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What's your festive ocean personality?

1 Dec 2025

2 minute read

From the roast potato loving dolphin to the festive stress head puffer fish, find out which ocean personality sums you up this December with our highly scientific summary of how we think different marine creatures would react to Christmas.

Blenny

Mood: IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAAS!

Festive traits: Sleeps 1.3 hours on Christmas Eve, still the most energetic all day. Wakes everyone else up at 6am because it's time for stockings.

Variable Blenny - Cathy Lewis

Credit: Cathy Lewis

Octopus

Mood: Highly organised

Festive traits: Has a detailed breakdown of every hour from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. One arm opening presents, another holding out the bin bag, another pouring the third round of Buck’s Fizz.

Curled Octopus - Billy Arthur

Credit: Billy Arthur

Christmas tree worm

Mood: Bring it on

Festive traits: Christmas tree has been up since 1st September, possibly never even took down the lights from last year. Has a whole cupboard dedicated wholly to Christmas decorations.

Christmas tree worm

Credit: Shutterstock | timsimages.uk

Humbug damselfish

Mood: Bah! Humbug!

Festive traits: It’s cold. It's wet. It’s dark. Everyone is too jolly. Doesn’t even like Christmas food. Mince pies? Bleugh.

Humbug Damselfish

Credit: Shutterstock | Laura Dts

Candy cane shrimp

Mood: Food, food, food

Festive traits: Presents? Quality time with friends and family? Nah – it's all about the chocolate. And the cake. And the sweets. And the puddings. And the double cream poured all over everything.

Candy cane shrimp - Shutterstock

Credit: Shutterstock | Pavaphon Supanantananont

Sea turtle

Mood: Chill

Festive traits: Strong believer that Christmas Eve is actually the best day to buy everyone’s presents. It’s only the beginning of December, there’s weeks left. Getting presents in the new year just extends the celebrations!

Turtle - Shutterstock

Credit: Shutterstock | Tetsuo Arada

Blue tang

Mood: Meh

Festive traits: None. Sure, Christmas is great, but have you heard of... all-inclusive resorts? What’s the point of all these Bank Holidays if it’s 3 degrees and raining?

Blue tang

Credit: Shutterstock | Barbara Ash

Puffer fish

Mood: Stress head

Festive traits: Festive cheer? More like Festive fear. What if the yorkshire puddings burn? What if the Celebrations run out? What if pieces are missing from the Cluedo box?

Puffer fish

Credit: Shutterstock | FtLaud

Sea otter

Mood: Smug

Festive traits: Started a Christmas present list in the in January. Has been hiding presents in its pouch for months.

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Credit: Marcelorpc/Shutterstock

Puffin

Mood: Wholesome

Festive traits: Christmas is all about reuniting with friends and family. Board games! Charades! Boxing Day walk! Pulling Christmas crackers together! Catching up on all the year’s gossip!

Puffin - Shutterstock

Credit: Shutterstock | Bjorn H Stuedal

Dolphin

Mood: Roasties

Festive traits: Multiple stomachs = multiple rounds of roast potatoes. Has been training for Christmas dinner with weekly Sunday roasts.

Dolphin - Shutterstock

Credit: Shutterstock | Tropicalens

Hermit crab

Mood: Hibernation mode = activated

Festive traits: Nope. It’s too much. Too much pressure. Too many fish. Everywhere is too busy. Hiding at home until it’s all over.

Hermit Crab - Georgie Bull

Credit: Georgie Bull

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