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- File:Symbol support vote.svg Amphioctopus marginatus
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Belemnitida
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Bigfin reef squid
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Robsonella huttoni
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Squid
- File:Symbol support vote.svg Velodona
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- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the midwater squid uses bioluminescence as a camouflage to counter-illuminate its underside to match the sparkling sea surface above? (2012-04-29)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the coconut octopus walks on two legs to look like a floating coconut? (2025-08-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that because the globose octopus Bathypolypus sponsalis lives at great depths, it has large eggs, reduced gills, and no ink sac? (2021-04-30)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the 150-million-year-old ink of the extinct, squid-like Belemnotheutis (artist's rendition pictured) was used to draw a picture that paleontologists called "the ultimate self portrait"? (2011-02-16)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that bigfin reef squids (pictured) have one of the fastest recorded growth rates of any large marine invertebrate? (2011-09-26)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that predatory fish sometimes associate with the grass octopus, snapping up organisms that it flushes from among the branches of corals? (2014-07-29)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that paleontologists have discovered the fossilized eggs of cephalopods, fishes, and reptiles, with some dinosaur eggs (pictured) being preserved with pathological shell deformities? (2013-09-09)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that findings of Cylindroteuthis and other belemnites in Greenland suggest that an early form of the Gulf Stream existed as early as the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous)? (2012-02-22)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Patagonian squid spawns among the stems of partially defoliated kelp Lessonia trabeculata? (2019-01-05)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that Eledone moschata is an octopus that smells of musk? (2010-06-01)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the ammonite Hildoceras bifrons (pictured) has been used as an index fossil to help identify the age of rocks? (2013-03-26)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the reverse jewel squid has bright eyes and an indigestible beak? (2014-03-23)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that when describing the new octopus genus Histoctopus, scientists named a species "after the senior author's wonderful wife, Karen Zipkas"? (2014-02-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Humboldt Squid is a large, aggressive predatory squid which can grow to 2 m long and weigh 40 kg? (2005-05-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that in the Caribbean, a small octopus mimics the bursts of swimming activity of the plate fish? (2014-06-07)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the epidermis of the mantle, an organ in mollusks, secretes the calcium carbonate that creates their shell? (2005-01-28)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that a study found that around 50 out of the 70 examined specimens of the subantarctic octopus species Benthoctopus levis (pictured) had fed exclusively on brittle stars? (2010-09-02)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that octopus aquaculture (common octopus pictured) is being seriously investigated because of overfishing, but so far it has been difficult to culture the early life stages? (2011-10-28)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the big blue octopus often forms a midden outside its den? (2017-05-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that small female Patagonian octopuses often choose an empty mollusc shell to lay their eggs in? (2018-11-02)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the saliva of the common clubhook squid contains a toxin which helps subdue its prey? (2018-12-26)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that Paul the Octopus (pictured) predicts Spain winning the World Cup today, while Mani the Parakeet tips a victory by the Netherlands? (2010-07-11)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the male pink scaled squid has been observed to mate upside down? (2025-06-07)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape? (2008-07-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the stubby squid uses a jet of water and its arms to bury itself? (2014-03-24)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that despite its "tasty flesh" and abundance, the southern cuttlefish Sepia australis is currently of little interest to fisheries? (2018-03-30)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that around divers, hooded cuttlefish are more curious and confident than squid or octopus? (2015-09-30)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that an egg strand of the southern reef squid is most commonly fertilized by three different males? (2019-02-06)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that a siphon (example pictured) is used by some marine snails for tasting, by some clams for reproducing, and by octopuses for jet propulsion? (2008-11-21)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that squid can move by jet propulsion and some species can even glide through the air? (2019-02-21)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the octopus Stauroteuthis syrtensis (pictured) glows but nobody knows for what purpose? (2011-11-06)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the orangeback squid can fly? (2014-03-20)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the jewelled squid has two unequal-sized eyes which look in different directions? (2019-03-14)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the Atlantic cranch squid (pictured) has been nicknamed "Eddie McBlobbles" for its defensive behavior of inflating itself into a ball with its head and tail inside out? (2012-03-21)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the luminous bay squid can use its light organ to imitate starlight or moonlight? (2019-03-01)
- File:Symbol question.svg ... that the octopus Velodona togata (pictured) was named for the large, distinctive membranes on its arms? (2014-01-22)
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Camouflage
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Georgia Aquarium - Cuttlefish Jan 2006
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Loligo forbesii
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Loligo vulgaris
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Octopus shell
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Sepia común (Sepia officinalis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 62
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Sepiola atlantica
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Squid colors 2
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Squid komodo
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Velodona togata
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- File:Globe current.svg Amphioctopus marginatus (2009-12-15)
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Main page featured articles
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- Octopus (2018-07-30)
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Camouflage (2005-02-07)
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Georgia Aquarium - Cuttlefish Jan 2006 (2006-05-24)
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Loligo forbesii (2016-01-24)
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Loligo vulgaris (2006-12-23)
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Octopus shell (2012-05-20)
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Sepia común (Sepia officinalis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 62 (2023-12-16)
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Sepiola atlantica (2007-08-06)
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Squid colors 2 (2019-06-29)
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Squid komodo (2012-06-16)
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Velodona togata (2014-02-04)
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