(9/10) Poseidon’s Squid was found in the stomach of a sperm whale.
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A European Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) exhibiting the "disruptive" pattern. It is sitting on some black pebbles that are about as big as the cuttlefish. There a some light brown pebbles to the side. The cuttlefish is facing away from the camera. The cuttlefish is showing a pattern that contains white square in the middle of its mantle. The rest of its skin is a mix of dark and light brown that looks like sand.
So cool to see a cuttlefish mimicking a pancake
🦑📷Chris Isaacs (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
Welcome to the grey hair club lol
Arm crown of baby brachioteuthis squid
Oh I don't have access to my regular BSKY account at the university... but enjoy the nightmare fuel of this 10 mm ML baby brachio
A bigfin squid (genus Magnapinna) swimming above the deep sea floor. Its head, mantle and upper arms look like a typical squid, but it has two massive fins that are much larger than its body, and its lower arms are long, thin tendrils that are several times the length of the rest of the squid. Its lower arms look like strings dragging behind. The squid is a pale beige with white lower arms and slightly translucent fins. The seafloor is a mix of sediment and sediment covered rocks.
Bigfin squids (genus Magnapinna) have a reputation for being eldritch looking creatures, but that's mostly from some low res footage where they are just floating with their arms dangling.
When you get see them swimming, they look like a regular squid shaped squid, if you ignore their noodley arms.
Sarah holds up a biology is bigger than binaries shirt, which has those words in bold white text on a black t shirt with a white lily, honeybee, and clownfish
Tomorrow IRL markets in Philly start, which means a bunch of squid facts shop items will sell out!
We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great!
Once they're gone that's it.
Get 'em now:
SquidFacts.net
We do! Tsunemi Kubodera got some footage and photos of a giant in its natural habitat back in I want to say 2004.
Humboldt squid can be quite aggressive, but the chances of being attacked by them are minimal... giant squids and colossal squids even less so :)
Absolutely beautiful first ever footage of Batoteuthis sp. from @schmidtocean.bsky.social ! Well done on this finding, truly a beautiful and very rare specimen!
www.youtube.com/watch?si=WQN...
I think Onychoteuthid, but I am actually not too sure... me and Jeff were stumped on this one.
Live Brachioteuthis tentacle off the coast of Chile
Brachioteuthis tentacle
Fullbody Brachioteuthis
Brachioteuthis photo off the coast of Chile, with nice club picture
It's always a good feeling when you believe that you have solved a mystery that's been bugging you for a long time haha. Whatever this club belongs to (from the dead individual) is likely the same as the live one seen back in 2024! Believe it to be "B. riisei" but we shall see :)
Todd just does not want to give me Elder Scrolls 6... disappointed in you Todd!!
White graphic of a giant pacific octopus against a foamy sea. Text bubble above their head that reads “join my discord!” Text below the bubble reads “a place for ceph lovers and aspiring teuthologists” link in bio (or in the text). Yellow sparkles adorn the sides
Trying to bring everyone together into one place so I feel like my community is more connected 🥺 so now I have a discord server just for followers of my art and content, and for any academic advice yall need
discord.gg/PKFbXxaFCU
I want to thank all ~170+ members of the Cephalopod Research Network for joining! It is such an honor having so many accomplished cephalopod scientists sharing their research, cephalopod imagery, and overall comradery with one another! Thank you from the bottom of my little squid heart!
Love
Austin
Maybe!
Yeah we have some friends in Jamaica so we are constantly in contact.
I know that this is typically strictly a cephalopod page, however, every so often there is something I have never seen before but have looked forward to seeing for the first time!
This Black and white Cone Snail!!
I am immediately switching from squids to studying this little handsome helpful man!
Probably not… but it could be. So many theories of what it is and what it’s doing!
We don’t think so… but it’s completely possible.
And also… yes why the hell does it have to look like that!!! Such an inappropriate squid species!!!
A slide showing 4 different squid, zooming in on their dick-arm, which each have what looks like little dicks coming off of them. Each is labeled with a different location and the mantle length. Nature is so beautiful.
Austin @brachioteuthis.bsky.social is talking about brachioteuthids (a type of deep sea 🦑 ).
He’s trying to figure out how we can more easily tell the difference between species.
He taught us about some …unique! suction cup morphology. Just on the males, on the hectocotylus, they have a…um. EPS.
Thank you so much Sarah!! We really hope that if not for my PhD… maybe a postdoc we can figure out their arm modifications!
Sarah holds up an eel Facts advent calendar in front of a bunch of blooming flowers. The calendar has 24 rectangles with a yellow circle in the middle with numbers and zigzags. There are 6 eels on it, including a yellow Moray, splendid garden eels 2 freshwater eels and a ribbon eel
Interrupting this Japan travel content to remind you to please buy an eel facts advent calendar or love notes from nature 2026 calendar or Biology is bigger than binaries shirt so I still have a job when I return to Philadelphia 😘
Eelfacts.net
I try to keep all of mine at the same scale.
We can be ill-prepared together haha.
Easily the best disaster film... although Day After Tomorrow is still better haha
The excursions for CIAC have been updated for Wednesday October 29th.
North Course - The Marine Science course - ¥22,400
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South Course - Historical Southern Okinawa - ¥25,400
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And somehow... they seem to be genetically close to Brachioteuthis despite sharing a whole... ZERO morphology with them LOL
Here is all the more detailed information regarding each individual workshop:
For any information regarding Workshop 2 you can reach out to @cefafalopodo.bsky.social