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My brain, holding me at gunpoint: Humboldt. Humboldt. Humboldt squid. Humboldt. Humboldt. Humboldt squid.

Me, crying on the bathroom floor: please I'm begging you, just let me take a shower

My brain: HUMBOLDT SQUID HUMBOLDT SQUID HUMBOLDT SQUID HUMBOLDT SQUID HUMBOLDT SQUID HUMBOLDT SQUID

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@eight-cats-in-a-box Not transformers but still a cool robot

March Of Robots Lancer Edition

Day 12

Humboldt Tokugawa

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The last few krakens and giant squids I saw in any media had entirely soft suckers like an octopus so now I'm wondering something. Giant squid generally have "tooth lined" suckers, and the colossal squid's two longer tentacles have suckers that evolved into full blown claws all over them.

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omg humboldt squid in your inbox

what’s he gonna do what’s he gonna do

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Props to me cuz I forgot how big Humboldt Squids were.

I was like: “they’re just a lil guy 🥰” forgetting they were EIGHT FUCKING FEET

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Are you a random person who stumbled across my stupid joke blog or are you one of the people my friends asked to follow it to torment me? - @1199humboldtsquids

i liek squids and you reblogged my squids. I follow for mor e sqiuds

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:)

I know it's unfair vilification and stuff but it's also a lot of fun to see old media and stuff where people were SO scared of big animals like lions, sharks, crocodiles and wolves were fully expected to just come and eat you the moment you stepped into their territory. In older media we also made that assumption about gorillas and in still older we thought it'd be whales. But some animals that will actually fuck you up got left behind. Boars will kill you and eat you. They're way more likely to do so than any of those other things actually. Hippos, obviously, got off like bandits always being depicted as cute and dopey. And then there's the squids. Not giant kraken size squids. The eight foot squids that hunt in packs and will fuck you up if you fall in the water at night. I can't BELIEVE people slept on that. It's like all they cared about were the huge deep sea ones we never see. The medium size wolf pack squids were right there.

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Humboldt Squid // Jumbo Squid

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Hearing one story of an underwater photographer's encounters with humboldt squid and quickly deciding they are the animal I'm now most afraid of

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100 Days of Sea Creatures Day 98 - Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas)

By Gosh by Golly! There’s only two days left!

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Animal of the Day for November 12: Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas)

While not quite the size of Giant and Colossal Squids, Humboldt Squids are among the largest known species of squid. They are known to hunt in groups of over a thousand individuals and are aggressive and are known to attack humans, luckily they spend most of their time in the deep sea. Humboldt Squids are nicknamed 'Red Devils' due to their ability to change color to communicate, because they flash red when distressed.

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this story is fucking crazy. this guy wanted to study some Humboldt Squid (which are big mean motherfuckers) and armored up to swim with them. not a super long read but holy shit. the balls on this man.

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The inbox has been opened because of someone’s *cough cough* @thy-handsome-soup *cough* begging. Try to keep asks on the topic of humboldt squids. I don’t expect ya’ll to actually do it but at least try. /silly

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Hey do you have any odd details about the humble Humboldt squid (asking cause they scare me ngl)

Alright ngl, there's absolutely nothing humble about the Humboldt squid. Also called a Jumbo Squid, they are upwards of 50kg at full size and have extremely massive eyes, as many other squids of any similar size do. I've seen a lot of different lengths recorded but I think that may have to do with whether they're including the tentacles+mantle or just the mantle.

They are commonly called Red Devils by divers not only because of the fact that their chromatophores—the cells in their skin that constrict and dilate to show different amounts of color—allow them to shift anywhere between a staunch white and a deep crimson, but also because they hunt in groups (apparently called shoals) of up to over a thousand squids at a time.

This means that if you were a tuna in the wrong place at the wrong time, you'd be torn apart by a flurry of keratinized beaks so sharp and so fast that not much would be left of you within a few seconds. They also don't hesitate to turn on each other and eat the particularly weak individuals in the shoal.

I think the coolest thing I've ever read about them though is that they use a variety of different patterns in their coloration to communicate with each other.

Researchers aren't sure what they mean yet, but they use consistent patterns of shifting while hunting, seemingly as a way to let the others know where they are swimming and whether they are going to strike. Because despite being cannibals and feeding like seeming maniacs, they don't tend to damage anyone that they group doesn't deem prey already.

The only reason we think they can even accomplish this at all without as much light—because did I mention these guys hang out in depths 100s of meters deep?—is because they have the ability to lightly shed yellowish bioluminescence. Therefore, backlighting all of their patterns even in the dark ocean depths.

Spooky, scary, humbling squid

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Humboldt squid. Easily the best type of squid. I don’t care if they’re aggressive and they hate me, they’re adorable

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Opinion on Humboldt Squids? I love them they’re such evil little bastards

they're sure an animal! i cannot get over how they simultaneously engage cooperative hunting, and cannibalism. like. so much cannibalisim. yeah sure they'll work together but the second one gets injured they are now also on the menu. to the point where eating other Humboldt squids is a major part of their diet. and it works.

surprising no one, the second they were brought up in regards to law of the deep i immediately went "thats Excelsius Winner." theres so much wrong with the both of them they're a match made in narrative parallels.

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Hello all of your fuckers(/aff) that have followed me. I will now be rage reblogging humboldt squids to force them on your dash.

Let it be warned that humboldt squids are kinda terrifying and there will be posts talking about them attacking humans and maybe eating people. If this makes you uncomfortable please unfollow. Please prioritize your mental health over a joke. (/gen)

Follow this blog at your own risk to your sense of safety in the ocean. (/hj)

Now this that warning out of the way. Enjoy the terrifying squids and my rage at you guys. (/lh)