🦑 “Squid butt” is apparently real paleontology slang.

And one Jurassic belemnite from Wyoming had an exceptionally chunky one. 😂

CT scans revealed there was more going on than mere width.

sciencescandal.com/scandals/jur...

#StayCurious #ThrowbackThursday #Paleontology #Cephalopods #Evolution

Discover greek molluscs through the lenses of the participants of the photo contest I helped co-organise through the Hellenic malacological society & WWF Greece 😊

You can vote for up to 3 pictures that will designate the winner of the public prize 🏆

#snails #moresnails #cephalopods #shells

For ICB's wrap up of World Octopus Day spotlights, be sure to check out upcoming SICB Pittsburgh presenter
Horst Obenhaus who will speak about
Development of quiet and active sleep states in #Octopus bimaculoides juveniles

grassfoundation.org/people/horst...

#scientist #cephalopods

9-Oct-2026
3D structure of #DNA may explain how #cephalopods evolved complex brains
Study suggests that the 3D "entanglement" of DNA may help drive evolutionary innovation

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1146777

#science #genome #evolution #octopus #epigenetics

happy #WorldOctopusDay to all #cephalopods and all humans who appreciate their wonders ...
edit: forgot the link:
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaigns/sentience/animal-awareness-days/world-octopus-day/

Help us celebrate #OCTO-ber

with Colleen Hecker's ICB blog piece

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/s...

featuring #scientists, like

Dr. Kim Kirchoff who studies #venom systems, with an emphasis on #cephalopods including #octopus, #cuttlefish, and #squid.

Wow, October really crept up on us. But that means it's time for a new Reading Room display @thembauk.bsky.social

This month we're celebrating our spectacular (and occasionally tentacular) chums - the #cephalopods

#octopus #squid #cuttlefish

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octoboom (JP:オクトブーム Oktobūmu) is an enemy found on the first an’ second floors of the toy castle in toy kingdom from chapter 1 of needle travels.
#mimiff #dreamers #needletravels #needletravelschapter1 #deltarune #deltaruneau #undertale #undertaleau #cephalopods #octopus

that egg mass on the upper right one looks like Rockette dancer tights. #squid #cephalopods #ocean

Happy #MolluscMonday !

Our photo contest is over and we are working to find the winners🏆

Stay tuned for news on the audience award!

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#Greece #Ελλαδα #malacology #gastropods #snails #bivalves #cephalopods #nature #biodiversity

‘ #Squid butt’ #fossil belongs to one of the ‘chunkiest’ #cephalopods ever discovered

www.popsci.com/science/chun...