Reposted by Rob Anderson
Bobtail and Bottletail Squids (order Sepiolida) are a small and adorable group of cephalopods.
Most bobtail squid (family Sepiolidae) species are bioluminescent, which they used to hide their silhouette at night; no bottletail squid species (family Sepiadariidae) is bioluminescent.
![A Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal).
On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as ‘The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads ‘Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreifxdihfkji3qsxevxjr3szesqg2pgvueax2omtlwnz4kwgcztzbky)
