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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

very nice grimalditeuthis on @schmidtocean.bsky.social right now www.youtube.com/live/BgPqp4Q...

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

HOLY SHIT PROMACHOTEUTHIS ON @schmidtocean.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/s1xbJG7...

a red squid with two very long, very thick, weirdly stringy tentacles

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Face finger time! Enypniastes @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 962 #samplinggap #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Maybe Galiteuthis (will report back is squid squad says something else) @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 962 #samplinggap #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Galiteuthis armata doing a spin @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 962 #samplinggap #MarineLife

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

hey google, compose me a 60-minute doom metal song about weed

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

well that’s a hell of a way to kick off squidtember this is a cool observation, we don’t have a ton of east pacific magnapinna sightings

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

graneledone will scavenge mermaidfalls just as readily as whalefalls. the real interesting question is whether or not there are osedax worms specialized to mermaid corpses, as they are often specific to the animal they scavenge (no this is not real, i’m just riffing on one of eduardo’s works)

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A midweek montage from the July 2026 #DeepWonders expedition to Trinidad & Tobago w/ @divaamon.bsky.social. The team located over 25 active cold seeps, discovered 20 suspected new species, and mapped approximately 13% of the country’s marine territory.

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ok, i thought it looked off - they did see an a. ferox too at one point, right?

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

lisa, this paper wouldn't have happened without you. i might not have even discovered ROV livestreams without your tweets announcing each one. i definitely wouldn't have had the guts to email mike vecchione without seeing you interacting with @echinoblog.bsky.social and other scientists regularly!

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’M AFRAID WE DON’T GET INTO THE MORPHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF OUR NOODLY BOI, JUST DISTRIBUTION

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

just kidding apparently i already did lol bsky.app/profile/tuex...

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

thanks, kg!!! that reminds me, schmidt had a beautiful observation of an alepisaurus in the midwater i need to send you

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

they mention that there have been 60-65 sightings during the observation - absolutely wild to realize those numbers are based on the list i compiled and added to wikipedia (have something more official forthcoming that just got accepted, stay tuned)

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

been a great couple of months for magnapinna sightings. i need to update the list

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I think that's Mastigoteuthis? Poor squid has been through some things with those ripped off arms and tentacles @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 959 #deepwonders

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

'Who would plant a medieval rodent-themed doom metal band in the industry and be like, 'You know what's really gonna make us money? This rodent-themed medieval doom metal band.'

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

as shit as spotify is, i have to give credit, as i found out about the previous two bands from its recommendations. also castle rat, whom i will forever adore due to riley pinkerton’s response to them being an industry plant loudwire.com/castle-rat-r...

loudwire.com

'It's Hilarious and a Compliment' - Castle Rat's Riley Pinkerton Laughs Off 'Industry Plant' Talk

The very DIY nature of Castle Rat would seemingly discredit the idea of being an 'industry plant.'

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

liar is immense: creaturess.bandcamp.com/track/liar jo delivers a portion of the lyrics in this primal, gut-wrenching shriek toward the middle of the song. it gives me goddamn chills.

creaturess.bandcamp.com

Liar, by Creaturess

from the album Creaturess

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

on the music front, i’ve been really enjoying creaturess lately:

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

i’m gonna have to side with danna, while i am of course a Squid Guy, and if you’ve never seen imagery of them “flying” you absolutely need to look it up immediately, ommastrephes is by far not the coolest option here.

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Xeni Flowers | Horse Destroyer @xeniflowers.com · 13/08/2026

You can get prints and posters for 25% off! One of the best ways to support me as an independent artist! ▶️ SHOP #art #DarkArt #horror #BSNM #ArtShop

Digital greyscale ink drawing that uses lots of fine lines and hatching. A portrait of a zombie horse from the neck up. Its decayed, mostly skeletal mouth is open and its ear is perked up. Its neck is torn open, revealing bands of muscle underneath. Its dark mane flows in movement.

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i don’t know much offhand about vampyroteuthis vision tbh, i’m not sure how much it’s been studied. i’ll check the literature

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Do you want a beautiful, free, 500-page guide to marine Isopods? Yes. Yes, you do. museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-...

museumsvictoria.com.au

Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world | Collections & research | Museums Victoria

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i don’t think they can given the number of individuals i’ve seen with missing/partial arms or tentacles. maybe octopoteuthis can given that it can shed arms as a defense strategy, i’ll have to look it up

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

ah sweet ty for the correction. thats 2 from SOI, one from SERPENT, MBARI has... 2? im assuming theres some JAMSTEC observations in there somewhere

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i think they've been observed in situ something like only 4 or 5 times? with the first observation literally being within the last decade: bioone.org/journals/cop...

bioone.org

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Jeff Day @jeffday.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

the real crazy part about this observation is the pair of gigantura (telescopefish) in the back:

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Chiroteuthis doing stuff I haven't seen them do before @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 939 #deepwonders #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Whoa, check out that Chimaera!! Not a species I've seen on a dive before. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 939 #deepwonders #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Shrimp, pycnogonid, tiny hermit crab beside zoanthid covered sponge stalk, & not sure what that coral is attached to. Urchin test maybe? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 939 #deepwonders #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Apristurus! Love the dead shape on this shark @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 939 #deepwonders #MarineLife

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

OMG look at this fishfall!! Big ole ray. That's a 1st for me! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 939 part 2 #deepwonders #MarineLife

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

An addition to the "Awesomely Peculiar Hall of Fame" — extremely rare sighting of a barreleye fish, & first footage of this species, Winteria telescopa, alive in situ. Filmed during the #Doldrums expedition at 710 m. Read more about tubular eyes & a light organ here: youtube.com/shorts/1bhh3...

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A barreleye fish with binocular vision & a sole!

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨Not one, but two Magnapinna squid! 🚨 the #doldrums team observed 2 elusive Magnapinna sp., commonly known as bigfin squid, at approximately 4,300 m (about 2.7 miles). Magnapinna is the deepest-dwelling squid. Sightings of these animals are extremely rare — seeing two in one dive is extra exciting!

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