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This adorable bobtail squid is raising a family at –1.6 degrees Celsius

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that’s not stopping this cephalopod.

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but that’s not stopping one cephalopod from making a home there. In a first, researchers observed an Arctic bobtail squid in the North Atlantic. The team captured video of a mature female squid tending her eggs. The video shows that this species can reproduce and raise its young in one of the coldest, least-studied oceans on Earth. The finding “highlights the resilience of marine life in one of Earth’s most extreme environments,” said Paige Maroni, a researcher at the University of Western Australia, in a statement. Maroni led the study, which was published in Polar Biology. The sighting occurred in Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park on Earth and also one of the least explored...

Read more: Rare footage reveals elusive Arctic bobtail squid mom with clutch of eggs | Scientific American

Balkan Terrapin or Western Caspian Terrapin (Mauremys rivulata), family Emydidae, found in the eastern Mediterranean regions of Europe and Asia