• @[email protected]
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    4 months ago

    That’s probably an octopus or maybe a cuttlefish but not a squid.

    Squid can’t be kept captive they die within a day or two. And only octopus have the flexibility to change into “a rock” and can be kept as pets.

    But very slight chance its a cuttlefish because I can’t see very well if its completely changed shape or not in pic 2.

    Source: I worked in a lab studying octopus and cuttlefish

    • @TexasDrunk
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      154 months ago

      Do you know why squid died in captivity?

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        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.

        • Ricky Rigatoni
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          214 months ago

          world’s dumbest cephalopod inks itself and chokes to death. more at 11.

          • Gloomy
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            World’s crulest animal puts other animals in captivity and then calls them dumb for showing their natural behaviour in a completely alien envirment. More at 11.

            • @RaspberryJam
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              4 months ago

              They want to sign up for your cephalopod fact subscription service! 😄

              • @[email protected]
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                134 months ago

                Hahhaha. Cephs are so weird and interesting. I was only an intern and didn’t end up going far into biology, but it was certainly fascinating.

                I want to keep a pet octopus bimaculous once I have the money.