#cephalopod — Public Fediverse posts

New Family of Oceanic Squid Discovered After 70 Years in Storage https://spacedaily.com/t-sperm-whale-stomach-new-squid-family-mobydickia/ 🐋
#Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Squid #DeepSea #Cephalopod

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐙🚫 #Spain’s largest fisheries company shelved the world’s first industrial #octopus farm after years of controversy.

Marine biologists explain that octopus #larvae are fragile, feed costs exceed market value, and the #animals refuse sameness. Scientists and activists weigh the practical failures of #farming against the ethical question of whether this intelligent, solitary wild creature should be imprisoned in the #sea at all.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/13/environment-food-farming-intelligence-eating-octopus-ethics-sustainability

#marinebiology #biology #intelligence #sentience #ocean #wildlife #sustainability #conservation #science #nature #food #ethics #cephalopod

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦑🌊 About 15 years ago, Japanese researchers on a #research vessel photographed a shoal of roughly 100 neon flying #squid gliding in formation above the #Pacific #Ocean, about 600 km from #Tokyo.

The species uses a funnel-like organ called the hyponome to jet #water, propelling itself through both #air and #sea. Scientists remain unsure why the squid fly in unison, suggesting they may be evading a #predator like a #shark.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean

#marinebiology #marine #biology #cephalopod #animals #behavior #science #nature #invertebrates #wildlife #adaptation #aliens #neon

Day Octopus at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #octopus #cephalopod #monday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal #C2PA

It's been a while since I posted something for #FossilFriday !

This time I present Ordosoceras sphaeriforme from the #Ordovician of China, an actinoceratid #cephalopod with one of the strangest siphuncles I know. Compare this to modern #Nautilus !

Flamboyant Cuttlefish Embryos Developing Inside the Egg — Anilao

https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/06/05/flamboyant-cuttlefish-embryos-developing-inside-the-egg-anilao/

okay goblins. octopus monster. enjoy.

#goblinArt #art #noAI #digitalArt #illustration #fediArt #octopus #tentacles #cephalopod #monster #fantasy #fantasyCreature #fantasyArt #calendsArt

Breakthrough moment in octopus care: How Birch Aquarium helped baby red octopuses settle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEKXhfnV34Y #MarineBiology #Cephalopod

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Biological Wonders: From the 1,600 suckers of a Giant Pacific Octopus (each with up to 10,000 neurons) to the living X-ray that is the deep-sea Glass Octopus.

Drawing from the works of Peter Godfrey-Smith (Other Minds), Sy Montgomery (The Soul of an Octopus), and the #documentary My Octopus Teacher, we examine what these creatures can teach us about the very nature of thinking itself.

https://youtu.be/s0JgyHTNwxc

#octopus #mind #cephalopod #intelligence #evolution #protean #neurobiology

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The Octopus: Earth’s Living Alien Intelligence

While humanity looks toward the stars for signs of extraterrestrial life, we often overlook the profoundly "alien" minds already sharing our planet. This production explores the octopus—a creature so biologically and neurologically foreign that marine biologists and philosophers often describe it as an intelligence that might as well have dropped in from outer space.

https://youtu.be/s0JgyHTNwxc

#octopus #mind #cephalopod #intelligence #evolution

THE OCTOPUS AS AN ALIEN MIND
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What if a truly alien intelligence isn't light years away on an exoplanet, but is hovering over a coral reef right now?

Today, we dive into the bizarre, brilliant, and shape-shifting world of the octopus—an independent experiment in complex minds that evolved completely isolated from human history.

https://youtu.be/s0JgyHTNwxc

#octopus #mind #cephalopod #intelligence #evolution #protean #SETI #neurobiology

We spend billions of dollars building massive radio telescopes, pointing them at the cold, empty sky in a desperate search for a signal that we aren't alone in the universe. We are obsessed with finding an 'alien intelligence' built on an entirely different architectural blueprint than our own. But what if we’ve had the telescope pointed in the wrong direction this entire time?

https://youtu.be/s0JgyHTNwxc

#octopus #mind #cephalopod #intelligence #evolution #protean #SETI #neurobiology

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The Subjective Experience

Because the majority of its mind is distributed, the octopus challenges human concepts of a unified "self". Philosophical perspectives suggest their consciousness may not be a single conductor leading an orchestra, but rather a collaborative jazz band where the central brain improvises alongside its semi-independent arms.

https://youtu.be/ucQnsxjOTDA

#octopus
#cephalopod
#evolution
#neurobiology
#intelligence
#self

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Evolutionary Path

The transition to a complex mind was likely triggered by the loss of the ancestral shell, which created evolutionary pressure to manage a soft, vulnerable, and highly flexible "protean" body. This led to a feedback loop where a more complex body required a larger nervous system, which in turn enabled more sophisticated behaviors.

https://youtu.be/ucQnsxjOTDA

#octopus
#cephalopod
#evolution
#neurobiology
#intelligence

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Sensory Processing:

Every sucker on an arm contains up to 10,000 neurons dedicated to taste, touch, and smell, allowing the octopus to pull in massive amounts of data through movement.

Unique Anatomy:

The octopus possesses three hearts—two for pumping blood through the gills and one for the body—and blue, copper-based blood that functions efficiently in cold, low-oxygen water.

https://youtu.be/ucQnsxjOTDA

#octopus
#cephalopod
#evolution
#neurobiology
#intelligence

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Their intelligence is defined by a decentralized, distributed nervous system where nearly two-thirds of their 500 million neurons are located in their arms rather than a central brain.

Biological Foundations
Decentralized Intelligence: Each arm acts as a semi-independent processor with its own local sensors, capable of performing complex movements like reaching and grasping even if severed.

https://youtu.be/ucQnsxjOTDA

#octopus
#cephalopod
#evolution
#neurobiology
#intelligence

AN ALIEN INTELLIGENCE

This 6-minute quick look video explores the unique neurobiology and evolutionary history of the octopus, an animal often described as a real-world "intelligent alien". Unlike vertebrates, octopuses represent an independent experiment in the evolution of complex minds, having diverged from the common ancestor shared with humans approximately 600 million years ago.

https://youtu.be/ucQnsxjOTDA

#octopus
#cephalopod
#evolution
#neurobiology
#intelligence

🐙🛡️ Regenerating a lost limb takes several months which is a significant portion of an #octopus's one-year lifespan.

Scientists observed that males prioritize the safety of the hectocotylus to ensure they remain viable for breeding. This instinct helps them avoid spending a large part of their life waiting for a critical organ to regrow.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/the-one-arm-an-octopus-will-never-risk-in-a-fight-its-sex-arm/

#marinebiology #science #evolution #animals #ocean #nature #biology #zoology #research #cephalopod

For all you cephalopod fans out there!🐙

This candle holder was handmade by me using upcycled glass, rainbow polymer clay and phosphorescent polymer clay.

#MastoArt #Fediart #cephalopod #kraken

Look at these delightful little critters! I'm in love.

https://second-studio.stores.jp/

https://www.instagram.com/toyamaglassstudio/

#art #glasswork #glass #design #artist #arte #cuttlefish #shrimp #cephalopod #crustacean

the big flood and the giant cephalopod

#Ocean #Flood #Waves #Cephalopod #Tentacle #Surreal #FloodedCity #Coastal #Cliff #Wall #Seascape
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on dry and untentacled stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/the-big-flood-and-the-giant-cephalopod-eris-and-ai.html

Ultimate #camouflage tech mimics #octopus in scientific first
Synthetic #cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/camouflage_tech_mimics_octopus/

Some valentines from yesteryear:
💌 my thermochromic Valentine reveals the message “you warm my heart” if you place your hand upon it
💌 my brain linocut for all your zombie, neuroscientist, or anatomist valentines
💌 then for the cephalopod lovers we have 3-hearted octopus and heart cockles

Hope you’re feeling loved wherever you are. I made some silly cards with terrible puns for my husband and son today. https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1646593306

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #Valentines #cephalopod

We Dig Ammonites ❔

#ammonite #beauty #cephalopod #fossil #prehistoric

▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:We_Dig_Ammonites_%2855082679187%29.jpg

I make up for it, human even though the tank is blurry, k? #Cephalopod #sentience #philsci #biology

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yw3i66nubofjfqcsafk33x5t/post/3mcwm2ofsk22t

a cartoon of a cuttlefish sayi...

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

So polite!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #cuttlefish #cephalopod #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Octave is a high-level interpreted programming language for performing numerical analysis.

In this case, they're also a bot board pin you can earn for free this upcoming Pintopia 2026!!

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#octopus #cephalopod #pcb #printedcircuitboard #shortcircuit #enamelpin #animalart #programming #artistsonmastodon #fediart