#glass squid

[herpsandbirds]

Peacock Squid (Taonius borealis), 2 different individuals, family Cranchidae, Monterey Bay, California, USA

photograph via: MBARI

[strawlessandbraless]

Are you obsessed with deep sea glass squids or are you normal 🦑 💙

You love to sea it 🌊

[rapidpunches]

[pulsethebabyoctopus]

Glass squid

[marinebiology1]

Glass Squid, Leachia pacifica

[xidyl]

Look at this scrinky dink.

Look at this fucking tinko.

Look at this fabulous schwimbleton.

God I love the glass squid.

[carciinogen]

Little guy alert!

I'm going to be completely transparent about this one, idk what caption to give the glass squid. Enjoy your little guy!

(Cranchiidae)

Wow, what a professional creature! They are completely transparent, no matter the situation. Heheh. Anyways, Glass squids, much like other clear varients of pre-existing species, hold a special place in my heart.

Something about being able to see all their innards is just so charming! Additionally, they are full of ammonium chloride, meaning they are lighter sea water!

As I continued to read about the Glass Squid, I found an absolutely baffling series of facts that is put best here:

(Source: https://twilightzone.whoi.edu/explore-the-otz/creature-features/glass-squid/ )

Huh. So apparently, they are capable of turning into lumpy black orbs upon demand. How interesting!

As always, thank you so much for this fascinating little guy! They were very fun to learn about. :)

[swimmingferret]

I was born with glass bones and paper skin

[howfishismade]

some ocs. their names are steel and specs.

IDs in alt text!

[valkacastle]

Glass squid - Cranchia scabra

Length: 4.5 inches

A barrel-shaped squid whose rough surface is covered with star-shaped protuberances. It has 14 luminous spots around its eyes, which are actually organs called photophores.

*[What’s inside?]

This species keeps a special fluid, lighter than salt water, in its rounded body to aid buoyancy. It makes up more than 60% of its body weight!

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranchia_scabra 

[amsciviz]

Silly squid time 🦑

[herpsandbirds]

Peacock Squid (Taonius sp.), family Cranchidae, Monterey Bay, California, USA

photograph via: MBARI

[aeriona]

Made a pair of lil squid fellas to sit on my desk :)

I didn’t like any of the squid patterns I found on the internet so i ended up making my own, and after some trial and error I ended up with these little guys. They’ve both even got little beaks! I’ve attached the pattern I made below if anyone wants it haha.

I used size 8 miyuki rocaille/round beads, some bugles and 0.28mm thread, but pretty much any size or shape should work. Hell, you could even use pony beads if you’re crazy enough.

If your thread’s long enough you can even do the whole thing in one go, I’d personally recommend that as it means you have less knots to tie up :).

[dailycephalopods]

I don’t remember it’s name but do you know the one that’s practically just a clear oval that lives in the deep sea? Could that be a daily cephalopod?

Daily Cephalopod #123

[jstor]

Soooo... get this: the squids you're looking at right now ARE MADE OF GLASS! They were created by the renowned 19th-century glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka (father and son!), and you can find 251 images of these incredible pieces on the Cornell Collection of Blaschka Invertebrate Models on JSTOR, open and free to everyone.

[marinebiology1]

Glass Squid

Photo: David Wrobel