A guest post from Katie Thomas, a graduate student at Duke University researching the evolution of bioluminescence in squids. (@katiethomas10)
For those of us who love the spineless weirdoes of the ocean, it can get old always hearing about the dolphins and the whales, the sharks and the fish and the turtles that everyone loves so much (and that have a disproportionate representation in our culture: just think of all that Lisa Frank swag from the nineties).
Fellow invert nerds, please enjoy these gifs of invertebrates punching vertebrates in the face.
1. Giant isopod vs. shark
2. Sand Striker vs. fish
3. Giant Pacific octopus vs. shark
4. Mantis shrimp vs. fish
5. Sea stars and nemerteans vs. seal
6. Octopus vs. cat
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