What if you were walking down the street and smelled a delicious waffle cone of ice cream to your left, but before your brain decided to investigate the smell, you were already reaching out for one? What if your left hand had its own small brain that could make decisions entirely on its own unless…
Living in the great unknown depths of the oceans happens to be a school bus-sized gelatinous creature with long suckered arms, eyes as big as cantaloupes, and a beak that could fit in the palm of your hand. Who is it? Your friendly neighborhood giant squid, of course! I’m talking about the largest invertebrate in…
Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring our ‘Artist Spotlight’ of the week: Oleg Turkovskiy. Using heat and his own two hands, Oleg has been able to create create a beautiful octopus sculpture! Can you guess what it’s made of? If you said metal, then you are right! Let’s take a…
Do the words incirrate vs. cirrate mean anything to you? Or maybe “regular” octos and “finned” octos? Well, they’re about to. Those are two suborders of octopuses, and we are going to get into what makes each group special! Read on to discover which octopus belongs where. Do kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species…
Howdy Nation! In today’s post, we are going to be featuring some of our favorite cephalotography by underwater diver: Carlo Cogliati. Carlo is a marine biologist and owner of the iDive Diving Center out in the Red Sea. Besides training underwater divers, he is very passionate about photographing sea creatures, specifically cephalopods! Meet Carlo Cogliati!…
🚨 New octopus research alert from marine scientist Meghan Holst and her team, who discovered and finally got an answer to the question: When do senescent (end of life) octopuses feel pain? This post reviews what happens when octopuses get older, delving into the senescence process, and most importantly, what implications this has for octopus…
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