I thought you were a Biologist and were going on an actual rant about actual vampire squids
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iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 months agovampire squid makes them sound cute, they are literally the scum of the earth: They are leeching billions from what is normally a tax funded sector and on the side heavily polarising access to science in favor of rich countries.
Neon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 months ago
no I just imagined a small squid with tiny fangs
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah they are more like Humboldt squid. They live below most things, in the dark, and surface when it is dark. They will eat others, of their own kind, if they are injured, or otherwise inhibited, or because their group isn’t finding adequate feeding fast enough.