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Bigfin squids are a rare family of deep-sea squids, characterized by their large fins and incredibly long tentacles, which can stretch almost 15-20 times the length of the mantle. No adult specimens have been discovered.

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Oregon coast aquarium

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When working with an octopus…

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There are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

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Dream job

Just forced my family to watch videos about squids and the marina trench on the big screen TV because I’m hyperfixating on them. Feeling very Autism

I am in Love with these pictures dude

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Helmet Jelly

Periphylla periphylla

The Helmet Jelly can be found at all depths of the ocean. This vibrant and strange jellyfish tends to proliferate in Norwegian fjords. They are one of the dominant predators in these isolated ecosystems.

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http://www.seawater.no/fauna/cnidaria/periphylla.html

https://www.bigfishexpeditions.com/2019/01/24/norway-deepwater-shark-diving-2018/helmet-jelly/

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I know there's a niche in ecology for organisms that climb on other organisms and eat their parasites. Are there any examples in nature of creatures mimicking other more beneficial organisms?

There's probably more examples than we know of but oddly the only one I've ever heard of are the false cleaner wrasses! Real cleaner wrasses perform a "dance" that "advertises" to fish of countless other species that they'll eat their parasites, so other fish will respond to the dance by hovering in place and spreading their fins to be cleaned up.

The false cleaner wrasse mimics the coloration, shape, and dance of the real thing but then eats chunks of actual fin. It also has a silly face that opens up into demon fangs:

smilin about it!! thinks its funny!!!!

photos from: 1, 2, 3

bogleech

TWO important facts I neglected are that the fangs are also venomous, and the mimic isn’t even related to the real thing! Cleanerfish are wrasses while false cleanerfish are blennies, meaning the closest relatives of the fraud doctor look more like this: