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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

What do I think about the giant Cretaceous octopuses? - First that I'm delighted people are asking me 😁 - Second that WOW! Scientists used an amazing technique to discover HUGE fossil cephalopod beaks! 🤩 - Third that OH BOY do I have questions...🧵🧪🐙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans

Top predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🤫 For 6 months we’ve been building the ultimate octopus anatomy poster, illustrated by S.S. Julian. It's fact-checked by Dr. Chelsea Bennice and it will have a QR code that opens up to a deep-dive blog! Also, we just restocked S.S. Julian’s comic in our shop: shop.octonation.com/products/oct...

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*2 Signed Copies* Octopolis Octopus Comic Book Issue 0 & 1

Humans are extinct, and Octopuses have inherited the Earth!OctoNation is proud to promote the world's first octopus-centric comic book series by Cartoonist S.S. Julian, a friend of the Nation! You're ...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Whats going on here? (Wrong Answers Only!) The real answer? ⬇️If something 10x your size tries to eat you... what would be your go-to survival move? Welp...this octopus grabbed the shark and held on for dear life. 🦈 🐙 octonation.com/octopus-expe...

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Octopus Expert Reacts to Viral Octopus Riding a Shark (and More)

Why was an octopus riding a shark? Octopus Expert Warren Carlyle explains the viral video and the cling-or-be-consumed strategy behind it.

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Did you know there is a real underwater city built by octopuses off the coast of Australia? The twist? Its residents absolutely cannot stand each other. Read the full story: octonation.com/does-octlant...

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Ahh Octlantis, the city of octopuses- does it really exist?

Have you heard the possibility of an underwater city full of octopuses? Can it be... Does Octlantis exist? Let's find out!

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What animal has the worst deal in the dating world? The male is the size of a walnut with a 40,000 to 1 weight difference. She carries stolen Portuguese man-o'-war tentacles as weapons and wears a cape she can rip off as a decoy. Meet the Blanket Octopus: octonation.com/octopedia/bl...

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Blanket Octopus

Get to know all about the Blanket Octopus! Learn about its diet, size, lifespan, habitat, and predators- right here on Octopedia!

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Are you reading the book before the movie, or going in fresh? The new book edition comes out April 21 with a brand-new essay from Shelby Van Pelt. So you still have time. 😏 Drop a 🐙 if you've already read it! View all the new details here: octonation.com/remarkably-b...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Did you know you can adopt an octopus?! 🐙 Our plushie collection lets you bring home your very own cephalopod buddy. Every purchase directly funds our science writers who bring you the latest octopus research, species deep-dives, and educational outreach programs! shop.octonation.com/collections/...

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Adopt an Octopus | Octopus Stuffed Animals

Looking for a cuddly companion with eight arms to hold you tight? With super soft, plush material and lifelike details, they are sure to be your new best friends! And the best part? By adopting an oc...

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Lee Bechtold @leebechtold.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Wanted to give folks something to cleanse their mind for a bit and share Humm Prodcutions' Impactually Podcast OctoMind! www.hummproductions.org/2026/03/04/o... #impactuallyshow #octopus #oceanconservation #storytelling #humm

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Octomind

Discover how Warren Carlyle turned childhood octopus obsession into OctoNation, the world's largest fan club. ADHD/autism journey, Sy Montgomery insights, ocean advocacy. Listen now!

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🐙 BREAKING: Doc Ock is officially an octopus. Alfred Molina, the man who wielded four mechanical tentacles* as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2, is now voicing Marcellus the giant Pacific octopus in Netflix's Remarkably Bright Creatures *arms. They're arms! Marcellus insists octonation.com/remarkably-b...

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Doc Ock Is Now an Octopus: Remarkably Bright Creatures Trailer Teaser

Remarkably Bright Creatures is a Netflix movie starring Sally Field with Alfred Molina voicing Marcellus the octopus. Watch the trailer teaser. Premiering May 8, 2026.

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

⏰🐙 Just a quick heads up! shipping cut off for our shop to guarantee packages before the holiday is today— we’ve restocked all our prints (oh, check out the spots on the cow 😉 🐟) shop.octonation.com/collections/...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Who wants a copy? SecretsOfTheOctopus.com Sending out autographed copies of secrets of the octopus with a blue ringed (or red) octopus plush and stickers! (my helper peeking out!) hehe

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Hold my crab! 🐙🦀🐙 Comic by: @dannastaaf.bsky.social Learn here: octonation.com/octopus-expe...

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S.S. Julian @octopolis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Had a great time in Austin this past weekend. Thanks to all the octopuses and for @octonation.bsky.social for the warm welcome.

Photo: SS Julian holding a copy of Octopolis next to an iron sculpture of an octopus

Photo: SS Julian and Octonation founder Warren Carlyle in front of an iron sculpture of an octopus

Photo: SS Julian holding a copy of Octopolis and a plus octopus next to a building with a large metal sculpture of an octopus on the roof

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Did you know octopuses come equipped with their own built-in “chainsaw”? YUP! Mother Nature really outdid herself on this one! Read latest blog here: octonation.com/octopus-teet...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

What fascinates you most about this species? The fact that her feeding tentacles fall off when she broods her eggs is wild! Learn more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DEauUwM...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

🐙🎉 Best of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Countdown! Caption this video!   🎥: @MasterReefGuides | @lost.in.a.circle www.instagram.com/reel/DEO7NjP...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🐙 We often get asked if we’re trying to ‘save the octopus.’ Our reply? The octopus doesn’t need saving—we do. Octopuses have stood the test of time. Human civilizations? Well… 😅

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a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Okay what i think @bsky.app needs is octopus species glamour shots, yearbook style-- yes? octonation.com/octopedia/

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S.S. Julian @octopolis.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

@octonation.bsky.social has been sharing Octopolis with the nation!

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Imagine life 30 football fields deep in total darkness! At 2,650+ meters, Vulcanoctopus thrive near hydrothermal vents, where water superheats above 100°C under crushing pressure. 🥵 They hide in tubeworm colonies or cracks, calling the rocky, alien-like seabed home sweet home! 🐙✨ 🎥: @SchmidtOcean

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

🐙 Octopus? WHUT Octopus!? 👀 🧑‍🎨: Gabe Pyle gabepyle.com

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🚫 If you look now for photos of the smoothskin octopus, you won’t find much! 🐙🔍  this species is the squishy ground hog of the octopus world creating intricate tunnels deep beneath the sea floor! 🕳️🐙💨 octonation.com/octopedia/sm...

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Rarely Spotted Octopus Creates Underground Tunnels!

Squishy gopher? Nope, it's a Smoothskin Octopus, the elusive deep-sea marvel now found close to shore! Known for its incredibly smooth skin, this nocturnal burrower creates intricate underground shelt...

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OctoNation - World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club! @octonation.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🐙🎉 Now Available at OctoMerch.com Humans are extinct, and Octopuses have inherited the Earth! OctoNation is proud to promote the world's first octopus-centric comic book series imagined by Cartoonist S.S. Julian. 📚 Octopolis is a non-dystopian post-apocalypse story set underwater. OctoMerch.com

Octopolis is a non-dystopian post-apocalypse story set underwater. In a future where humans drove themselves into extinction, a new intelligent species has evolved: the octopus. They’ve build their own society in the coral-encrusted ruins of our sunken cities.

The Story
Octopolis follows the adventures of Kurita, a young female octopus on the cusp of adulthood. She lives with her family on the edge of the Great Kelp Forest. They make their living cultivating kelp for textiles and for their buoyant pods, which are useful as floatation devices.

Kurita lost two of her arms in a childhood accident. Ever since they regenerated (like all octopus arms), they seem to have minds of their own. Of course, they literally do! Kurita loves her ‘younger’ arms and considers them the source of her creative ideas, but they tend to get her into trouble more often than not.

Like any octopus, Kurita is curious. She dreams of making her fortune as an alchemist in the great metropolis of Polyps. She’s about to get her wish, but probably more than she ever bargained for!

The Science
Octopolis draws on real scientific discoveries about octopus behavior and intelligence: the extraordinary behavior of the lesser Pacific striped octopus, the real-life locations Octopolis, Octlantis, and the Octopus Garden on Davidson Seamount.

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S.S. Julian @octopolis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Want to learn how to draw an octopus? Join me TONIGHT along with the incredible @dannastaaf.bsky.social, Warren Carlyle @octonation.bsky.social and Jesse Ng @aquariumofthebay.bsky.social as we celebrate the release of Octopolis Issue 1!