(Vampyroteuthis infernalis) Photo by MrHyde Since Marilyn has been excited by the newest movie installment of the “Twilight” series, “Eclipse” I thought I would profile this guy. I never heard of this animal until it came up randomly in a search I was doing on sea creatures. Literately, the scientific name of this cephalopod translates to “Vampire Squid from Hell”. It has its own order of classification called Vampyromorphida, and is similar to both octopuses and squid. They measure 4-Read more
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What is that?!
Hello all. This is my official first post now that I am a blogger with the animal department. Where Sherry has her “Spotlight” and Marilyn has her “Creature Feature”, I have decided to do a “What is that?!” category. We do not have this animal at the museum but, it is an interesting type of animal I thought I would share. (Cordylus cataphractus) Picture by Cindy Shuttleworth Its called a Armadillo Lizard and is native to Southern Africa. What makesRead more