Goodies From #CephalopodWeek

For the past few days, Science Friday’s Cephalopod Week has celebrated these amazing, beautiful, and mysterious creatures—and our friends at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI, as well as fans from all around the Internet, have joined us in the festivities. It’s been a fascinating, tentacle-filled week, but it’s nearly over. If you’re still looking for a cephalopod fix, we’ve compiled all the SciFri stories we shared this week in one place.

The Vampire Squid from Hell

These deep-sea cephalopods may look sinister, but researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium say that they’re anything but. [Video]

Caring for Cuttlefish

How does the Monterey Bay Aquarium care for their population of cuttlefish? Here’s a hint: It involves a “cuttle cradle”. [Video]

Teaching Ancient Nautilus New Tricks

The nautilus is considered the oddball in a family of oddballs, but this “laid-back” species may be the key to understanding cephalopod intelligence. [Video]

Where’s the Octopus?

Researcher Roger Hanlon was diving in the Caribbean when he captured video footage that made him scream. [Video]

Where’s the Cuttlefish?

Cuttlefish are masters of disguise thanks to their chromatophores, but what can that tell us about how they see the world? [Video]

Oliver Sacks’s Cephalopod Collection
Author and neuroscientist Oliver Sacks sent pictures of his extensive cephalopod collection.

How Does The Octopus Blend into its Environment?

Kids learn how octopuses blend into their environment with this activity. [Education]

Make a Vampyroteuthis Hat

Show your Cephalopod Week pride with a fashionable vampire squid hat. [Education]

Picture of the Week: Blue-Lined Octopus

This beautiful octopus is one of the most deadly to humans. [Article]

Are Cephalopods Really Colorblind?

Cephalopods are famous for their color-changing skin, but they’re actually colorblind. [Article]

Playing Music – Through a Squid

Normally we listen to music through speakers or headphones, but the people behind Backyard Brains tried a different method. [Article]

Oliver Sacks and the Search for the Giant Squid

Author and neuroscientist Oliver Sacks joins Ira in interviewing Clyde Rooper, the zoologist on the hunt for the giant squid. [Audio]

8 Feet of Justice

SciFri production assistant Sam Flatow comes to the defense of the octopus. [Article]

CreatureCast: Light Up Squid

Biologist Casey Dunn and his student Sophia Tintori explain how squid manipulate their chromatophores. [Video]

Squid Suckers

Have you ever seen a squid sucker up close? How about under an electron micrograph? [Article]

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