Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation
Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation avatar

By Eric Schwaner via DeviantArt Warning: This post is rated PG-13 and is safe for work, but contains links to NSFW adult-only content. Click at your own risk. Most marine scientists remain blissfully unaware of the existence of tentacle-themed pornography, which originated from Japan. The paths of people who work with real life tentacle-creatures and . . . → Read More: Interview: New anthology of tentacle porn reaches for marine conservation

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TGIF – The Flamboyant Cuttlefish
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This cuttlefish looks like how I feel, cos, like, it’s FRIDAY!   This cuttlefish looks like how I feel, cos, like, it’s FRIDAY!  

Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?
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My colleagues Dr. Bruce Carlson – recently retired – and Marj Awai were the first folks to successfully collect chambered nautilus for display in public aquariums and then breed them.  Bruce has now put together a short video documenting that project over its nearly 20 year history.  As I watched it, I couldnt help but . . . → Read More: Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?

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In nomeni patri, et fili, et spiritus octi
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Via the most excellent SMBC which you should add to your feed reader ASAP Via the most excellent SMBC which you should add to your feed reader ASAP

TGIF: Do you want this octopus to have fewer legs?
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Via GRP and Robot Nine Via GRP and Robot Nine

The many personalities of snails and anemones
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures-F. Scott Fitzgerald  Quirky, sheepish, fun-loving, lethargic, energetic, aloof, courageous, sensitive You might invoke these words to describe your friends and family.  Indeed, you recognize them all by their distinctive personalities.  You may even use these terms to describe your beloved dog or cat.  But it is hard . . . → Read More: The many personalities of snails and anemones

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Tentacle Candlestick Holder
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Just ordered a set of these for the banquet table at DSN headquarters.   Just ordered a set of these for the banquet table at DSN headquarters.  

KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!
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Click to purchase on Amazon! Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid By Wendy Williams Abrams Publishing, 224 pages Reviewed by David Manly for Deep Sea News: When you look at the huge diversity of life on this planet, there are wondrous sites to behold. There are trees that grow until they . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!

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Cephalopod on Cephalopod Crime
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New work in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society indicates that ammonites were likely preyed upon beaked squids.  The Chamouth Mudstone Formation on the British Coast is famous for its ammonite fauna from 183-195 million years ago.  Twenty percent of the ammonites were found to have damage toward the rear of shell.  This spot . . . → Read More: Cephalopod on Cephalopod Crime

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New squid found in Indian Ocean
New squid found in Indian Ocean avatar

A new species of squid, 0.7 meteres (2.3ft) in length was discovered among the 7,000 samples from taken from seamounts in the southern Indian Ocean. The newly discovered squid is from the chiroteuthids characterized by long slender bodies and fantastic bioluminescence displays. . Via New large squid found in southern Indian Ocean and additional pictures from the . . . → Read More: New squid found in Indian Ocean

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