Category Archives: Cephalopods

Octopuses don’t have tentacles

That’s right, octopuses don’t have tentacles, they have arms. Squids have 8 arms and 2 tentacles. So how are tentacles different from arms? They are usually longer and, in general, only have suckers at their ends. If the cephalopod doesn’t … Continue reading

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Flashbang Cephalopods

It appears that Taningia danae, a deep-sea squid, uses “bright flashes to disorientate potential victims”, much like Ts and CTs use flashbangs in order to blind, confuse, and incapacitate their opponents in CS. Check out the story here, and don’t … Continue reading

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