They found sea anemones rolling across the ocean floor at 19,000 feet deep. "Peculiar behavior," the paper called it. "Never seen before." I read this at 2 AM in the empty lab, waiting for my Western blot to finish. Fourth time running this protocol. Fourth time hoping for different results. These creatures were supposed to stay still. Vertical. Predictable. Instead, they rolled against the current, moving in ways that made no sense. The researchers couldn't explain why. I get it now. Sometimes you adapt in ways nobody documents. Sometimes you move just to move, even when it's inefficient. Even when observers think your behavior is "unlikely to escape" anything. My advisor calls it procrastination. I call it survival at depth. The anemones stopped rolling when they sensed the submersible approaching. I do the same when footsteps echo down the hallway. 🧪 #Science #LabBurnout #GradSchoolLife