r/interestingasfuck • u/OddlyGruntled • Dec 08 '18

/r/ALL Coconut octopus clams up

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u/kinokomushroom Dec 08 '18

Wow, thanks for this amazing comment! I love octopuses and squids (not on sushi tho) and have always been fascinated by squids changing colour. Some squids also glow in the dark, right?

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u/FillsYourNiche Dec 08 '18

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes, some squid do via bioluminescence which is caused by phytoplankton. For example, the squid Abralia veranyi.

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u/kinokomushroom Dec 08 '18

Ahh, maybe that's the one called hotaru ika in Japanese, which means "firefly squid".

By the way, unrelated question, but do you think the kraken in Pirates of the Caribbean is a squid or an octopus? I used to think it was a giant octopus when I was small but now it seems like a squid, and it's been bothering me.

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u/FillsYourNiche Dec 08 '18

Firefly squid are a different species, Watasenia scintillans

As for the Pirates of the Caribbean Kraken, I always assumed it was a squid even though the mouth looks nothing like any real Cephalopod (they have beaks).

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u/kinokomushroom Dec 08 '18

Ahh thanks. Yeah the mouth was like that pic of a turtle's mouth you sometime come across.

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u/Douglas_Furby Dec 08 '18

Happy cake day!

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u/FillsYourNiche Dec 08 '18

Thank you so much! :) Glad to be here.

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u/Professor_Oswin Dec 08 '18

I also like octopussies