ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: Packing up some loan specimens and paused to admire the hefty suckers on this Todarodes. I prefer my tentacle clubs with hooks but if you're stuck

ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: Did a fun online 'Ask a squidologist' session for @Te_Papa today as they launched their wonderful new kids' book, Whiti - Colossal Squid of the Deep

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ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: Day 4: DAMN RIGHT I AM Ahem. Have discovered some written chronicles (disappointingly prone to water damage) and a small seal-like creature with fur and vibrissae

Can an octopus harden its tentacles? If the answer is yes, how much can it harden them? Can this skill serve as armor or what could it help you with if it

ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: It's the first day of #SQUIDTEMBER! We <3 <3 <3 giant squid stuff, but the micro level is also amazing! Stay tuned for our favourite scanning

ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) (@ALCESonline) / X

ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: Packing up some loan specimens and paused to admire the hefty suckers on this Todarodes. I prefer my tentacle clubs with hooks but if you're stuck

ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: @cefafalopodo @jeffday @Slyp9GD8aabtzMD @BC_Taxonomist In the meantime here's a quick roundup of 'stalked eye' cranchiid paralarvae from Voss (1980): note that most of these

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ALCES (AUT Squid Squad) on X: Got to love cephalopods. To illustrate size difference in biggest and smallest (several orders of magnitude), here's one of the tiniest--bobtail or dumpling squid snuggled up

Squid suckers – Octopus and squid – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Colossal squid tentacles – Octopus and squid – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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