The Sea Squid Aren't Actually Squid


Gadunka

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Have you guys ever read that book, Island Of The Blue Dolphins? It’s about a Pacific Island girl who has to survive on an island, and at one point, she sees an octopus and refers to it as a “devilfish.”

I dunno. Atobe Brick’s comment just made me think of that.

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the “sea squids” look like lamprays

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I think the short answer is, for marketing, squid was a better name than octopus or slug or something else for this “projectile”.

But as someone who enjoys marine biology, I understand the confusion.

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