I would not be surprised if octopus turned out to be from an alien world. I see your and raise you an Outta This World Octopus Day. 👾👽

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Celebrating the glory that is Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the vampire squid, who is neither vampire nor squid. This is known as “pineapple posture” and is deployed as a (questionable) defence mechanism by worried vampire squids.

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The Soul of an Octopus – how one of Earth's most alien creatures illuminates the wonders of consciousness: https://t.co/Wf8x0meBAK

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from kicks off today and it's bound to be tenta-cool 🦑

These examples of squids and octopi are from "Mollusques méditeranéens", written by Jean Baptiste Verany and published in 1851. Find it in : https://t.co/dsgPJpzLob

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Some digital and traditional watercolor/ink illustrations to celebrate 🐙

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頭足類週間だそうなので。

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ああ、なんて素敵なタグ。。頭足類週間だそうです。

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タコ足の絵を探してたら、
タコ焼き食べたくなった。

今日のお昼はカレーをたべよう。

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Happy !
頭足類週間ですってよ!
というわけで、私の頭足類をば
(※4枚目はお仕事ラフです 完成画はまた後日・・)

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The flying Ommastrephes bartrami is very widely distributed throughout the subtropical and lower-altitude temperate zones of both hemispheres of the world ocean.

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Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus). by Jean Baptiste Vérany for Férussac and d'Orbigny's monograph on cephalopods: "Histoire Naturelle" (1835-48). Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/w0YO2zYC5y

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It’s still

These spectacular are from Férussac & D’Orbigny’s ‘Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des cephalopodes’ (1835)

copy was digitised by for last year —> https://t.co/ESbAIsI12V

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here you are with the glorious Jean-Baptiste Verany

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Happy Enjoy this "just-so" story about giant squid from our Head of Mollusks, Tim Pearce! https://t.co/wml3jFCuga

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