If I were going to get a tattoo of anything, it would be a bull kelp. Bull kelp create massive underwater forests that provide important habitat for sea creatures. Their bottoms anchor to rocks so their tops—gas-filled balloons adorned with long, flowing “blades”—can reach toward the light and move with the currents and tides. The bottom’s twisted roots are called a “holdfast”. I’m not a diver so I’ve never seen them underwater, but they’re often washed up and look like small versions of the massive root system of a storm-toppled tree.
Haha, love this!