Hi, I'm a third year undergrad majoring in biology. I currently work raising octos in a lab studying the two-spot octopus (O. bimaculoides).
I'm interested in a lot of different aspects of cephalopods including non-visual photo-reception, reflectin proteins, further classification of cephalopod camouflage behaviors and the ways in which octopods modify their physical environments.
Feel free to ask me about bimac care or tell me if you know anyone looking for a field assistant for a few months (can be unpaid).
Sidenote, here are some of my favorite lesser-known ceph facts:
I'm interested in a lot of different aspects of cephalopods including non-visual photo-reception, reflectin proteins, further classification of cephalopod camouflage behaviors and the ways in which octopods modify their physical environments.
Feel free to ask me about bimac care or tell me if you know anyone looking for a field assistant for a few months (can be unpaid).
Sidenote, here are some of my favorite lesser-known ceph facts:
- Spirula is a squid-like ceph which still has an internal shell!
- Paper nautiluses (also known as Argonauts) are in fact not nautiluses, they are octopods who produce their own shell!
- The iridescent structures in cuttlefish, euprymna, squid and octopods are all structurally different as well as genetically different (though similar)