/r/Cephalopods

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Photos, illustrations, paintings, videos and other stuff pertaining to octopusses and cephalopods in general.

Photos, illustrations, paintings, videos and other stuff pertaining to octopusses, squids, cuttlefish, and cephalopods in general.

SELLING THINGS is allowed and encouraged; have some nice octopus related prints? Ceramics? Other cephalo-centric objects? Bring 'em on! Just please add [for sale] in the title.

NSFW pics are allowed, but please tag the title accordingly with [NSFW].

If you're interested in cephalopods, you may want to check out tonmo.com, "the premier cephalopod interest community, and birthplace of #WorldOctopusDay and #CephalopodAwarenessDays". Probably the biggest cephalopod community online. No affiliation.

Also, don't forget to visit our cetacean friends over in /r/whales, and our jelly-buddies over in /r/jellyfish!

/r/Cephalopods

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The vampire squid, ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด (Cephalooda, Vampyroteuthidae), is largely covered with bioluminescent photophores and will reportedly agitate bioluminescent protists in the water as a means to attract larger prey for the squids' consumption. ๐Ÿ“ท: NOAA

1 Comment
2023/06/01
18:14 UTC

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thinking about making a coloring book

2 Comments
2023/05/30
21:00 UTC

126

Seen on Facebook

I want one. Perhaps two. Or maybe three.

2 Comments
2023/05/14
17:36 UTC

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life motto

4 Comments
2023/05/11
20:12 UTC

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(mythical) deep sea octopus

Acrylic painting on a 46x55 cm canvas. The light is shining off the canvas but try to ignore that ๐Ÿ˜…

2 Comments
2023/05/10
19:22 UTC

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Heโ€™s swimming away to Kentucky!

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2023/05/08
01:50 UTC

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Toadstool octopus painting I made

2 Comments
2023/05/03
04:12 UTC

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Magnapinna sticker <3

2 Comments
2023/05/02
19:18 UTC

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My decapodiformes stickers ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿ’–

2 Comments
2023/05/01
01:15 UTC

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bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana

2 Comments
2023/04/30
22:52 UTC

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Santa Barbara harbor. Can anyone ID?

3 Comments
2023/04/29
06:12 UTC

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a flapjack octopus, opisthoteuthis

4 Comments
2023/04/28
16:02 UTC

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i have a cephalopod themed sticker of the month club if anyone is interested

patreon.com/megmindlinart

4 Comments
2023/04/27
00:19 UTC

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People seemed to like my last octopus pic. This was right before he started crawling over my buddy.

1 Comment
2023/04/26
02:46 UTC

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Took a picture of this little guy after he climbed into my buddies hands.

9 Comments
2023/04/25
12:10 UTC

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Glu, glu ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿฆ‘

8 Comments
2023/04/10
18:26 UTC

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Heโ€™s swimming away to Kentucky!

Made this for a fellow redditor, and he took off today! Canโ€™t wait to see a pic of him in his forever home!!

3 Comments
2023/04/06
23:44 UTC

70

Painted a pacific blue ringed octopus owl

4 Comments
2023/04/05
13:28 UTC

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Iโ€™m

Noodling around with painting zoomed in eyes of sea crittersโ€”and this octo is my favorite so far! No clue what to call it yetโ€”ideas??

2 Comments
2023/04/03
16:01 UTC

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I can NOT decide what this dude's name should be. Aubergine? Clarence? Octo the Destroyer?

19 Comments
2023/03/26
19:35 UTC

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I drew another dumpling squid, but this time in my usual style

4 Comments
2023/03/25
21:40 UTC

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I may have gone a little nuts. 176 individually painted bubbles. Yep, I counted.

2 Comments
2023/03/25
15:14 UTC

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Shh, donโ€™t bother them! Theyโ€™re just comparing notes real quick on the best bubble blowing techniques.

0 Comments
2023/03/21
03:28 UTC

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My itty bitty octo commission

6 Comments
2023/03/20
02:42 UTC

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