🔥 A variety of Octopus Species 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

This is a very appropriate response to cephalopods

Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are the longest and the second largest squid species, with a mantle length of around 2 m. Although live giant squid weren't seen until the early 2000s, we've seen them alive plenty of times since. #SQUIDtember

Phase Changes xkcd.com/3144/

I got a harness for Tinsel because she always yells at me through the door when I’m out front, and I was like man Tinsel is Queen of the Jerks she’s not gonna let me put a harness on her, but she happily wore it and we took a slow-mo little arthritic walk to the corner and back and she LOVED IT.

🌙🦉 Lucia the Starry Night Octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

I'll be at LA Comic-con this weekend! Drop by to say hi and be among the first to grab the new Octopolis coloring book! 🐙

Super excited to unveil the next artist for my Jaunty Ocean Critter series, @cageyratfish.bsky.social! We're kicking off the haunted season with a Halloween Humboldt Squid. Only one way to get yours, subscribe! www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler

🦋 Makana the Day Octopus (O. Cyanea) 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

Discoteuthis discus is a squid species that has been observed at most twice in its natural habitat. Both times we've seen, they have been doing weird poses. But because we have so few observations of this species, we have no idea if this is normal for them or not. #SQUIDtember

Discoteuthis is a squid we don't know much about! Until 2018, we hadn't seen these squid swimming, only semi-banged up specimens from trawls. Do they always swim like this? Dunno! Maybe they're just hiding from light. This #Squidtember doodle is a special req 4 @ALCESonline 😘

my 1st time seeing a wild slug moth! (I've raised a few) not sure if dying or defensive behavior, but when I caught, it raised its abdoment so high it touched the cup (see the pee stain above). when I tried to release it, it dropped on its side, still curling up, but walked away afterwards.

day 21 of posting a cow tools every day unless i don't

#BlueSkyArtShow One of the reasons Sculpture is my favorite way to create is the fact there are different #Angles to consider. The work is different depending on how you approach. There are facets. It's kind of similar to getting to know a person 😁 #ArtConnect #Art #ArtYear #ArtGallery #BSNM 🦑🐡

The Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula) is the only living member of the order Spirulida. It's rather unique squid, with a spiral internal shell, photophores on the tip of its mantle, and the way it swims upside down. The first time we saw one alive in its natural habitat was in 2020! #SQUIDtember

I made a new "finding thousands in cephalopod facts" comic to celebrate reaching 1K followers on instagram! 🧪🦑🐡 Please note these are all informed estimates/approximations. 😁References in thread

The magic paper that turns everything in the world into Bigfin reef squid

💛 What's your opinion on yellow in art? 🎨 Do you like this color? I've noticed it my yellow octopus stick around much longer! 💛 Elodie the Mototi Octopus 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

Another of my “Images Unsorted” folders ✔️ This time from 18 & 19 May, 2024 In order, we have 1) #DiamondSquid 2) “monstrous” shrimp 3) unidentified #scorpionfish 4) #gurnard 5) #codlett 6) unidentified #CuskEel 7) shrimp riding a #PelagicNudibranch #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug

They certainly aren't a no-frills squids. Comb-finned Squids (genus Chtenopteryx) are small squids with unique fins. Their fins have muscular ribs that give them look like a swimming ruffle chip. #SQUIDtember

"Octocentrism" 🐙🪐 I had a "what if," idea and decided to run with it. What if there was an Octopus at the center of our solar system and he was the sun, manipulating all 8 planets within his 8 arms? #gouache #art #octopus

Working on an octopus coloring book 🐙🐡🐋🦑

Yoo I just picked up a proof of our calendar and it looks sooo good! Bright! Colorful! Makes ya wanna look again! Seriously I'm giddy pumped about this. Props to @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for partnering in this fun! Pre-order your copy: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

btw the origin story of this art was brainstorming with my spouse how to include cephalopods me: Holding a teacup that contains a tiny octopus? spouse: Angel and devil cephalopods on your shoulders? me: Octopus arms instead of lips? spouse: NO. Absolutely not. Do not draw that one. me: 🥹👉👈

Explore coral reef & octopus art 🐙 on my website: www.SculptedReef.com

September 19: “depths” I’m finally back home after over a month scuba diving in Indonesia. Here is a digital drawing of a nautilus that I did while in transit. #sciartseptember #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife #oceanconservation.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Planctoteuthis squids have fancy tails that are believed to help them mimic siphonophores. This type of mimicry is common among squids in the family Chiroteuthidae, but most only have these tails as juveniles. Planctoteuthis squids keep their tails as adults. #SQUIDtember

Love the art? Join my patreon or visit megmindlin.com for all things cephalopods 💕

Accidentally uncovered a mystery. Ken has no hectocotylus!

So how can you tell the difference between Ken and Reaper? It can be a bit tricky but here's one way.

Surprisingly, not named after Barbie's boyfriends and is constantly confused for another cuttlefish, the Reaper cuttlefish (Ascarosepion mestus).

Meet Ken's cuttlefish, his job is just beach. 🧵 🐡🐙🦑🧪

Cubaris Isopods

Ok I'm trying to decide on a color for the arms. A nice subtle brownish or reddish hue? Something striking like blue or purple?

Two years ago, marine researchers discovered a rare deep-sea octopus nursery about 90 miles off Vancouver Island. Now, it could help create Canada’s second-largest marine protected area. 🐙

I am so jealous of this oblivious pile of fluff.

Octopoteuthis deletron don't have their tentacles as adults, leaving them with only 8 hooked arms. They are even capable of detaching an arm in order to escape from a predator. The male squids will mate with any O. deletron they meet - male or female. #SQUIDtember

bean soup

🌌 ⭐ Nebula Octopus ✨ 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

Octopus Cyanea 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

Grimpoteuthis @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 854 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife

mochi-mochi

This video is not AI-generated. #invertebrates

Caribbean Reef Octopuses 🐙 hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

It can be hard to get sense of scale in the deep sea. Galiteuthis phyllura might look like your average cranchiid, but they are BIG, with an estimated maximum mantle length of 2.7m! It shouldn't be all that surprising that they are in the same family as the colossal squid. #SQUIDtember