Octopuses are generally loners. Squids often form schools. But cuttlefish (or seacuttles if you will)…they outright just don’t get along with one another. In the…
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Category: Cephalopods
Squid 1, Shark 0
In the South Pacific, hovering over the peaks of seamounts at depths more than one kilometer deep swims a squid. This dark red squid, Idioteuthis…
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What’s this viral video mystery blob? (hint: it’s not a pyrosome)
Hi lovely internet. I’ve noticed lots of folks getting really excited about a new video going viral. Many are calling this giant strange worm a pyrosome. Now,…
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Giant Squid Spotted on the Streets of Baltimore
The advantage of being a marine biologist is that EPIC things pass by my desk quite often. Sure my salary is low and the hours long but…
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A Research Cruise in 12 Animated Gifs
Hey everyone I went out on a research cruise in the Bering Sea! We threw a lot of expensive shit in the ocean. Starting with this…
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This is a sea glider. And an unusually filthy one at that… Seagliders spend their time flying up and down between the sea surface and…
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This vampire’s surprising secret
Vampire squid–with cloudy blue eyes, a blood red body, and barbed arms– may be the deep sea’s most frightening creature, but according to a new…
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An Oceanic Ode
This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass. Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…
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Pygmy Squids Females Favor Small Males and Fast Copulation
Females of some species in the wild may not be able to prevent unwanted sex with males. In many crustaceans, males forcibly mate with females…
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Squid Rocket Science
Squids not only swim, they also fly*. In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…
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