Octopus suckers (1)
An octopus has usually a double row of circular suckers, which are strong muscular structures. When pressed against a surface, they create low pressure in the suction cup that provides grip.
Squid suckers (2-3)
Squid suckers have an inner ring of hooks and teeth, which are both stretchy and strong. They help them hang onto their prey by perforating the skin. The third picture shows for example the hooks at the end of a colossal squid’s tentacle.
This rare footage of a gigantic sunfish was captured on film by photographer Miguel Pereira off the coast of Portugal.
“A few days before, my camera was damaged when the underwater housing flooded. The bad luck was compensated when diving with a GoPro I saw the giant Sunfish almost at surface level and practically static. The Sunfish seemed not to be bothered by our presence at all and followed us for 15 minutes.” -Miguel Pereira
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Giant squids might be even bigger than we realized
According to research from Charles Paxton, fisheries ecologist and statistician at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, published in the Journal of Zoology this month, the giant squid could grow to reach as much as 65 feet. But even that is a “conservative analysis,” as size could protect against their #1 predator.
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Aliens
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Y’know, in case you were wondering how a blubbery critter enters the water after sunning itself on the beach for an hour.
This remarkably looks like me getting out of bed for early morning fieldwork.
(Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, filmed on Ship Island in the Gulf of Maine)
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