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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 23 Sep 16:08
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Triumph@fedia.io on 23 Sep 16:37 next collapse

I believe that is a cuttlefish.

e: I no longer believe that is a cuttlefish, having been informed by @mienshao that it is a Hawaiian bobtail squid.

jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Sep 17:19 next collapse

No, you’re a cutiel fish

mienshao@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 12:07 collapse

Incorrect—that is a Hawaiian Bobtail Squid. Cuttlefish have very distinct W-shaped pupils.

Annoys the hell out of me that this is the top comment. Lol

Triumph@fedia.io on 24 Sep 13:53 collapse

TIL! Thank you! It does look a lot like a young cuttlefish, though.

TheBat@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 16:51 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://i.giphy.com/3GujUQKjvQFNZhkxsT.webp">

Zuriz@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 19:03 collapse

Write with weapon.

fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net on 23 Sep 17:06 next collapse

You know in middle school science they actually had us dissect a squid and attempt dip the pen into its ink and write with it. My group couldn’t seem to get it to work so one of the guys in the group just used to the pen to stab it in the eye and wrote with that instead.

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 02:20 collapse

Wow, cool story bro.

LadyButterfly@reddthat.com on 23 Sep 18:20 next collapse

This is perfection

shalafi@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 21:16 next collapse

Saw a video of an Asian guy in his canoe with the business end of a squid pointed at his face. He was lightly smacking it and, BOOM, ink bukake. Let’s just say there might be a lot more ink in there than you might suspect.

Found it!

www.youtube.com/shorts/Sv_zVTNwReU

Madison420@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 03:11 collapse

Yo he leaned back into that. Is it still porn if it’s non-explicit staged bukake?

webp@mander.xyz on 24 Sep 02:53 next collapse

Interesting. But did you know human beings have a sack and something called a pen-is. Perhaps given sufficient research it could be used for the same purpose. Food for thought.

hakunawazo@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 15:56 collapse

Maybe to write secret letters like with lemon juice and a candle, but this time with an UV lamp instead.
Like Peter Quill said:
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1a00a0b5-f7ce-4052-be6a-6161b744c858.gif">

leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Sep 03:30 next collapse

Who cares about pens and ink?

Damn things got an HD screen all over their bodies, they don’t need ink to write whatever they want all over themselves…

<img alt="Eerie. " src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/7d25ea59-2536-4aa0-8aa6-def98e99d8f1.webp">

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works on 24 Sep 11:12 collapse

This is a cuttlefish, not a squid.

Squids wish they could be cool as cuttlefish

leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Sep 12:26 collapse

They aren’t as cool, sure, but they’re still covered in chromatophores (and cuttlefish also have ink, so the point still stands anyway).

I just couldn’t find a gif of one using them, so I got one of a cuttlefish. 🤷‍♂️

Serpent@feddit.uk on 24 Sep 04:15 next collapse

Isn’t that a cuttlefish in the picture?

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works on 24 Sep 11:12 collapse

It is

mienshao@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 12:08 collapse

It is NOT. It is a hawaiian bobtail squid. Sheesh lol.

Dasus@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 14:59 collapse

If you train them to write symbols you show them, wouldn’t that make one a calamarigraphist