This is the second song in my brand new series Deep Sea Ditties. Wait! How can it be the second if the series is new??…
View More Deep Sea Ditties #2: Giant Squid BreakdownCategory: Cephalopods
Echinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It Up
Snail over at A Snail’s Eye View, one of the best blogs on the triple -W, casts a firm vote for the Mollusks. Snail reminds…
View More Echinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It UpEchinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It Up
Snail over at A Snail’s Eye View, one of the best blogs on the triple -W, casts a firm vote for the Mollusks. Snail reminds…
View More Echinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It UpOn Clearing Up The Matter That Mollusks Are Better Than Echinoderms
Sheril over at The Intersection seems to be confused about what the coolest invertebrate is. She goes so far as to call out PZ about…
View More On Clearing Up The Matter That Mollusks Are Better Than EchinodermsTGIF: Octopus Hatching
The deep-sea octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus, hatching. Dr. James Wood discusses the biology and ecology of the species here.
View More TGIF: Octopus HatchingFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate Octopus
Credit to NOC and Deepscape.org: Coarse rocky ground with cirrate octopus (Cephalopod) above the seabed taken at 1126m in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Others great images…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Cirrate OctopusOn How I Was Attacked By A Kracken On My Way Home
Obviously, U-Haul has chosen a business model that will center on my future rentals. Then I stared the great beast in the eye You can…
View More On How I Was Attacked By A Kracken On My Way HomeCephalopod Freak Show
Unfortunately, Zoologix beat us to the story of Henry the Hexapus. Henry, caught in a lobster pot off north Whales, is the first reported six-legged…
View More Cephalopod Freak ShowLimpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common Sense
This is a tale of how a singular event can lead to two simultaneous outcomes, one absurd and one enlightening. Recently, I’ve needed to have…
View More Limpets and Octopods, Civilization, Health Insurance, and the Loss of Common SenseSteampunk Deep-Sea Creatures (and other animals)
Via Dark Roasted Blend… French city of Nantes recently became host to extremely strange and fascinating sculptural display: “Les Machines de l’Ile Nantes”, designed by…
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