#Flying squid

[official-cephalopod-posts]

Opinions on flying squid?

he has mastered all four elements (air, water, tentacles, squishy)

[respect-the-locals]

🦑 Daily Cephalopod Fact: 🦑

Neon Flying Squid: They are so named for their ability to shoot out of the water, much like flying fishes. They sometimes unintentionally land on the decks of ships. This happens more frequently during rough weather or in the presence of predators in the vicinity, and it is presumed that this behavior is an instinctive response to threat. Flying squid have been observed to engage in behaviors that prolong the time it remains in the air, making it more akin to actual flight than just gliding.

[alabastercatfish]

didn’t feel very well today. but squid is always there for us in difficult times. todays prompt was “sponegbab”

[yakartofelina]

Недавно вспомнила, как мне в детстве приснился кошмар о гигантском кальмаре, который может бить током своими щупальцами и превращаться в тучу. Ну, вот и решила нарисовать его. Чтож, похоже, я придумала своего монстра...

I recently remembered how, as a child, I had a nightmare about a giant squid that could shock its tentacles and turn into a cloud. Well, so I decided to draw it. Well, it looks like I've come up with my own monster...

[barlowbarlowbarlowbarlow]

Japanese flying squid

[edwardos]

[pleistocene-pride]

The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid, jumbo flying squid, Pota, diablo rojo, calamar gigante, or Jibia is a type of large, predatory squid and the only known species of the genus Dosidicus. They are native to the eastern Pacific having historically occurred from Tierra del Fuego north to California, though in recent years these cephalopods have begun traveling further and further north as far as British Columbia and Alaska. They typically occur at 660 to 2,300ft (200 – 700m) deep but often travel to the surface at night. These cephalopods often travel together in shoals up to 1,200 strong, and feed mainly on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and copepods. The squid uses its barbed tentacle suckers to grab its prey and slices and tears the victim's flesh with its beak and radula. While humbolt squid often work together to hunt prey, they are also known cannibals which regularly attack injured or vulnerable squid in their shoal. Reaching up to 5ft (1.5m) long and 110lbs (50kg) in weight, the Humboldt squid is the largest of the Ommastrephid squids, yet despite there large size these squids are capable of regularly cruising at speeds upwards of 15mph (24 km/h) thanks to there power jet siphons and two triangular fins. Like other members of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, they possess chromatophores which enable them to quickly change body coloration, in a process known as metachrosis they signal to other squid by flashing between the colours red and white at 2–4 Hz, said flashing can be modulated in frequency, amplitude and in phase synchronisation with each other. When spawning humbolt squids lay gelatinous egg masses that are almost entirely transparent and float freely in the water column, said masses vary in size based on the size of the mother from anywhere of 5,000 to 4.1 million eggs. Under ideal conditions a humbolt squid may live a little over 2 years.

[sethhh]

another music rec. for you.

[ryartchus]

🌊.

[the-nothing-maker]

My first piece for @fathomszine2023, based on the Japanese flying squid !

[dailycephalopods]

Could I possibly request the Striped Flying Squid?

Daily Cephalopod #120

[mossy-paws]

PHIGHTING! Mermaid au chibis

What silly little guys,,, decided to design scythe since yeah!

She’s based off of a olive head sea snake! And the rest y'all hopefully know by now :3

[redgbasp]

Splatoon 32/?

[aeriona]

How Inkfish Change their Ink Colour

Here's an extremely long, (poorly) illustrated speculatory post about how ink and inksports could THEORETICALLY work in Splatoon! yippee!

Ink is a mucous that Inklings, Octolings and Cuttlings produce with their ink sac, where it can be expelled through the mouth and siphon (and through the skin via the ink vessels, but don't worry about that just yet). You can take a look at my diagram of the ink vessels here.

Spitting up or sweating ink is a common stress response in ink-bearing cephalopods, it also serves as an extremely rude gesture if you happen to aim it at someone else's face.

Inkfish actually can't change ink colour on their own, so instead they have to rely on artificial means to brighten and saturate the colour into something more easily recognisable.

The history behind inksports is extensive. In ancient times, inkfish would use naturally occurring dyes (such as clay, plants etc.) to change their ink colour, often to denote a particular social group. In modern times, colours are artificially synthesised and treated to have a minimal impact on the inkfish's body as possible, as believe it or not constantly eating red clay wasn't exactly good for you.

The colour of an Inkling or Octoling's skin is determined by chromatophores, which can be basically any colour or shade they choose. The chromatophores function completely independently from the ink sac, so it's possible to have differing skin and ink colours (although you'd probably confuse your teammates a fair bit).

This is fine and cool and all, but how do inkfish prevent different team colours from just blending all together in a match? WELL! While turfing capsules also change ink colour, they can also alter the chemical qualities of the ink itself by introducing something called polarity!

There are two kinds of turfing ink- polar and nonpolar. In easy terms (I am not a chemist), it's what allows two different colours of ink to sit on top of each other in separate layers instead of diluting together like paint. Before a match starts, each turfing team is given dye capsules in their respective team colour, with each team having opposing polarities to prevent inks from mixing together during the game.

Before technology got involved, people would simply use oil and water to prevent one ink colour from mixing with another's. Nowadays, oil and fat derivatives are commonplace as it's less likely to cause health problems as the body slowly processes it out.

Splatting works when enemy ink reacts with the outermost ink vessels in an opposing team member's skin, forcing the victim to contract their ink sac and spit up all their ink (usually in the form of a super-jump back to spawn, though in the moment it's not uncommon to overshoot it). It's also possible to splat someone with blunt force trauma, but we tend to call that assault. Splatting is usually not dangerous, but it's still not a terribly pleasant experience and is somewhat painful, akin to a nasty static shock.

This splatting reaction is also why water is used in turf stages as a restrictive barrier, as water causes the same splatting reaction in the body as enemy ink does (at least until the dye wears off).

Okay that's all I got, I'm not gonna go into ink weapon mechanics because I'm tired... perhaps another day haha. Hopefully that all made sense and I apologise deeply if it didn't. Feel free to shoot me an ask if something needs to be cleared up or explained in further detail haha

[fuckyeahgongyoo]

Dec 2024 | Squid Game 2 "Bread or Lottery"

[sketchyphantoms]

squidowwwwwwwwwwww

wanted to draw squidow but i couldnt figure out how to make it look cool with my artstyle so i decided "eldritch glow in the dark it is."