In the video above taken in False Bay, South Africa, a octopus simultaneously holds a shark at bay with one arm while simultaneously wrestling three…
View More Octopus Steals Food and Casually Wrestles SharkCategory: Cephalopods
Giant Pacific Octopus!
The largest octopus is the Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini. According to data from a 1987 Masters Thesis from J.A. Cosgrove, the Pacific Giant Ocotopus can…
View More Giant Pacific Octopus!Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear Seamount
I’m delighted to present this guest post from Dr. Michelle Staudinger, a post-doc at the University of Missouri Columbia and stationed at the National Climate Change…
View More Guest post: The stunning deep-water biodiversity of the Bear SeamountMy Marine Biology Bucket List
You might remember Al’s post on his Marine Biology Bucket List. There are so many amazing aquatic species out there, it’s practically impossible for…
View More My Marine Biology Bucket ListInsane In the Chromatophores
Two of my favorite things, Cypress Hill and Squids, together at last. During experiments on the axons of the Woods Hole squid (Loligo pealei), we…
View More Insane In the ChromatophoresFearsome spiked tentacles of a deep-sea squid
You never know what may be sitting on a table in the Scripps Collections. Last time, I wandered by the Benthic Invertebrates Collection, there was…
View More Fearsome spiked tentacles of a deep-sea squidCoordinated Hunting in Red Devils
With just reason Humboldt or Jumbo Squid are called Diablo Rojo. The skin of Dosidicus gigas is blood red but can change to bone white.…
View More Coordinated Hunting in Red DevilsTGIF: One does not simply walk into the lower intertidal
The always epic Alex Warneke (a.k.a. A-Pain) made us a little nerd-gift based on the gull-vs-octopus battle. Happy Friday!
View More TGIF: One does not simply walk into the lower intertidalPuny Seagull vs. Badass Octopus
I just HAD to post this on DSN in case y’all missed Miriam’s links on Twitter. If you’re still on the fence in the vertebrates…
View More Puny Seagull vs. Badass OctopusTGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer
This week the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer has been dropping its ROV Little Hercules onto various features in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including an…
View More TGIF – Pretty pictures from Okeanos Explorer