Behold! The mighty dumbo octopus! Named for its fins that look like Dumbo the elephant’s ears, this group lives in the ocean depths below 13,000 feet, making it the deepest living of all known octopuses. I know what you’re thinking. “Wow! That’s deep!” You’re absolutely right. If you scuba’d down there, you’d get eaten before […]
It’s glaucus atlanticus! This sexy sea slug is actually tiny! It rarely exceeds three centimeters! But don’t take its sting lightly, it feasts on the Portuguese Man-of-War and grows more deadly with every meal. The glaucus atlanticus stores the stinging cells of the Portuguese Man-O-War into its own body, biding its time until the perfect […]
Kind of terrifying but also cute, this abominable snowman-looking thing is called a silkworm moth. Silkworm moths cannot fly. They are condemned to 5-10 days of wandering the Earth with their six awkward legs, searching for a mate, before they die of starvation. Why not eat? The silkworm moth Gods never bothered with those pesky […]