#giant squid

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ABZÛ • (dev. Giant Squid)

[plusie]

[hellsitegenetics]

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sauropoda is a clade of saurischia that includes some of the largest dinosaurs we currently know of. if i'm going to submit something to you it's going to include these guys. they include some familiar faces like the brontosaurus. but the largest specimen within this group is a giant barosaurus fossil.

credit to Paleonerd01 on DeviantArt

they've inhbabited every continent (including Antarctica!) and give us those comically large prints we're so fond of zooming out on.

another good giant friend of mine is the colossal squid. why do they keep making bigger squids? because i love them. i love their huge eyes and big fights with sperm whales. i love their elusiveness. i love that we went "kraken?" haha very funny. cthulhu? sure guys. and they EXIST <333

credit to Te Ara in New Zealand

and charismatic megafauna are cool and all but have you considered something a little smaller? maybe a Black Capped Chickadee? they tend to travel in groups or two or more when they're flying outside the nest and their call "chicka dee" functions as a warning call of increasing intensity depending on how many "dee"s they add.

and bugs? here's the thing: i have fought with Polistes metricus for years growing up. have they stung all of my loved ones? absolutely. do they also eat an invasive species of worm in my area? yes. and while these guys will sting you without a second thought and fly away laughing, they are a necessary evil. just like the birds, they stop for a sip of water. they are, i must admit through gritted teeth, an important part of my ecosystem.

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Closest match: Acipenser ruthenus genome assembly, chromosome: 41 Common name: Sterlet sturgeon

[sunstormbudgie]

the name "colossal squid" is so funny to me because it's like "ok, so there's this really big squid, so we'll call it a giant squid. easy. wait, what's this? there's another, even bigger squid? uh..."

[marshland-parlour-cat]

The pixel artist Neorice (https://twitter.com/Neoriceisgood) is making an enormous collection of pixel art marine creatures. I sent him an email asking if I could upload some of his art to my blog and he said I could; so here are a few of my favourites. I might update this post if there are new ones I'm quite fond of.

[noosphe-re]

A Dream-Like Giant Jellyfish | Hunt For the Giant Squid (National Geographic Wild)

[spaghettibastard]

the eternal struggle

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

[blogfanreborn777]

Squid by Timur Dairbayev

[wecantspeakbutwecandraw]

one of my fav Abzû scene. i fell in love with this game a long time ago and it still has a place in my heart

[dailycephalopods]

Hey there fellow cephalopod lover! Hope you're having a great day! May I request to see some giant squid? They're my favorite of the squids. Thanks! I love your blog!

Daily Cephalopod #119

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ABZÛ • (dev. Giant Squid)

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Cephalopods

Octopoda. This order is made up of octopuses, predatory marine creatures with eight limbs. Their soft body allows them to squeeze trhough small spaces. They are capable of camouflage and are among the most intelligent animals.

Oegopsida. This order is made up of squid that have no tentacle pockets in their heads, and may have hooks on their tentacles. Members include the glass squid and the giant squid.

[bbaycon]

I am in need of more dumb leaf founders content

[a-book-of-creatures]

This children's book on oceanography had no need to make the cover this badass, and yet they went all out on it. Legends

[rupertbbare]

The Nautilus by Grant Regan