Tagged: cephalopods

Sunday Spinelessness – Cuttlefish in drag deceive their rivals - The Atavism

David Winter • Jul 08, 2012 •

• cephalopods,
• molluscs,
• sci-blogs,
• sunday spinelessness

One awesome mollusc deserves another, so let's follow up last weeks octopus post with one on that group's close relatives the cuttlefish. Cuttlefish are relatively small (the largest grow to 50cm) squid-like cephalopods that present a n... Read More

Sunday Spinelessness – The other mollusc shell - The Atavism

David Winter • Jul 01, 2012 •

• argonauts,
• cephalopods,
• molluscs,
• sci-blogs,
• sunday spinelessness

Here's a really cool animal, a female argonaut (sometimes called a paper nautilus):   It may not be immediately obvious from the photo, but argonauts are octopuses. Strange octopuses, because the seven s... Read More

Sunday Spinelessness – How long ’till they rise up and kill us all? - The Atavism

David Winter • Nov 27, 2011 •

• cephalopods,
• octopus,
• sci-blogs,
• sunday spinelessness

The title contains everything i have to say on this video:   … Read More