Le Royaume de Céphalopodes

rhamphotheca: Dedicated Mother If you think gestating one baby...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:39 -0600

Dedicated Mother

If you think gestating one baby is tough, try 3,000. The squid Gonatus onyx carries around her brood of 2,000 to 3,000 eggs for up to nine months. The squid moms have their arms full: While carrying their eggs, they’re stuck swimming with their fins and mantle instead of their much more effective arms.So why would G. onyx take such care of its thousands of offspring?

According to a 2005 study published in the journal Nature, the squid carry their eggs to deep water, where predators are rare. The deep-sea offspring are also larger and more capable of survival than shallow water squid — thanks, mom!

(via: Live Science) (photos: MBARI/NOAA)

This is awesome! :D

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:40 -0600

This is awesome! :D

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:27:42 -0600

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:16:43 -0600

100leaguesunderthesea: Octopus and Goatfish by Rich Carey

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:53 -0600

100leaguesunderthesea:

Octopus and Goatfish by Rich Carey

alexandra-huffer: just a few more octopi

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:54:57 -0600

alexandra-huffer:

just a few more octopi

lokleeadventures: Ammonites Natural History Museum

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:10 -0600

lokleeadventures:

Ammonites

Natural History Museum

sadanakar: #ammonite #shell

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:33:23 -0600

sadanakar:

#ammonite #shell

disc0rdia: Ammonites

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:22:25 -0600

disc0rdia:

Ammonites

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:15:51 -0600

I wish I had a better camera. I just got my very own ammonite fossil and it’s GORGEOUS but the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:08:33 -0600

I wish I had a better camera. I just got my very own ammonite fossil and it’s GORGEOUS but the flash on my digital camera is superpowered and when I try to take a picture it just washes everything out and the picture turns white.

It’s so lovely!