#cephalopods — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cephalopods, aggregated by home.social.
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Larger brains are frequently found in social species, leading to the supposition that sociality is a driver of brain size. Based on evaluation of cephalopods, a new paper argues that environmental complexity, not social factors, are responsible for brain size in these organisms.
Summary: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-size-of-cephalopod-brains-seems-curiously-related-to-their-habitat
#Science #Biology #Intelligence #Brain #Sociality #Cephalopods #Octopus
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Another mollusc repeat pattern for #inverteFest! This one is made with my linocut nautilus. Cephalopods, like octopuses and squid, the nautili grow their own shells and are known as “living fossils,” having survived relatively unchanged for millions of years.
#repeatPattern #sciart #nautilus #cephalopods #oceanLife #wildlifeArt #linocut #printmaking #spoonflower #mastoArt
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Ram's horn from Spirula spirula #JuneSea #sculpture Not a shell, but the buoyancy chamber from the deep-sea squid Spirula. A beautiful sculpture from nature and the sea. #photography #macro #Spirula #cephalopods #squid #beachcombing #iphone #planispiral #EastCoastKin