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Illustrations done in collaboration with Amsterdam Worldwide for Scalpel, a Pernod Ricard publication.
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Limbs of the Cephalopoda
Whether squids, octopuses, and nautilus have “arms” or “tentacles” is often simply a matter of semantics, but the most accepted definitions (from what I’ve found) tend to define the “arm” as a tapered limb, with two rows of suckers along its entire length. “Tentacle” is typically a length of tapered limb with no suckers, leading to a distal club-like appendage, covered in suckers.
One exception would be limbs in the nautilus - they have up to 90 un-suckered limbs, but their limbs are called “tentacles” by those who study them, even without the terminal club.Images:
Top right: Octopus vulgaris and detail of beak and arms
Top left: Detail of tenticular clubs in squid, from the Expedition of the Valdivia
Bottom right: Arm of Illex illecebrosis (Northern Shortfin Squid)
Bottom left: Tentacle of Illex illecebrosis
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Illustrations from The Dodo and It’s Kindred by H. E. Strickland, 1848.
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Frederique Morrel are a married couple who use vintage tapestries to cover plastic taxidermy moulds.
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done by xam
I love this cattoo! These bones are fucking perfect. Xam really pulled off the subtleties in making something look like a black cat instead of a panther. All the little details in this are just too cool.
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