Until the end of the 19th century, scientists believed life couldn't exist below 300 fathoms. Then one pioneering expedition found strange and wondrous creatures in the deep. Here they are illustrated, the world's first encyclopedia of deep-sea cephalopods https://t.co/QuPtIrwfSP

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Until the end of the 19th century, scientists believed life couldn't exist below 300 fathoms. Then one pioneering expedition found strange and wondrous creatures in the deep. Here they are illustrated, the world's first encyclopedia of deep-sea cephalopods https://t.co/TDXn0DSzIO

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A question has been sitting in my inbox for an embarrassingly long time and I'd like to crowdsource answers. Why aren't there any freshwater or terrestrial cephalopods? Right AND wrong answers gleefully accepted.

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Some stunning illustrations of cephalopods from the Valdivia reports, these particular volumes are by Carl Chun (1910-15)

This is making me miss all of my marine colleagues from the museum!

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SHARK WEEK FACTS- Friday
Chlamydoselachus anguineus

-Also known famously as the "frilled shark"

-Believed to belong to a group of ancestors that have lived 95 million years ago

-Despite fearsome appearances, it eats only cephalopods and bony fish.

-Good toothy boi

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ok so basically,, I love my boyfriend and also he's stinky and got me back into splatoon so now im drawing gay cephalopods again >:(

squid on the right belongs to

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In the deepest swamps of Glarshimek, airborn cephalopods known as Narluskas gather at the eve of every 7th moon. To offer their queen their findings of translucent doldamite. Hoping to elope with her majesty in exchange for the greatest offering.

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Hello! I am Monica and I am currently in splatoon mood so I am posting my recent work that are splatoon related! I like to draw mostly my OC, and I like non humanoid octarians and non cephalopods OCs! I am looking forward to meet some new friends! Here is my main OC, a dumbo octo

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Not my typical subject matter but I've been looking back at some more creature-based work I've done. I tend to lean towards the more folkloric & fantastical... especially involving cosmic entities & cephalopods.

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(we're separated by less evolutionary time from lampreys than snails are separated from Mesozoic cephalopods, which evolved spiral shells independently, and which have totally different internal structure, as the shells of nautiloids & ammonoids function to control buoyancy 🙃)

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My not smelly friend challenged me to continue an art chain! I did this a little while ago, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to do it again.

I like drawing cephalopods and cute things for my friends as a hobby.

ur turn!

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a cute little couple splatoon ocs for on !!! I had so much fun drawing these cute little cephalopods 🥺🥺🥺

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just hesperia having a drink in the late sunset glow ✨

it's been much too long since i drew one of my cephalopods
they were all redesigned due to taking a minor role in a personal project i'm working on, but i think i'm ready to show em off, so look forward to seeing more! ;3

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wolves laughing but instead, cephalopods

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First time doing Call me Buddy, and I draw cephalopods and other sea creatures. I still have a long way to go, but I’m improving slowly. I love making designs and creating ocs!❤️

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So Sup! Im Noiz, and I like drawing my ocs, friends ocs, and fav characters from various cartoons, anime, and games.

The cephalopods in the last image belong to my friend from an AU we have to ourselves among friends uwu.

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🌀😷Fractal Cephalopods IV [Vampiric Dog-Human Hybrid Mix]😷🌀

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🌀😷Fractal Cephalopods IV [Curious Elk Mix]😷🌀

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