r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Epelep • 8d ago

Video Feeding Cuttlefish

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u/luckydrzew 8d ago

Aww, who's a good little Cthulu?

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u/catsmustdie 8d ago

Baaaby Cthulu do do dodo do dodo

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u/taitaofgallala 8d ago

I love how it looks like the parent rolls by with that signature side eye like "....and did you say thank you?

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u/UpperCardiologist523 8d ago

It wore a suit though.

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u/tideswithme 8d ago

Can I pet that dawg?

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u/Annual_Sandwich_9526 8d ago

Cuttlefish and asparagus?!

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u/good_god_lemon1 8d ago

I’m sorry Kyle!

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u/Wkhdestruction 8d ago

Vanilla Paste! Vanilla Paste! 🤐

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u/rmsmith1092 8d ago

Ohh here it comes! Ohh it's going to be arrot!

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u/LSTNYER 8d ago

I believe in youuuuuuu

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u/CFADM 8d ago

I came here for this comment.

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u/jiggscaseyNJ 8d ago

They’re nearly as intelligent as octopuses. They can recognize individuals, demonstrate future planning and reward processing such as showing begging type behavior for food and then changing colors to show gratitude.

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u/LackSchoolwalker 8d ago

Cuttlefish might end up evolving into the first intelligent lifeform on Earth. They are incredibly impressive, with their main drawback being dying in 6 months or so.

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u/this_one_wasnt_taken 8d ago

Honestly doesn't sound so bad. They die before any of them can invent taxes or run for office.

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u/BlizzPenguin 8d ago

That drawback makes them even more impressive. To be that intelligent and less than a year of development.

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u/ChefWithASword 8d ago

I can’t think of the word Cuttlefish without seeing the Humancentipad episode of South Park in my head.

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 8d ago edited 8d ago

Oh anoooooaaaa

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 6d ago

Really? I think of Jack Sparrow

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u/_Not_Jesus_ 8d ago

Even I can't do all of those things.

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u/Face_Content 8d ago

I was.waiting to see it get eaten by a bigger fish.

Its very cute.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 8d ago

<the giant hand turns into an alien tentacled creature that shoots out and devours our hero, the innocent cuttlefish >

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u/UmbranAssassin 8d ago

So, Parasyte?

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u/Leonardobertoni 8d ago

Was he blushing after taking that piece of fish?

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u/ShouldProbGoSleep 8d ago

I’ve never seen a cuttlefish before. That’s pretty amazing

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u/Snipper64 8d ago

Yeah check this clip out then

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u/Sea-Macaron1470 8d ago

Ok well that’s equally fascinating and horrifying

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u/Nomnomnipotent 8d ago

What an ending.

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u/SomOvaBish 2d ago

Wait… WTH was that!? What came outta its mouth?

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 8d ago

I saw one once in the wild, I was scuba diving in the Philippines and there were a bunch of small rocks/corals on the sea floor. As I was swimming towards one, the entire coral morphed and swam away - it was a cuttlefish. My mind was blown at how much it looked exactly like the other rocks.

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u/pornborn 8d ago

NOVA did an hour episode on them. It’s called Kings of Camouflage. I was truly amazed by them after watching this episode. They are now my favorite animal by far.

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u/TwistyBitsz 8d ago

Me neither. Was that the one from Pirates of the Caribbean?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 8d ago

His nickname is Johnny Depp.

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u/RyuichiSakuma13 8d ago

Johnny Deep

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 8d ago

Oh that's very 👍 good. You're a 🌟 🤩

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 6d ago

"Dear friends, let us not forget our dear friends, the cuttlefish."

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u/blinkomatic 8d ago

I thought it would be more snatchy

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u/Airy_mtn 8d ago

It's actually a cuddlefish.

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u/SuperHooligan 8d ago

I thought it was going to shoot out its long tentacles to grab it. Didn’t expect it to be so gentle.

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u/WhoopingJamboree 8d ago

I know, like a dog gently taking food from your hand.

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u/bagelwithclocks 8d ago

I used to work somewhere with a lot of different marine species kept for research, and the cuttlefish were absolutely the most fun to feed because they would do this.

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u/SuperHooligan 8d ago

I had never seen them hand fed, just when they do their hypnotoad act and then harpoon out their tentacles to capture something. If they were bigger they would be absolutely terrifying.

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u/BaconCheeseZombie 7d ago

Giant Cuttlefish currently get to a meter in length, there's a chance there could be bigger ones coming in a few million years :)

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u/Snowy349 7d ago

Just look up their cousins the Humboldt squid....

They hunt in packs....

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u/Financial-Cycle-2909 8d ago

It's in the name sir...

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u/Clean-Agent-8565 8d ago

Idk why cuttlefish come off as so cute. They should be creepy with the tentacles and beak and weird proportions but they’re adorable.

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u/pornborn 8d ago

And their alien eyes.

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u/Two_Digits_Rampant 8d ago

Ok now I want a cuttlefish.

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u/One_time_Dynamite 8d ago edited 8d ago

Wait till you see them rapidly changing their colors and patterns. They are such amazing creatures.

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u/Pinky_Boy 8d ago

dont forget that they're able to change the color of half their body separately to trick other cuttlefishes in their mating behavior

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u/visualdosage 8d ago

The weaker males can camouflage as female to get past strong males, it's insane

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u/FuinFirith 8d ago

I'm taking notes here.

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u/Skyzfire 8d ago

It's a trap!

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u/builtpcneedhelp 7d ago

Lmao, that was good

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u/RavenQueen33 8d ago

They will also pulse rhythmically to "hypnotize" crabs to eat them without fear of their claws.

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 8d ago

The theramin use during the color shift is spooky wooky awesome sauce

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u/blackjebus100 8d ago

Thank you for sharing that!

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u/UnlikeUday 8d ago

They're intelligent too.

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u/LSTNYER 8d ago

Ulysses Klaue would think otherwise

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u/AuburnGrrl 8d ago

You want a cuddlefish…🥰

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u/visualdosage 8d ago

They are the only animal that can hypnotise it's prey, look it up on yt. The one with the crab

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u/ambassador321 8d ago

I saw weasels hypnotizing bunny rabbits one time on YouTube by doing crazy flips and rolls. Was pretty wild

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u/pornborn 8d ago

I posted this as a reply to another comment but I’m copying it here in case you want to watch an amazing episode of NOVA about them.

NOVA did an hour episode on them. It’s called Kings of Camouflage. I was truly amazed by them after watching this episode. They are now my favorite animal by far.

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u/LackSchoolwalker 8d ago

They don’t live very long. You’d go through several generations in a hamsters lifespan.

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u/Nachtwandler_FS 8d ago

Some species are kept as pets but their lifespan is just 1-2 years. Not the best pet.

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u/yeetsmith00 8d ago

I can't stop hearing that south park episode when reading your comment

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u/umijuvariel 8d ago

What a polite little cutie!

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u/yuyufan43 8d ago

I thought it would be some kind of violent thrust. That was adorable

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u/Sweet-Philosopher-14 8d ago

Title of your sextape

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u/FlippantFlopper 8d ago

that's what she said

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u/charcoallition 8d ago

Very gentle

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u/Old_Lobster_2371 8d ago

Give us the cuttlefish!

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u/cantfindmykeys 8d ago

Ah yes, Reapers. We have dismissed that claim

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u/IiASHLEYiI 8d ago

Cuttlefish are cute little weirdos. They're similar to octopuses in a lot of ways, too, which makes them even more interesting.
Seeing videos of cuttlefish always makes me smile.

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u/half-baked_axx 8d ago

cutiefish

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u/No_Watercress2602 8d ago

Why spoiler?

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 8d ago

Cuttlefish are amazing and highly intelligent animals.

https://youtu.be/la6OSdlMn3Q?si=r9Em2ttOqyqoQvMj

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u/TheKingBeyondTheWaIl 8d ago

I’ll get one and call him Zoidberg or Cthulhu.

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u/robo-dragon 8d ago edited 8d ago

So polite and gentle, considering how they normally hunt their food. They normally lash out with their tentacles to quickly ensnare prey. This was just like “oh for me? Thanks!”

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u/AkiraN19 8d ago

that was a very polite grab

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u/KittyMetroPunk 8d ago

Cuttlefish: tank yew uwu

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u/Inside-Yak-8815 8d ago

*cuddlefish 🥺🥺🥺

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u/NicStylus 8d ago

Let us not, dear friends, forget our friends; the cuttlefish!

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u/Govass13 8d ago

The spoiler alert made me suspicious of a jump scare and boy was I pleasantly surprised!

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u/sexybbwnz 8d ago

Wow!! I always find cuttlefish bone on the shore but have never seen one alive. They are so cool 😎

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u/JihadSaiyajin 8d ago

What an intelligent creature

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u/Cleercutter 8d ago

Super cool, one of my favorite animals to watch on a reef

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u/noobyeclipse 8d ago

cthulu but cute

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u/firelock_ny 8d ago

Cutethulu.

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u/Diggable_Planet 8d ago

Cuttlefish scare me for some reason. Maybe because it’s because they remind me of spiders. Amazingly quick predator. Spidery.

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u/Bobafetished 8d ago

Where is this!? I want to do this sooooo bad

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u/omnipotentdreams 8d ago

I call em snugglebugs

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 8d ago

Where is this?

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u/RedOrchestra137 8d ago

cuddlefish

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u/Traveller-Entity-16 8d ago

Why are cuttlefish so cute

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u/Zyrille_ 8d ago

Considering this was marked as nsfw, I was expecting the guy to feed the cuttlefish and the last second of the video being that same cuttlefish on a platter. Glad it wasn’t lol

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u/Joe_Nobody42 8d ago

My two favorite animals are mantis shrimp and cuttlefish.

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u/AnniIsSuffering 8d ago

"aww they're cute!"

"WHY IS IT LIKE THAT"

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u/bigfathairybollocks 8d ago

What a polite little dude.

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u/Lokket1111 7d ago

It looks so cute

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u/Capucim 7d ago

😃👍

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u/Careful_Inflation713 7d ago

Woah I gotta take my Pokédex out for this one.

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u/Jamo3306 7d ago

<in the voice of Dr Zoidberg> "Hooray! I'm enjoying a meal with friends!"

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u/t33jums 8d ago

Very polite

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u/N-Clipz 8d ago

Cuttlefish are real?

Well, news to me.

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u/KurtRambisSpecs 8d ago

Davey Jones ex wife

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u/shiverz07 8d ago

I can no longer see or think of Cuttlefish without thinking of Jack Sparrow.

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u/Appropriate_Log1893 8d ago

I’m totally jealous. They’re fascinating!

They can change both color and texture.

https://youtu.be/0o57f2oktQw?si=vtc_pLtQvc9H2TH_

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u/DroidT 8d ago

«Hold on Kayru! I berieve in youuuuuu…!»

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u/jangovin 8d ago

For a moment there really thought he was gonna get chomped by the fish behind him, like the cartoons usually show. Glad that wasn’t the case.

Genuinely cute the way it took the meal.

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u/kewnp 8d ago

👍

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u/EVILisinALL8778 8d ago

Wow that was super cute❤❤❤😊😊

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u/thrussie 8d ago

Why is it doing the Anthony Mackie mouth?

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u/LinguoBuxo 8d ago

Dr. Zoidberg: Why not Zoidberg?

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u/SmokeyDaBear6 8d ago

I was expecting a bigger cuttlefish to come eat it.

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u/sambolino44 8d ago

I miss Oderus Urungus.

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u/SoundMedal 8d ago

Somewhere, Oderus Urungus' genitals just twitched

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u/coldforged 8d ago

Aliens.

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u/Designer_Throat6403 8d ago

Aww he has eyebrows how cute

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u/Ok_Emphasis_8053 8d ago

Can you cuddle with a cuttlefish?

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u/SilverRobotProphet 8d ago

He could teach our doggo some manners!

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u/MutedFawn 8d ago

Aww hungry lil guy! It seems almost shy as it approaches with no pattern but then starts to show when it goes in to get it <3

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u/DumplingDumpling1234 8d ago

Genuine question why is there a spoiler tag. For some reason I thought I’d see something super gnarly but it was cute ☺️

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u/RutabagaBorn9794 8d ago

no theatrics

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u/BlizzPenguin 8d ago

It reminds me of Bloopers from the Super Mario games.

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u/Deida_ 8d ago

👍

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u/ZombieJoesBasement 8d ago

I think I've just found my dream job.

Actually, eff that, I would pay them to let me feed and care for the cuttlefish.

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u/BR1N3DM1ND 8d ago

I... have... CUDDLEFISH!!!

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u/sashatrier 8d ago

Me when I see a hot guy at the beach

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u/Joshywashy2501 8d ago

that's what my birds eat...

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u/yoyock 8d ago

I need more cuttlefish in my life. Is there a cuttlefish subreddit?

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u/bratukha0 8d ago

Whoa, didn't know cuttlefish liked asparagus! My goldfish... not so much.

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u/stormearthfire 8d ago

Aren’t cuttlefish cannabalistic? Keeping the big and small together seems asking for trouble

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u/ZENESYS_316 8d ago

This I was not expecting lolz, I thought it'll be a jumpscare snatch xD I love how firmly it took the food :D

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u/ignorae 8d ago

That was a lot cuter than I thought it was going to be. Was bracing for a jumpscare.

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u/Little_Man420 8d ago

Eh, I still prefer the vanilla paste.

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u/Reasonable_Act_8654 8d ago

Didn’t see that coming

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u/Nevets81 8d ago

That’s the trailer for the new installment of Resident Evil.

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u/Putrid_Ad_7122 8d ago

Cuttlefish are delicious.

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u/Leather-Extent-4093 8d ago

Cthulhu shall spare this mortal

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u/Lower-Music-8241 8d ago

I hear those things are deadly poisonous

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u/tacoma-tues 7d ago

They arent. People eat them, keep them as pets, use them for bait. They are fairly non dangerous. They may be venomous i know some octopus are but but nowhere near like blue ring octopus which are deadly.

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u/Sonnyboy1990 7d ago

I genuinely thought one of the tentacles was going to give you a "thumbs" up back at the end.

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u/ChornobylChili 7d ago

Oderus is pleased

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u/ihaveflesh 7d ago

Awwwww

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u/katiegirl- 7d ago

Ok that is a high reward situation.

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u/SnorkinOrkin 7d ago

This is totally unexpected and absolutely adorable! 🥹

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u/Kool-Aid-Dealer 7d ago

OHHHH THAT THING IS DISGUSTING, WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

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u/NoPenalty9654 7d ago

That a pokemon. I been playing the games since 96. That is a Pokemon.

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u/TokiStark 7d ago

Should I eat the cuttlefish and asparagus or the vanilla paste?

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u/TeethForCeral 4d ago

SO POLITE !!!

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u/Difficult_Road_6634 1d ago

I did not expect tentacles, can I have one

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u/caesium_pirate 1d ago

Maybe the cutest type cephalopods.