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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By Archie Teuthis, on  June 1st, 2011  Leave a comment  Adaptations, Cephalopods, Reviews  Book Review, Cephalopod, cuttlefish, David Manly, Giant Squid, Kraken, Kraken Day, Octopus, squid, Wendy Williams By Dr. M, on December 1st, 2010 2 comments Cephalopods, Ecology, Evolution, Paleobiology ammonite, Cephalopod, fossil, Predation, predator 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
By Dr. M, on November 15th, 2010 One comment Cephalopods, Expeditions, New Research, Seamount Cephalopod, Indian Ocean, Seamount, squid 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 . . . → Read More: New squid found in Indian Ocean
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 7th, 2010 Leave a comment Cephalopods Cephalopod, Germans, Octopus, Paul the Octopus, Soccer Hat tip to the Bitter End blog. By Dr. M, on September 6th, 2010 2 comments Adaptations, Cephalopods, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, Organisms acoustic, adaptation, Cephalopod, ear, echinoderms, evolution, Gastropod, Geerat Vermeij, Mollusc, Morphology, Predation, RB Editor's Selection, reprodcution, sensory, shell, Sound Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods? Why can’t my dog make a decent cocktail? These are the kinds of questions that intrigue me. Apparently I am not alone. Geerat Vermeij’s new paper “Sound reasons for silence: . . . → Read More: If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?
By Dr Bik, on July 17th, 2010 10 comments Cephalopods, Weird Cephalopod, Octopus, Paul, Statistics, World Cup I have to post about this so that I can get it out of my system. Has anyone else been obsessed with “Paul the psychic octopus”? It’s the only reason I paid any attention to the World Cup hoopla (no offence to the football/soccer fans). I don’t think I watched any actual games during these . . . → Read More: Paul the Psychic Octopus
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 26th, 2010 6 comments Cephalopods, Reviews Anatomy, beak, Books, British Antarctic Survey, Cephalopod, Southern Ocean, taxonomy Due to popular demand and a limited run the authors of the Cephalopod Beak Guide for the Southern Ocean have their book freely available for download on the internet! The guide is published by the British Antarctic Survey and is available is 10mb low-res download and well as a 55mb hi-res download. As the only . . . → Read More: The Cephalopod Beak Guide Contest
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 27th, 2009 One comment Art, Cephalopods Cephalopod, Deviant Art, Octopus Squidy by ~ced66 on deviantART Hat tip to @sevenbullsboy on Twitter. By Kevin Zelnio, on November 8th, 2009 4 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Scientist! Cephalopod, Contest, Danna Staaf, Squid a Day One of our favorite Cephaloploggers and a frequent commenter here on DSN made the final cut for a science writing contest on ScientificBlogging.com! Go read Danna’s essay “Squid says: Whats for dinner? Probably not you” right now and click on the vote icon in the upper right corner of the post. You can vote once . . . → Read More: Help Our Squidly Brethren
By Dr. M, on November 2nd, 2009 2 comments Cephalopods, Mating & Reproduction Cephalopod, fitness, Graneledone, hectocotylus, microsattellite, Octopus, Paternity, R Kelley, Reproduction, Same Girl, sperm, Usher Greneledone boreopacifica….Are you my daddy? Image from wikimedia commons Yo Ush, What up Kels Wanna introduce you to this girl, think I really love this girl, Yeah? Man she so fine, Straight up dawg? She stand about 5’4” coke cola red bone, Damn She drives a black Durango license plate say “Angel” tattoo on her . . . → Read More: Same Girl
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