Submitted 9 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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That’s an octopus.
Squid can’t be kept capitive they die within a day. And only octopus have the flexibility to change into “a rock”.
Also the conditions these octopus are being kept in are horrible. An octopus needs a cave, and without it it gets stressed and starts self harming.
Source: I worked in a lab studying octopus and cuttlefish
Do you know why squid died in captivity?
They move very quickly. They tend to quickly kill themselves by bumping their heads into aquarium walls.
If they don’t die from bleeding, trauma, or infection, or stress, they tend to die pretty quickly from asphyxiation. As whenever they bump into the wall, they get suprised, and spray ink, in an aquarium, the ink stagnates and blocks them from breathing properly.
I miss Sprog from Reddit. I always loved their poems. 🥲
I miss Schnoodle (Schnoodle-doodle-doo, maybe?). Fresh hits like this in /aww…
I knew there was another one! Yes, I miss Schindler too!
shittywatercolour will always hold my heart
This is very good
Yesterday there was a spider walking on my floor. I picked it up with a piece of paper and I was worried it would start running around all spider like and touch me. Instead, it went into a spider version of the fetal position and was like “eww human don’t touch me!”
This really needs a beat, I can hear the Euro banger in my head
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
I like this poem
it’s tone and rhyme
it show us squid
not see much time
science fun
it helps us dream
so pls keep posting
the science meme
fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 months ago
🫶
Pandantic@midwest.social 9 months ago
Are you going to be the new Snoodle?!
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Aww, I miss Schnoodle 🙁