Friday June 16, 2017 and it's Cephalopod Week!

Friday June 16, 2017 begins Cephalopod Week until June 23rd! Grab your squid and invite all your octopi for a rollicking celebration of these most curious of Deep Sea Creatures!

Naturally cuddlefish are the life of any party...and here's one suddenly appearing now:

And you can tell by his looks that Octopus vulgaris never misses a chance to party!

Octopus vulgaris By Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: Albert Kok) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

SeaWorld to End Captive Breeding of Whales!

Perhaps you've heard the very good news--that SeaWorld has agreed to end their captive breeding of whales! For more details you may wish to visit NPR.

Isn't it a major improvement when the human animal finally catches up with the intelligence and integrity of the animal kingdom? Makes for a pleasant change!