From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce
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By , on January 30th, 2011 5 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Cephalopods!   , , , , , , ,  

In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing (inspiring awe or admiration or wonder) “New York is an amazing city”; “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”; “the awesome complexity of the universe”; “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce

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Leaping Squid
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By , on November 26th, 2010 One comment   Adaptations, Cephalopods!, Uncategorized   , , , , , , ,  

At bookofjoe there is a nice write up about squid flying out of water. The 2004 paper’s authors argue that “gliding” is too passive a term to describe what squid do when they leave the ocean for the air: “flight” is more fitting. “From our observations it seemed like squid engage in behaviors to prolong . . . → Read More: Leaping Squid

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The Evolution of Iron-Clad Samurai Snails With Gold Feet
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By , on January 21st, 2010 6 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

With an illustration this cool you know it has to be good science Behold the Samuel Jackson of snails, i.e. one bad mother It is told in the Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai At the time of the attack on the castle at Shimabara, Tazaki Geki was wearing very resplendent armor.  Lord Katsuhige was . . . → Read More: The Evolution of Iron-Clad Samurai Snails With Gold Feet

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