Fossil Day
cephalopod
Cuttlefish Day
The third day of the Cephalopod Awareness Days is Cuttlefish Day! We know cuttlefish mostly for their chalky spine sold widely for pet birds to sharpen their beaks on. But most people do not know yet that this piece of chalk comes from a sea creature with nimble arms and endearing big eyes. A creature …
International Cephalopod Awareness Days
The word “cephalopod” comes from the Greek words “cephalos” which means “head” and “pod” which means “foot”. These animals are thus described as having their heads directly attached to their feet. It might be a good thing that they have a lot of feet to compensate for having no apparent further body. The feet however …
World Octopus Day
Celebrated every year on October 8 World Octopus Day is the first of the International Cephalopod Awareness Days.