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Here is a blanket octopus.
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argonaut
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>>5027693
Firefly squid
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I like this bright blue octopus
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>>5028762
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>>5027693
Obligatory
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>>5028776
Fyck yeah.
Cuttlefish is the best.
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>>5027717
True.
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>>5028762
>>5028763
What a cute special little feller
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>>5031374
why are its eyes like that
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>>5031662
Most cephalopods have well developed eyes but nautilus have really bad vision for some reason
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>>5031662
That's the anus, not an eye
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>>5031374
why is he crying tar
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It's always blown my mind that things like this still exist in this world
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>>5031662
because they make you seethe
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>>5028775
that is one cool looking cephalopod
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>>5028776
>>5031374
Cuttles are the best with second place to the nuaghts.
Squid beats puss.
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>>5032094
Nautilus are dead last. They’re a novelty but that’s about it. Cuttles, squids and octopus are all more interesting and just better in every way
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>>5027693
Why did it evolve into that? Those "sails" look like a hindrance to escaping predators or capturing food. Or does it use them for some illusion trick?
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>>5032186
Seethe more. Your autistic obsession won’t change the facts
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>>5032207
Nope
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>>5032057
That's some good eatin
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>>5032207
It allows him to channel magic more efficiently
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>>5032207
They are retractable
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>>5032173
Cute!
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>>5027693
The ones that developed from assholes
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>>5032094
true, puss is overrated
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>>5028776
Is that a flamboyant cuttlefish?
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>>5027693
Bump
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>>5041066
Giant cuttlefish
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>>5032207
It lives very deep under the sea and uses the sails to drift with the current to conserve energy
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>>5032207
nobody would call him blanket octopus until he evolved a blanket. that's why the blanket is a bit of a rush job and isn't actually that comfortable
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I love squid, they're very pretty
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and finally
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>>5027717
Fpbp
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cats, ironically enough
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>some of the most intelligent animals on the planet
>lifespans are too short to make any use of their intelligence
lol nice going nature lmao
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>>5046138
They also get dabbed on by almost every vertebrate in the ocean
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Thank god for cephaloautists, I love looking at all the squiddies
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>>5048028
Same here. Best thread I've seen in a long time.
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>>5047525
that's not really true
cephalopods tend to sit in the middle of the road, they get eaten by larger fish, sharks, and mammals, but they also primarily eat fish
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Why do cephalopods have such short life spans compared to other sea critters their size?
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>>5048730
So they dont become a threat
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>>5046138
>some of the most intelligent animals on the planet
Correction.
Some of the most intelligent INVERTEBRATES on the planet.
>>lifespans are too short to make any use of their intelligence
Correction.
They don't need any time to teach their offspring any skills because 99% of their behavior is pre-programmed like insects.

Also, cephalopods are so primitive that they don't even have myelinated neurons.

>>5048731
Got a pet theory that the giant/colossal squid population exploded when the killer whale population was at its lowest.
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>>5048741
>killer whale population was at its lowest.
*SPERM WHALE population was at its lowest.



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