Piglet Squid - Just so cute!!

[Fishalicious]

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how adorable is that little guy?

scientific name is a helicocranchia pfefferi and this happy little guy was caught during a deepwater plankton trawl in the pacific ocean between los angeles and catalina.

they are the size of a small advocado and live 300ft below in the water :1luvu:

[Northernguy]

That is kinda cute! lol
Does it need any special care?

[Sharon]

Oh my gosh!!! That is adorable!!! It's a cross between a fish and a pig...It doesn't get any better than that!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

[Dave66]

Interesting. I wonder how and what it eats. It's tentacles are so short and I don't see a beak, so it must be a plankton filterer. Probably won't survive, though, due to decompression damage.

Dave

[AmazingH]

It looks fakeish..
But pretty cute, I say.


:1luvu:

[Fishalicious]

Because of its deep water habit, little is known of the behaviour of the squid, although not surprisingly, judging by its body shape, it is known to be a sluggish swimmer.

The squids' bodies are almost completely clear except for some pigment-containing cells, or chromatophores, which give this specimen its distinctive appearance.

[Glub]

It looks too much like a cartoon smiling face... It's actually sort of creepy in how human the 'face' looks.

Hair, eyes, nose, and a little brown smiling 'mouth'. Kinda creepy, but kinda funny looking.

I like it.

[gm72]

How bizarre, it looks like something directly out of Spongebob Squarepants.

[Northernguy]

Interesting. I wonder how and what it eats. It's tentacles are so short and I don't see a beak, so it must be a plankton filterer. Probably won't survive, though, due to decompression damage.

Dave

This is what I meant by special care!
It would probably need some kind of tank ia a compression chamber.

It would be neat to see!

[Wild Turkey]

How bizarre, it looks like something directly out of Spongebob Squarepants.

Exactly what i was thinking!! lol

Neat little guy though

[TazManiac]

That is so cute.

[Tigerbarb]

Wow. So, they just now discovered this? Lol, I have no idea what scientists will find next.

[Northernguy]

Wow. So, they just now discovered this? Lol, I have no idea what scientists will find next.

lol Either do they!:22:

[kobusclan]

LOL...looks like one the the " Muppets " :hmm3grin2orange: