Teuthological Ludology (ACTUAL SQUID GAMES, NOT THE TV SHOW) with Dr. Sarah McAnulty

Image description: Dr. Sarah McAnulty stands in a parking lot pointing to her black compact SUV that has the words THE SQUIDMOBILE written in white on the side doors. There are also drawings of squids on the doors, and Alie wears her yellow sweater and a brown brimmed hat and poses next to the car with one leg in the air.

This is NOT about the Netflix show, Squid Game. It's about shapeshifting, flirtatious trickery, living fishing lures, siphon squirts, weird things found in shark stomachs, and cephalopods who are downright dicks to fish: real games played in nature by real squid. Because we weren't the only ones watching Squid Game and thinking, "Why aren't there more squid in this?" Hence we combined the study of squids (teuthology) and games (ludology) to make Teuthological Ludology with everyone's favorite squid expert: Dr. Sarah McAnulty from the 2018 Teuthology episode. We reunited on mic for all the deep sea gossip, wrapped in the most shameless pun ever.

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transcript

TEXT "SQUIDS!" TO THIS NUMBER 1-833-724-8398 or 1-833-SCI-TEXT

Buy Dr. McAnulty’s squid coloring book

Follow Dr. Sara McAnulty at @SarahMackAttack on Twitter and Instagram

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More links you may enjoy:

Pygmy squid making hunting blinds /smokescreens

Broadclub cuttlefish and others using "passing cloud" to confuse the living hell out of prey

Cuttlefish mimicking crabs

Bobtail squid pulling a Peeta from the Hunger Games and sticking rocks and shells to themselves

Casey Zakroff helped with research! Follow him!