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Did you ever wish you had a built-in blanket? Well, this cephalopod doesn’t need to wish… Meet the Indo-Pacific violet blanket octopus (Tremoctopus gracilis)! While males are tiny, rarely growing more than a few centimeters long, females are more than 10,000 times that size—reaching lengths of up to 6 ft (2 m)! Females also sport massive “blankets,” which are actually webs of skin connecting their dorsal arms. When threatened, they can drop these appendages, distracting predators as they make their escape. 

The suspiciously hungry and round bug:

older art of Mary, Jesus and God.

Mary is the fish, Jesus is the baby in the egg yolk and God is the hands.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

N’KISI BRICOLAGE STURGEON

carved and painted mahogany, mica, nails, handmade paper, found natural objects, tintypes, 1800’s text paper, Ethiopian and Coptic bindings

"Anatomical Heart, Inhabited – Shallow"

Cabinet of Curiosities group exhibition Feb 1–22, 2026 Beinart Gallery (Australia)

This soft sculpture is available on the gallery’s online preview.

"棲みかとなった心臓 ― 浅" (2026) オーストラリアのBeinart Galleryで現在開催中の展覧会出品作。お問合せ＆ご購入はギャラリーのプレビューリストからどうぞ。