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wispbloom.bsky.social
quagma
@wispbloom.bsky.social
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They/them. Eldritch octopus, cute cthulhu. Proud bug parent. Probably plural? Aspiring author and artist, autistic, aro/ace, awkward and anxious af.

Killed and ate your god, stole Xir throne and Xir powers.
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qtfoxe.art
A cutie vampire squid! :3 I love these little guys 💜🦑
Painted in an hour! c: 💜

#art #marinelife #sciart #inverts #squid #cuteart
A digital art piece of a vampire squid, swimming through deep indigo blue water with glowing white debris floating around them. Their cape-like webbing is pale green rimmed with pink, and their arms are elegantly curled as they glide through the ocean. Below their innocent jewel-like blue eyes, they have a slight blush on their face. Rounded fins like the ears of a puppy protrude from the sides of their head.
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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invertebabe.bsky.social
I can’t believe I almost missed out on posting a squid for the squid queens birthday. Pls take this pastel bobtail even tho they aren’t technically squid 🧪🦑🐙🐡
Illustration of a bobtail squid that is pastel pink and blue and yellow with a little speech bubble with a heart inside
January 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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sculptedreef.com
"Carina" the Nebula Octopus 🐙🌌 Sculpture

A true labor of love with long twirly arms, ~1000 hand sculpted suckers and extensive Stardust themed paintwork.

#SciArt #Art #MarineLife #Nebula #Celestial #Astronomy #Sculpture
Photo of an octopus sculpture on a solid black background. The octopus balances on three arms, the others are extended outward and curling in on themselves. The artist's logo is placed above, centered in the middle. The octopus is artfully painted in a purple, black and gold shimmering nebula theme. The logo is in gold and depicts an interwoven octogram in a gold gradient style, the top and bottom point of the octogram are connected in an S-shape, in reference to the artist's initial, an abstract crown shape surrounds the octogram. Underneath the symbol it says SAHASA in all caps, underneath that a tiny notch or four pointed star.
January 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
wispbloom.bsky.social
Caught an escapee mourning gecko swimming in my fish tank. Unknown to me, she was hiding in the auto fish feeder and I spooked her out of it when I approached the aquarium. Back into gay baby jail you go!
A closeup image of our hand, featuring the escapee in question. She is a small brown lizard, very soggy, pinched between my fingers and a leaf of vegetation, looking solefully to the upper left corner as she laments her life choices.
January 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Fish is cute
January 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
A reminder that David Peters is a serial purveyor of nonsense, that he shouldn't be taken seriously, and that he is toxic and leading a highly negative campaign of constant criticism. ResearchGate have been alerted to this issue but have yet to take action. Please see... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/...
Why the World Has to Ignore David Peters and ReptileEvolution.com — Tetrapod Zoology
And so it is that I must once more write about the great eternal menace of our age: David Peters.
tetzoo.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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cephwarden.bsky.social
An Octopus laqueus cruising in a tidepool
January 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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holboldoart.bsky.social
I will never understand people's weird reactions to animals because idk when I see animals in nature, in zoos, or just in documentaries, I kinda just love them all. Creatures are great, why would you not like them??? They're all so interesting, even the everyday garden birds. Even ants!!
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jan 6
I’m standing there, taking a little video of the dwarf cuttlefish, and the woman next to me says “They’re so ugly” and I GASPED. Almost dropped the damn phone. Listen closely you can hear her say it. Lmfao. This is why we need squid facts. istg.
January 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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samimarkart.bsky.social
argonaut! i’m having fun drawing these different cephalopods :)
🦑🐙🐡
argonaut/paper nautilus illustrated in a bright orange color against a black background. its “shell” is colored with a white to green gradient, and you can see the body of the octopus faintly inside.
January 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
Wunderpus! These unique little octopus mimic species of venomous fish and sea snakes in order to deter predators 🐙 #marinelife #octopus
Wunderpus on a sandy ground with its long arms extended around it. It has white and rust colored stripes on its legs and white and rust spotted head Wunderpus swimming forward along a sandy bottom, its legs are draping behinds it as it moves
January 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
wispbloom.bsky.social
Went to the gender clinic to get my pronouns rotated, my trans-mission checked, and my gender fluid changed
January 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
Here's party themed Mieridduryn (pronunciation is like mee airy theerin so it's not quite "merry")
Franz Anthony's beautiful reconstruction of Mieridduryn but I added party hats in paint
December 25, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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azulcrescent.bsky.social
Everything i like is in my room, why would i leave it
December 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Alriiight 2024's not over yet, but here's my #ArtVsArtist for the year 🦑

#ArtVsArtist2024
a brady bunch 9-frame, with Sarah in the center sitting in her car with her lizard on her left boob on the way to the vet. She's giving a SHRUG expression. From top to bottom left to right, we have 8 pieces of art surrounding her: 1) A giant squid sinking into the abyss in grayscale made in ink 2) a man thing with heart eyes made with ink and colored pencil, 3) , a histioteuthis aka strawberry squid in a gradient blue background made with a mix of ink and digitally colored 4) digital illustration of a crustacrean hardcore band, with a spider crab on the drums and shrimp singing his little face off, and a rock lobster staring dead-eyed ahead playing the sea-foam green telecaster, 5) a digitally made shrimp, crossing one set of arms, and holding up a cigarette in one hand and a pink martini in the other, wearing sunglasses and saying "The bastards don't quit but neither do i" 6) A ink and colored pencil doodle of man-thing holding a polaroid photo of mothman's butt, signed xoxo, mothman. You can't tell it's man-thing, it's just man-thing's hand shown, but if you were flipping through my whole sketchbook you'd know because they're boyfriends 7) ink drawing of two reef squid, digitally colored 8) An ink and colored pencil drawing of mothman, in his little red panties (lmao) shining a flashlight at himself seductively in the inky blackness
December 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM
wispbloom.bsky.social
Celsius and Igor caught in the act of being cute af
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social
Screenshot of Wikipedia with the bug that a page loads with the wrong banner image. It is a picture of a peregrine falcon looking to the right. It is standing but you can only see it from the shoulder up. The text, which is the article name and blurb, says "Worm" in large text and then "Limbless invertebrate animal" in small text
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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maggieleithead.bsky.social
Monterey dorid central this morning at Setchell in the Saanich Inlet. Yay lemons! #nudibranch #UnderwaterPhotogtaphy 🦑
A cute yellow Monterey dorid showing its brown tipped rhinophores Two yellow Monterey dorids tucked up beside each other with two legs of a nearby leather star reaching toward them. A plump yellow Monterey dorid showing its two rhinophores up front and its brachial plum tufting up in the back. Two yellow Monterey dorids snuggled up while a nearby leather star paws its way along the top mud branch.
November 24, 2024 at 3:22 AM
wispbloom.bsky.social
I need to know the secret to a bigger chest. Is it murder? It's totally murder. Who do I kill? Can I just randomly kill someone and get like, the boobs as a thank you from Kr'tha the Blood God of Killing You Now And Also Estrogen? Can I turn in some work i did previously instead of a whole new one?
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 AM
wispbloom.bsky.social
Me n Atomicrops/oxygen not included/sandrock
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Nov 22
I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like “THE WORLD IS ENDING” and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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octonation.bsky.social
❓Have you seen the photo of this octopus species sprouting biological stalks from her body to attach her eggs to? It’s iconic. 🐙

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The Female Blanket Octopus: The Superhero of the Ocean!
Take a peek & learn some more interestingly fun & educational facts about the female blanket octopus a.k.a. Superhero of the ocean!
octonation.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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nora.zone
i feel like you don't need a gender to be a wizard
November 16, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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sensoryecology.bsky.social
“But octopus evolution led them to develop a taste for greasy things, while squid and cuttlefish evolution tweaked the brain proteins to detect bitter compounds, the researchers discovered”.

#scicomm
#neuroskyence
#sensoryecology

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Octopus, squid and cuttlefish arms evolved to ‘taste’ different compounds
Octopus suckers can taste a variety of greasy, sticky molecules, while squid and cuttlefish suckers detect bitter compounds.
www.sciencenews.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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octonation.bsky.social
Since 2015, OctoNation’s worked closely with underwater photographers, biologists, artists, aquarists, & cephalopod enthusiasts to inspire wonder of our oceans by educating the world about octopuses!

This incredible video was created by octopus fans at @brutworks, an animation collective!
November 17, 2024 at 4:02 AM
wispbloom.bsky.social
I use a weed rolling tray for my hormones :p
November 17, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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namnezia.bsky.social
A cosmic octopod. #sciart
Vintage octopod blends with blotchy background, to describe what we know of sensory perception in cephalopods
November 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM