#Octopus Frontlet
Moche (La Mina), Peru, 300–600 CE
Gold, chrysocolla, shells
H. 11 × W. 16 15/16 × D. 1 3/4 in. (27.9 × 43.1 × 4.4 cm)
Museo de la Nación, Lima, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (MN-14602)
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Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter
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Traditional #Haida carved argillite, late 19th c., from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, Canada). 3 x 20 x 29.6 cm. Anchorage Museum 1977.008.001: onlinecollections.anchoragemuseum.org/uploaded_fil...
Learn more on #WorldOctopusDay: https://scim.ag/4ywwoyi
Learn more on #WorldOctopusDay: https://scim.ag/4ywwoyi
This flask is one of the most iconic Minoan ‘Marine Style’ vessels. Read more on this link: ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket...
This flask is one of the most iconic Minoan ‘Marine Style’ vessels. Read more on this link: ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket...
We get everything here.
We get everything here.
Deep-sea organisms use a variety of ways to swim. Most cephalopods, like this gliding Benthoctopus sp., have the ability to move by jet propulsion. This one was observed pulsing its arms and jetting gracefully through the water.
Deep-sea organisms use a variety of ways to swim. Most cephalopods, like this gliding Benthoctopus sp., have the ability to move by jet propulsion. This one was observed pulsing its arms and jetting gracefully through the water.
This is another biro/ballpoint doodle from work - quite a challenge to not use pencil first for those tentacles!
#SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration #art
This is another biro/ballpoint doodle from work - quite a challenge to not use pencil first for those tentacles!
#SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistoryillustration #art
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Here's some Octolings for World Octopus Day! 🐙
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Here's some Octolings for World Octopus Day! 🐙
#Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonOC #Octolings #Eight #Tara #Nirri #WorldOctopusDay
Piece from the start of September.
In honour of #WorldOctopusDay
#SomethingEveryday
#poetry
Not sure if I should add another verse in though don't know if it feels finished....
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Piece from the start of September.
In honour of #WorldOctopusDay
#SomethingEveryday
#poetry
#WorldOctopusDay
#WorldOctopusDay
Given the recent attention on octopus blooms in south west England we thought we would share this wonderful illustration of the common octopus
📖 Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles
But where researchers have gone, they’ve found unique ecosystems like this fragile deep-sea octopus nursery.
This #WorldOctopusDay, add your name to defend the deep from ocean mining: https://oceana.ly/3VuK6TS
But where researchers have gone, they’ve found unique ecosystems like this fragile deep-sea octopus nursery.
This #WorldOctopusDay, add your name to defend the deep from ocean mining: https://oceana.ly/3VuK6TS
On display at National Museum Copenhagen. A lovely weekend to all of you!
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On display at National Museum Copenhagen. A lovely weekend to all of you!
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