Lots of good stuff came across my desk this week. 1. The Encyclopedia of Life has a podcast and their newest episode is about sea slugs. There’s also a recent one about giant squid. 2. Speaking of, giant squid in Florida! Gotta love local news. 3. A snail thought to be extinct isn’t. 4. Punxsutawney [...]
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Friday Linktopia
Posted in cute, lollusk, mating habits, snail, squid on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Linkstravaganza
Posted in cute, events, mating habits, nudibranchs, octopus, slug, snail, squid, Uncategorized on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There’s been so many awesome things on the internet this week that I want to share. Linkstravaganza! First, the other participants in International Rock Flipping Day! It was a great crowd to be in; so many excellent sightings. Lynda at mainlymongoose Kordite in the Flickr group Bill Murphy at Fertanish Chatter Rebecca In The Woods [...]
Mollusk mating habits: indie film edition
Posted in cuttlefish, limpet, mating habits, snail, squid on August 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jon Stewart brought Isabella Rossellini’s work in short films about animal reproduction to my attention this week. She clearly loves how mollusks mate. These are honestly some of the strangest things I’ve ever seen captured on film, and I’m a fan of Werner Herzog (a German language Western film with an all little people cast? [...]
Hung like a…squid?
Posted in mating habits, squid on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the Journal of Molluscan Studies, there’s an article about the penis of a species of squid, Onykia ingens. It’s, um, long. Like, as long as the entire animal. Why so long? Shallow water cephalopods have short penises but use an arm to hand the sperm over to the females, but the deep sea squids [...]
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