words happen

theartofanimation:

Michelle Morin

abyssalfauna:

Clione limacina *

earth-song:

The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. “vampire squid from Hell”) is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the vampire squid’s placement in its own order:Vampyromorphida (formerly Vampyromorpha), which shares similarities with both squid and octopuses. As a phylogenetic relict it is the only known surviving member of its order, first described and originally classified as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun, but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct taxa… [more]

Probably gonna have another squid nightmare tonight.

griseus:

rench School, (19th century) - Giant Octopus, illustration from ‘L’Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere ses Mollusques’.

(Source: darksilenceinsuburbia)

starscream-and-hutch:

Shark’s in the Salsa. Our Shark.

(Source: 100riginal)

jesuswasacommunist:

montereybayaquarium:

Did you know that giant Pacific octopuses get “attached” to their aquarists—in a good way? These intelligent animals recognize our staff and may even embrace them after a long absence.

Octopuses (octopi?) are mildly freaky yet awesome