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The Hat You Didn’t Even Know You Needed.

I now know what all the Deeplings are getting for Christmas…. This might be the best thing I have ever seen on Etsy.

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Car-sized ball of squid eggs filmed off the coast of Turkey

RR Helm July 24, 2015

Oh July 9th, 2015 a group of lucky divers happened upon something truly remarkable–A 4-meter-wide clear sphere floating off the coast of a small town in Turkey.…

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OMG Its A Monster From the Deep…Or It’s A Colossal Squid

Dr. M July 23, 2015 Architeuthis Colossal Squid Giant Squid Mesonychoteuthis Russia toothfish

A Russian trawler for Patagonian Toothfish, probably in the Antarctic Seas, caught video of a Colossal Squid. The squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, was feeding on one of longlined…

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This squid won’t stop staring at you

Dr. Martini July 17, 2015 cockatoo squid glass squid MBARI snooki taonius

Stop it. Stop staring at me Taonius sp. All the other squids that MBARI featured during Cephalopod week are either cute, athletic, or named after…

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The real Alien vs. Predator is occurring right now in Antarctic waters

Dr. M June 25, 2015 alien beak Colossal Squid Predation predator stomach Tentacle toothfish

In the freezing and dark waters of the Antarctic, two marine species are pitted against each other in a battle of survival. Each of the…

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Six reasons the blanket octopus is my new favorite cephalopod

RR Helm May 30, 2015

When I first saw a picture of the blanket octopus I did a double take. I’d never heard of a blanket octopus before, which is surprising given…

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Malacology Monthly: Cephalopod Compendium

Douglas Long May 6, 2015 Argonauta Cephalopod Crusty nautilus Cuttlebone cuttlefish evolution Nautilus Octopus paper nautilus psittacine dietary calcium supplement ram's Horn Squid Spirula squid tentacles

Even if you don’t care much for marine invertebrates, you gotta love Cephalopods. Squid, octopus, nautilus, cuttlefish, they have the stylish panache and quirky evolutionary…

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Which way does an octopus crawl? Anyway it wants.

Dr. Martini April 17, 2015 locomotion Octopus

Let’s face it, octopuses are just going to be our cephalopod overlords. They have 8 arms, 3 hearts, Moms eat their own babies so the others…

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Super Colossal

Douglas Long April 8, 2015 Antarctica Colossal Squid deep sea Mesonychoteuthis New Zealand sperm whale squid Te Papa

Twelve years ago this month, a super squid was captured. On April 1, 2003, a massive squid was pulled up from the sub-antarctic waters south…

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The Id of the Squid

Dr. M March 29, 2015 ink poetry rhyme sex squid Tentacle

Does the squid consider with only revulsion The prospect of sex under jet propulsion? Or does he think it all slightly spectacular, This flying embrace…

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