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Squid skin is naturally anti-microbial

This new finding makes squid skin a potentially valuable medical product, and could reduce waste from commercial fisheries

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Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predators

Look, sometimes you need to "offload water" from a giant albatross...for science

rainbow octopus
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Cephalopods are forcing us to rethink what it means to be colorblind

Octopuses, squids and cuttlefish should technically be colorblind. So how do they camouflage so well?

You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin.

Octopuses and cuttlefish are masters of underwater camouflage, blending in seamlessly against a rock or coral. But squid have to hide in the open ocean, mimicking the subtle interplay of light, water, and waves. How do they do it?

Squid Communicate With a Secret, Skin-Powered Alphabet

"Their body plan is so bizarre compared to ours that it’s hard to compare their brain structure and function to something that we know."