#squid biologist

[swishyclang]

my squid facts advent calendar arrived today! which means... FIVE SQUID FACTS all in one day!

happy squid advent! and thank you @sarahmackattack for the excellent calendar! :D

[roraimae]

I have very strong and opposing opinions on these two.

[strawlessandbraless]

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

You love to sea it 🌊

[bookgeekgrrl]

hell yeah, the best squid scientist on this hellsite (@sarahmackattack) got to meet Elmo & some cute kids and teach some Science™!

SM: I hate to break it to you, Elmo. I think this shark might be able to eat you whole.

E: Oh, this is terrifying.

[evilghostwizard]

I need colossal squid or giant squid to drop a new candid photo please

[h0wlcastle]

squid hatsquid hat squidhat squid hat squidh at squi d hat squid hat Squid Hat

squid hqat

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

What's "Unusual"?

Summary: Marine Biologists talk among themselves about their job (exploring the deep ocean via a remotely-operate-vehicle, camera, and view screens), while showing clips of squids and other sea critters.

Properly closed captioned in English. No eye contact with the camera. Under 2 minutes.

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

what kind of cratures do you think the trigun gang would be?

CREATURES IN GENERAL OR SEA CREATURES. BECAUSE MY FRIEND MONTY N I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT TRIGUN FURSONAS THE OTHER DAY. but i am the sea creature guy at heart so im gonns give u those i hope that is ok 😌 there are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

Vash: he is... so very shark coded to me. everyone looks at him and sees a dangerous killing machine. frequently covered in scars. do u see the connection here. he is specifically a thresher shark to me because of the whole sharpshooter thing and also the sad sad puppydog eyes 💙

Wolfwood: i am torn between two different types of eels for him. giant morays are more aesthetically pleasing but personally i have to go with a wolf eel both for the name and because ive worked with these guys before and theyre sooooo cool so im biased

Meryl: not technically a sea creature because she is just so bird coded to me. White-Tailed Tropicbird

Milly: is it cheating to have two cephalopods on this list. because i think i really want to say giant pacific octopus for milly. either that or a whale shark 💙 yes those are two completely different animals no i will not be taking criticism at this time

bonus Knives because i love him and i feel the most strongly about this one:

BOBTAIL SQUID.

... and also a bristle worm . for what i hope are obvious reasons

[misterparsnip]

this is my nemesis

mister squid

except he is not a squid

because he has the wrong number of long cronchy legs

he is

AN IMPOSTER

[spacefinch]

A whale of a squid!

[scariercnidaria]

BABE WAKE UP NEW MAGNAPINNA FOOTAGE JUST DROPPED

[strawlessandbraless]

All rise for her majesty, the Piglet Squid 🐽 🦑 👑

Squid Squad (Squad being the scientifically correct term for a group of squid)

[generalcloudhopper]

Poster for marine biology. Planning on adding glow in the dark paint

[the-seelie-court-official]

if you have biologist friends you need to ask them questions about their interests and let them ramble for 5 to 115 minutes. it's really important for their enrichment

i like to ask if two similar-looking animals are even particularly closely related (squid + octopi, hares + rabbits, orcas + cows, for example) and see where that goes. just be sure the questions are relevant to their specific field and let em explore + teach whatever flows

[spacefinch]

I LOVE ALL OF THESE

gage beasley deep sea plushies

[sarahmackattack]

I'm a squid biologist on a mission

To bring squid facts to you. To your friends. To your neighbors. To some random dude named Brad who you've never met.

How? The Squid Facts Project. It's a street art campaign and hotline that texts folks squid facts!

Only snag in this hair-brained plan is that texting people is kiiinda expensive. So! I teamed up with Philly artist Corey Danks to sell shirts to keep the hotline running. Every one of those shirt dollars helps deliver squid facts to people.

Like, over 70,000 people over the last year!!! Isn't that wild?

So anyway. Get a shirt. They're cool, *and* they keep people learning about squid. It's a beautiful thing.

Also, the backs have the squid facts hotline on them so by wearing these you're helping people learn about squid too.

If you can't buy one, give us a reblog. I run a small science education nonprofit called Skype a Scientist, we're scrappy but trying so hard!!