miocene epoch, the Oregon coast looked completely different. Warm shallow seas covered much of what is now Newport, Yaquina Bay, and the surrounding coastline, and they were packed with life. Giant prehistoric sharks cruised the waters, early whales and dolphins thrived offshore, and the seafloor was covered in scallops, clams, sand dollars, and snails that fossilized into the rocks we walk on today. Even massive marine mammals related to sea cows once grazed in these coastal waters. Here’s the wild part. Many of the fossils you find on Oregon beaches right now are from those exact Miocene seas. You’re literally walking across an ancient ocean floor filled with creatures that lived millions of years before humans ever existed. #learning #education #nature #science

You Have to See This‼️😱 The Oregon coast is one of the best places in the U.S. to find real fossils, agates, and ancient rocks. Fossilized clams, scallops, snails, and even whale bones can be found in coastal formations like the Astoria Formation and Nye Mudstone, dating back 15–30+ million years. Agates form inside volcanic rock when mineral-rich water fills gas bubbles and slowly crystallizes, which is why they often wash up after strong winter surf. Jasper, chert, petrified wood, and fossilized shells are common finds along many Oregon beaches. Many of these formed in ancient ocean environments and were pushed onto land as the coastline changed over millions of years. #learning #education #science #nature

Took my girlfriend surfing and it didn’t end well… 😭 #surfer #surfing #surf

You Will Not Believe What Catfish Can Do ‼️😱 Most people think catfish are just slow bottom feeders, but some can generate electric shocks, breathe air, walk across land, and taste food with their entire bodies. Certain species grow over six feet long, carry venomous spines, and can survive in water so polluted most fish would die instantly. These fish aren’t just weird looking… they’re some of the toughest and most advanced survivors in the animal world. #learning #education #nature #animals

You’re Looking at one of the fastest-growing living things on Earth… and most people walk right past it without realizing. 😱 Bull kelp can grow up to 18–24 inches in a single day, stretching from the ocean floor all the way to the surface in just a few months. It starts as a microscopic spore you’d need a microscope to see, then transforms into a massive underwater tower over 60–100 feet long in one season. Every summer these giant kelp forests explode with life, creating entire underwater cities for fish, crabs, sea stars, and more. Then winter storms usually rip them away and the whole cycle starts over again from millions of new spores. So that giant kelp you see floating offshore? It might only be a few months old… but it’s already built an entire ecosystem. #learning #education #marinebiology #nature

These Are MILLIONS on Years Old‼️😱 Most people walking the Oregon coast have no idea they’re stepping over two completely different ancient worlds. The Astoria Formation is packed with marine fossils from about 15 million years ago when warm shallow seas covered this coast, leaving behind shells, sand dollars, and sea life that look almost modern. Just beneath or beside it in some areas is the much older Nye Mudstone, formed over 30 million years ago in deeper, colder ocean conditions and loaded with darker, more compressed fossils like clams, snails, and even ancient whale remains. The crazy part is you can sometimes walk a few hundred feet and literally jump millions of years back in time between these formations. That means one beach can hold fossils from completely different prehistoric oceans layered side by side. #nature #animals #fossils #learning #education

Extremely Satiafying Sea Animal Compilation! 🦐 Along the Oregon coast, invasive parasites are literally hijacking mud shrimp. A non-native isopod latches inside their gill chamber, stealing nutrients and slowly weakening the shrimp population that many other animals depend on. At the same time, massive Pacific skate egg cases wash up on our beaches looking like leathery alien pouches, each one protecting a developing skate that can take years to hatch. Then there’s the Pacific sea nettle jellyfish, drifting with long stinging tentacles built to paralyze prey in seconds. And tucked into the rocks, green sea anemones wait like living traps, using venomous tentacles to snap shut on anything that gets too close. The beach isn’t just beautiful… it’s a constant survival battle happening in plain sight. #l#learnings#scienceeducation