#this vest is ADORABLE

[bethanythebogwitch]

So a while back I made this post

And it became very popular. While many people already knew, I did get some asking why humboldt squids are scary. So for this Wet Beast Wednesday I'm going to teach you why you should be afraid, or at least respectful, of molluscoid menace that is the humboldt squid.

(image: a humboldt squid)

Known to scientists as Dosidicus gigas and to many others as the jumbo squid, pota, jibia, and diablo rojo, the humboldt squid is the 5th largest squid in the world and the largest of the flying squids. Don't worry, it can't actually fly. They reach an average mantle length (tat's excluding the head and arms) of 1.5 meters, with some specimens reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 ft) in mantle length. The arms can reach up to another meter in length. Adults can weigh up to 50 kg (150 lbs), with females generally being larger than males. They live in the Pacific along the cost of the Americas, from the tip of South America up to California in North America. Some individuals have been known to travel farther north, up to Alaska, which is outside of their historical range. It is possible that as the ocean warms, their native range will continue to expand north.

(image: a humboldt squid releasing ink as a defense mechanism)

Humboldt squids reproduce in deep waters, and as a result we don't know much about their courtship. Males use a modified arm called the heterocotylus to transfer sperm into the female's mantle. She then lays a transparent, gelatinous egg mass that is left to float in the water column. These masses can range between 1 and 4 meters in diameter can can contain up to 4 million eggs. Hatchlings receive no parental care and most will die before adulthood. They grow extremely rapidly, likely as a self-defense against cannibalism by larger squids. Like many squid, humboldts only live for a year and die shortly after mating.

(image: a humboldt squid next to a much braver diver than I will ever be)

As with most cephalopods, the humboldt squid has cells called chromatophores that allow it to change color. Cameras attached to captured and released specimens have show two types of color-changing behavior: flashing and flickering. Flashing is when the animal changes rapidly between red and white. This is done in the presence of other squid and is likely a means of communication, possibly a form of courtship or warning to stay away. Flickering is when waves of red and white travel down the body. This is likely a form of camouflage to blend in with light flickering through the water. In addition to flashing and flickering, cameras have seen multiple forms of color changes and communication behaviors, indicating that they have a rich social life. The red color the squid turns when hunting contributes to its nickname amongst Mexican fishermen: "diablo rojo", the "red devil".

(gif: humboldts changing color)

So all that sounds pretty normal, why are they scary? Well that comes down to their feeding behavior and aggression. Humboldt squids hunt in shoals that can include thousands of members and go into feeding frenzies that can make shark feeding frenzies look like a child's tea party. They are infamous for their aggression and there are many stories of them attacking divers and fishermen. Not even they are immune to their predation, as multiple studies have found between a half and a quarter of all dissected specimens have recently fed on others of their species. Cannibalism may make up a major portion of their diet, though cannibalistic behavior seems to increase in response to stress. Their typical diet consists of fish, crustaceans, and other squids. Humboldts typically keep their two long tentacles coiled up between their arms, only for them to suddenly lash out and grab prey. These tentacles have multiple sharp hooks that have been reported to cause severe cuts in humans. Captured prey is then pulled in toward the beak and consumed. Feeding happens so fast that scientists need to us high-speed cameras to record the capture as the tentacles move so fast they prey can be caught and reeled in between frames. Eating is also fast enough that they can grab a hooked fish and skeletonize it in the time it takes a frustrated angler to pull their catch in. And if that wren't enough, they also engage in cooperative hunting, working together to catch prey. When not feeding or being hunted, they have been described as curious, though they often react to unfamiliar stimuli with aggression. Some divers have reported that humboldts will come investigate them and even act friendly, though I can't say I'd be willing to try it.

(gif: a squid attacking a camera)

(gif: hunting squid)

Numerous fishermen's tales and news stories tell of attacks on humans, but the squid do have a reason to not like us. They are fished heavily, especially off the coat of Mexico and are the most important squid for commercial fisheries. Humboldt squids make up about a third of all squid fished every year and are the most popular food squid. Squid meat is saturated with ammonium chloride, which they use for buoyancy, and must be prepared to remove the taste before eating. Not much is known about threats to conservation, though some speculate that overfishing and global warming disrupting their food supply could threaten the population. They are listed as data deficient by the IUCN. As scary as they might be, humboldt squids serve a very important ecological role in their territories, both as primary predators and as prey to sharks and toothed whales, and more research on their sustainability and conservation needs is important.

(image: a scientist attaching a crittercam to a humboldt squid)

#wet beast wednesday #marine biology #biology #zoology #animals #ecology #animal facts #humboldt squid #jumbo squid #squid #cephalopod #that last picture is adorable #he has a little vest!

[thegoblinboy]

inspired by @rogueddie 's post. Right Here.

120 minutes

2 hours they have been standing in front of this stupid claw machine. All because Eddie saw something inside that he was desperate to get. Whatever it was he was refusing to tell Steve who was now pressed up against the wall between the claw machine and some arcade machine. He’s confident that the other has blown at least a hundred dollars trying to get whatever he wanted.

His tongue stuck out in concentration, refusing to let Steve talk to him as it would distract him. Steve doesn’t think much of what the other is doing. The other boy did wacky things all the time. This was one of those times as he waits patiently for the other to finish. Willing to stay all night if that meant he was able to spend time with Eddie.

Five minutes later, when the boy starts hopping up and down and throwing his hands excitedly in the air. Smiling brightly at Steve before he’s turning, bending down, and grabbing whatever he caught from the slot. Pulling it back and putting it behind his back quickly before Steve could see. Moving forward into his space, a smile tugged on the scar on his face. Not leaving any space between them. A look of confusion crossed over Steve’s face trying to figure out what the other was doing.

“So what did you win?” He asks curiously, wondering what the other had spent all that time on. Must’ve been worth it by the smile on his face.

“Oh nothing,” Eddie says tiling his head to the side dramatically. “Just, you know. A bat.” He takes the moment to pull the plushie up holding it by the wing as he dangles it in front of Steve who was starting to think confusion was his default setting.

“Oh?”

“Oh? A man spends two hours winning you a stuffed bat and all you have to say is oh?” Eddie’s teasing is continuous. Constantly wrapping itself around Steve with a soft flush as a result.

Steve begins to stutter over his words as he lifts his hand up, holding the stuffy carefully in both hands. His heart swells up as he realizes Eddie spent all that time for him. As the realization hits a dopey smile grows on Steve’s face, seemingly what Eddie had been searching for as his eyes flicker down to the other's lips. Moving a hand up and carefully setting it on the wall next to Steve’s head. Not caring how close they were. Both of their faces were pink and their hearts beating fast.

“So, watcha gonna name it?” Eddie asks with a smile, one that was reserved for Steve.

“Ozzy.”

“Holy shit, I am just a simple peasant to your royalty. Oh holy one, please grace me with your presence at mine tonight.” Eddie pulls back starting to bow down at the other as Steve laughs at his antics.

“Is that your way of asking me out?” He teases playfully.

“Yes, I guess it is,” Eddie responds, hand aimlessly moving to twirl the bat's wing with his finger as he smiles brightly at the other.

#ok but Ozzy coming over for play dates with strawberry #both of them getting each other stuffed animals that are similar to their personalities is close to my heart #like Steve is a huge teddy bear who is soft and if he was a color it would be pink or yellow #Eddie is like a bat scary when he first comes at you out of nowhere but when you pay close attention you realize hes a softy #Eddie will hyperfixate on making a battle vest for Steves stuffed bat #Meanwhile Steve works on crotcheing a sweater for Eddies bear #they are so in love it makes me sick #also bats are adorable i said it #steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #steve x eddie #bxb #steveharrington #steveddie #eddie stranger things #steve and eddie #them winning stuff animals for each other #yes

[moongothic]

Something about Luffy's insistence on getting a bronze statue on the Going Merry vs the golden bananawani statue on top of Rain Dinners

#Moon posting #OP Meta #Crocodad #Like Father like Son. Just deeply gaudy #Crocodile's branding is so *comically* on-point #Like good on him he knows what the fuck he's about. But lmao #But man. There is an alternative timeline where Thousand Sunny had a giant bronze monkey statue/headpiece on it #Like I remember seeing someone post about how Crocodile refusing to get a proper prosthetic from Vegapunk/the WG and keeping his hook #Is like a very Luffy-esque thing to do #And like realistically I think Crocodile just wouldn't trust anyone to mess with his body/give him a prosthetic hand #But you know. They DO both have horrible taste in everything. They are both in fact extremely fucking gaudy. So sure #(While I'm at it: It's so cute how pre-timeskip Luffy loved wearing his vests... Just like how Croc likes his vests... Adorable)

[cinna-bunnie]

i love looking down or catching my reflection in a window and being like oh i forgot I'm hot today

#i mean. I'm hot everyday. but nonetheless #I'm really breasting boobily in this tank top rn and between the pants and my jewelry n my hair being done i look Fine (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ #i usually got a lil jacket on but today i just wore a vest out and don't have it on rn :3 i love that it's getting warmer!! #at its worse i had like 4 or 5 layers on just to hang out outside during winter 💀 spring my beloved #had a very passionate rant about spring with my nurse this morning 👉🏾👈🏾 i love it as much as fall. my favorite seasons hehe #i miss her.. she was so pretty and gay.. we had such a lovely talk together ૮ᴖﻌᴖა ♡⁠ they r always so nicey to me at that clinic #lmaooo (⁠´⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.̫⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠`⁠) actually i feel like i always miss my nurses throughout the day after seeing them there. i adore all of them #the front desk remembers me by name and everyone always calls me by my chosen name (❁´◡`❁) ♡⁠ and make sure #they r pronouncing it right. my favorite one was this old lady who was very silly with me ╰(￣ω￣ｏ) i love old ladies. let's talk 🙇🏾‍♀️ #im always a safe space for an old lady to be herself and be real w me. and silly if I'm lucky 🥺💕 let's be whimsical together 🫴🏾

[adzy-drawz]

hey guys;

the original image

#i have been sucked into the void <3 #welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home frank #welcome home eddie #welcome home julie #welcome home frank x eddie #these three are probably my most favorite i think <333 #YAYAYA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #anyway. eddie and frank are fukcing adorable #adzy drawz #ALSO FRANKS SWEATER VEST WAS HELL TO COLOR IN AAAAHHH /npa

[fma03envy]

I feel like (in my Jabberwock Ryoko AU ig) it would be so funny if Ryoko and Hajime weren't even really friends and were more like acquaintances before finding out about their backstories, including All The Insane Junkozuru Shit™. Imagine realizing that your alternate/non memory wiped self was obsessed with someone who to you is genuinely just some guy

^ my vision

#This could NOT actually happen in said AU bc Hajime wld already have a vested interest in befriending Ryoko there. But its funny to imagine. #Adrien says stuff #my doodles #Jabberwock Ryoko AU #Danganronpa #ryoko otonashi #hajime hinata #junko enoshima #izuru kamukura #junkozuru #<- love how I adore this ship but from half the things I post on the topic you'd think I hated it #Tbf I'm very aro so this is kinda just how shipping works with me #(sidenote ik that neither mastermind would even have the emotional intelligence to actively think this stuff. I'm editorializing a lil bit) #danganronpa spoilers

[nicoscheer]

A bunch of clips from the gig

Standing next to me

#01/03/2024 #miles kane #Lisbon #I can’t with him; he’s casually outside with only his vest on in England but in Lisbon he’s wearing a coat 😂 #I love this bloke so fucking much he’s the sweetest human being #genuine question how many jackets does he own 😅😂 #adore him for not fully learning the lyrics and needing a cheat sheet 🫶🏽🫶🏽🥰 #I adore this silly idiot so much for asking the fans how soundcheck sounded; nervous sweetheart #Instagram

[nariko-senpai]

There are multiple reasons why I love The Hunger Games movies, but I can't be bothered to name them all here, so one of the reasons is the relationship between Rue and Thresh.

In the book, Thresh and Rue don't have any interactions that we know of, but we do know that Thresh must've cared about her on some level because of his reaction when he heard Clove said she was dead. It's really well done in the book, where Thresh asks Katniss if she's dead and Katniss replies saying yes, I killed the guy that killed her and sang her to death plus district 11 gave me bread. Thresh then spares her life and essentially takes on Cato to spare Katniss and Peeta since he probably knew Cato was gonna hunt them down.

That's all very nice and all, BUT THE MOVIE ADDS ONE SCENE THAT I LOVE.

In the movie, there's a scene that isn't in the book where Cato starts a fight with some boy from another district (idk which one), saying that random boy stole his knife. They argue over disappearing knife, other guy saying he didn't take it. QUE RUE HIDING ABOVE THE MONKEY BARS TWIRLING CATO'S KNIFE IN HER HAND AS SHE WATCHES THE FIGHT. That shows how crafty, smart and quick Rue is, but below her, THRESH IS QUIETLY LAUGHING AND SHAKING HIS HEAD AT RUE LIKE A BIG BROTHER. 😭

It's such a small scene, but I think it adds so much depth to Rue and Thresh's relationship and is a reason why I like the movie.

#the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #rue hunger games #thresh hunger games #omg this is adorable #this is why the hunger games have the vest movie adaptions

[andy-clutterbuck]

The Murmuring | 2022

#wanna put him in my pocket #Andrew Lincoln #Cabinet of Curiosities #Edgar Bradley #* #i want one #or two #Utah get me two #i want an adorable devoted bird loving nerd #look at his little vest #G L A S S E S #BIG SOFT ENERGY #i mean sitting on the other end of the couch is fine i guess #id be crawling in his lap #but that's just me #im a goblin #H A N D S

[chippdhearts]

Sofia Curtis in Every Episode [39/49] 7x14 ★ Meet Market

#csi #sofia curtis #louise lombard #singinprincess #femalecharacters #femaledaily #userladies #smallscreensource #gifs;mine #mine;csi #csi;sc #mine;llombard #mine;scurtis #ee*scurtis #in case we have somehow got to this point in this gif series and it wasn't searingly obvious #I am so in love with her eyes #I adore her in general obvs #but like look at how CLEAR her eyes are #ALSO vest

[kedreeva]

Hi!

For the new year's ask game - one thing I'm really proud of is I made a vest! It was out of an old pair of tye-died jeans and it turned out incredibly. I've been working on my sewing skills for a long time and it felt good to make something I can wear.

One good thing that happened to me this year is that I got to go to a Hozier concert. I travelled and stayed in a different town alone and had a great time. He's been my favorite artist for years.

Here's pics of the vest and of my cats.

I'd like to see a silly picture if you have one, of Bug or the cats :) Happy new year!

This is the silliest I have; Bug jumped down from the highest place she can get to, and she used to be small enough to land on her perch and the perch would not fall over, but... lately she's started outgrowing it, and sometimes we don't grab the base fast enough. Here she is wondering what happened

#bug the peahen #peafowl #peahens #my pets #asks #nye game #happy new years #that is a kickass vest by the way #and adorable cats!!

[ask-cyantist]

AHEM

Couldn't find Yellow's gender, so

Androgynous people my beloved

~~~

[Mod: THERE'S MORE?? HOLY SHIT]

[Mod: And- ding ding ding, you guessed right! Yellow is in fact agender/androgynous! :D Thank you again @coolguyoninternet this is so sweet asksdhfdsf-]

#submission #fanart #Among Us #Among Us Cyan #coolguyoninternet #ooc #the lil vest on Yellow is adorable

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

💤☁️Sleepy Boiz☁️💤

#[**tucks each one of them in and kisses all of their foreheads goodnight**] #Sammy's orange bunny is the freaking cutest thing ever #and John honey... pls let me get you a neck pillow love. Your C1-C7s will thank you cuz right not it ain't it babe #Fred's yawn is stinkin' adorable #and Lee's couch nap in his sleeveless puffer vest looks like he'll be out for hibernation #love how Wes' cat has more covers than he does. Kitty needs it. And more backside for us to enjoy😉 #Fred Durst #DJ Lethal #Sam Rivers #John Otto #Wes Borland #Limp Bizkit #nu metal #down the rabbit hole

[fairy-hub]

Our neighbor has started a garden lately, turns out they also got free roam chickens. Never more have I been so confused and delighted then I did this afternoon when I went into my back yard and there are 10 white chickens and a rooster pecking at the grass/chilling

#they are adorable and I love them all already #they are smart and went right back into his yard when they saw my dog #which he can’t get them due to his long leash and safety vest #he will boof his head off at them though

[oisin-sdit]

Noëls first vest (modelled by fudge my stuffed animal German shorthair pointer) it came with a pen and blank patches but the pen didn't work so I'll just buy some do not pet and in training patches on Amazon. I can't wait for this puppy

#service dog #service dog in training #service dog prospect #Stuffed animal #I think I should get fudge a vest too he looks adorable in it

[goldendoodlerlockerlove]

It’s my friend Sam @brinkle-brackle’s birthday today, so I knew I had to draw them something!! They love Marty McFly from Back to the Future more than anything, so I knew I had to draw him up for them!! I hope their birthday is a great one, because they absolutely deserve it.

#marty mcfly #i actually really love how he came out here 😭 #i called him babygirl once and AM I WRONG LOOK AT HIM #i love his expressions so much he always looks so concerned and afraid at any given moment #his outfit was very fun i adore his vest so much #drawing things for people’s birthdays is one of my favorite things to do now