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The Strawberry Squid

16 June, 2025
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The strawberry squid is a smaller species of cockeyed squid whose name hails from its red skin with dots so it appears like a strawberry with seeds. These cephalopods face no substantial threats to their survival, sans water pollution

The Bigfin Reef Squid

15 May, 2025
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The bigfin reef squid, aka reef squid, glitter squid, green-eyed squid, oval squid, northern calamari, or tiger squid, have the fastest recorded growth rate of any large marine invertebrate. These and other squid species are threatened by overfishing. However,

The Common Octopus

22 July, 2024
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The common octopus is not only among the most studied of all octopuses, but among the most intelligent of them all. These octopuses hail from the eastern Atlantic, extending from the Mediterranean Sea, the southern coast of

The Argonaut

6 November, 2023
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The argonaut, aka paper nautilus, is in a group of pelagic (upper layers of the open sea) octopuses. They get the common name paper nautili, due to the paper-thin eggcase that females produce. These fascinating creatures are

Squee!!! Here Comes the Flapjack Octopus

15 June, 2023
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The flapjack octopus, aka adorabilis, is a species of umbrella octopus that hails from the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean. These adorable critters are listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN, as there is

The Fascinating and Adorable Dumbo Octopus

5 May, 2023
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The dumbo octopus is named after the flying, cartoon elephant; due to the presence of it’s floppy ear-like fins on either side of it’s body. There are approximately 37 known species of dumbo octopuses. They are located in

The Humboldt Squid

29 October, 2021
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The Humboldt squid, aka jumbo flying squid, jumbo squid, or calamar gigante, hails from the eastern portion of the Pacific Ocean. They prefer tropical to subpolar environments

The Thai Bobtail Squid. The World’s Smallest?

26 October, 2021
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The Thai bobtail squid is not only the smallest known cephalopod but they aren’t even squids at all, they’re cuttlefish. These cute and tiny critters inhabit the Indo-Pacific waters

The Adorable and Poisonous, Striped Pyjama Squid

27 September, 2021
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While not as tiny as a Thai bobtail squid, the striped pyjama squid is certainly down there in size. However, they can pack a secret surprise. Pyjama squids are among the few known

The Fascinating Squid

27 August, 2021
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There are over 300 known species of squid. This article will talk about the fascinating squid, in general; no specific species. These cephalopods all have elongated bodies, big eyes

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