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yandere-daydreams · 2 years

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Title: Cornered on Both Sides.

Commissioned by the very lovely @letstalktea.

Pairing: Yandere!Tweels x Reader (TWST).

Word Count: 3.0k.

TW: A/B/O Dynamics, Aged-Up Characters, Marking/Biting, Possessive Behavior, Non-Consensual Touching, and Isolation.

The worst thing about being with the Leech twins was absolutely, without a doubt in your mind, that someone had been cruel enough to make two of them.

That was it, really, even if you were willing to admit that it was a little redundant to be disappointed that twins happened to come in pairs. You didn’t like being around either one of them, but you could handle Floyd and Jade in small doses, nights spent in the backrooms of dark restaurants with Jade and Floyd’s hour-long temper tantrums and fuck, even the tense, slow minutes it took for them to trade-off, for Floyd to whine and grumble as he drops you off at one of Jade’s favorite, underground lounges or for Jade to smile and nip the corner of your jaw before he shoves you into Floyd’s open arms. You could handle that. You didn't like it - there wasn't a single part of your current ‘relationship’ that you can honestly say you enjoyed – but you could handle it. You could deal with it. You knew how to deal with them, individually.

But, when they were together? When Jade had to keep up his oh-so-cold, oh-so-cruel reputation? When Floyd had someone to bounce his sadism of off who wasn't the soft, vulnerable thing he’d chosen to inflict it onto? When you disn't have one selfish, possessive alpha to keep happy and docile, but two?

You… weren’t as good at that, even if you knew you really, really ought to be, by now.

Already, you were starting to curse yourself out, to dig your nails into your palms and grit your teeth as you wondered what you’d ever done to deserve the situation you were currently in. You hadn’t expected them to be home so early, to come back to the penthouse they seemed less-than-content to share. You weren’t sure who it really belonged to, or why they bothered living together at all (save for the fact that it meant they’d have easier access to you, of course, but you didn’t want to think of the relationship you had with them as something real enough have such an influence on their lives), but it was where they’d brought you the night you’d met them, where Jade had so politely asked you to sit pretty and stay when neither one of them had time to wear you on their arms. You weren’t sure what happened to your old apartment, if they’d ever actually done something with it. It might still be there, untouched and rotting, months of rent left unpaid and your former landlord ‘convinced’ not to care. You didn’t want to know, if was.

You were drawn out of your thoughts by a long, airy groan, a body so much bigger than yours collapsing beside you, stringing long arms over the back of the leather couch and letting his legs fall open – utterly unbothered, utterly thoughtless. “Cuttlefish’s being so quiet,” He droned, and you knew it was Floyd before you looked up. Jade would never come to you like this, not when he knew he could bide his time and force you to go to him. “Is it ‘cause you know you did something bad?”

“I’m not—” You cut yourself off, biting down on the side of your tongue. No one ever said you couldn’t leave on your own, and you hadn’t made it very far – just to the building’s lobby. Floyd had caught you at the main door, clicking his tongue and throwing you over his shoulder despite your hushed, whispered pleas not to make a scene. Jade had only reappeared once you’d made it back to the penthouse, his smile tight and his eyes void of all light. He hadn’t said anything to you, opting not to waste any time before dragging Floyd into another room for a private conversation, but you knew he was mad. He had to be. It’d be a miracle if he wasn’t planning to skin you alive, if not worse.

“I haven’t done anything wrong,” You mumbled, too defensive, too guilty. “I didn’t get to do anything.”

He threw his head back, letting out a deep, melodic laugh. You grimaced, shrunk into yourself, but he was quick to correct you, to snake an arm around your waist and drag you into his side. You tried to turn away, to twist yourself out of his hold, but he only caught your chin, tilting your head back and driving his thumb into your jaw until you knew better than to look at anything that wasn't him. Even then, he took a second to let you go; a long, languid grin stretching at the corners of his lips as his hand drifted from your jaw to the nape of your neck, pulling you closer until your cheek was pressed against his chest and he could tower over you properly. “Cuttlefish’s mad tonight, too,” He drawled, amusement heavy in his voice. “Jade’s gonna be angry, but I don’t really mind that you tried to run away. It’d be sorta fun to chase you around for a while – y’know, like most alphas get to with their pretty little omegas.”

“That’s an awful joke,” You muttered, planting your hands on his shoulders in a weak, admittedly half-hearted effort to push him away. This close, you couldn’t do anything to block out his pheromones – waves of woody cedar and sea salt rolling off of him in waves. His scent was identical to his brother’s, but there were undertones to it that Jade lacked, notes of freshly dyed leather and sharp, metallic copper. It had a way of getting under your skin, glazing over your thoughts and making everything that much harder than it would’ve been, if they were kind enough to give you room to breathe. It would’ve been worse if you were actually mated, if they’d had a chance to mark as theirs so officially, but luckily, they were too petty and too possessive to decide which one of them would get to drive their fangs into your neck, and you'd been able to avoid provoking either one of them, so far. It was one of the only benefits of having the attention of two unwanted alphas, rather than one. Sometimes, they were too busy starting fights with each other to actually pay attention to you. “I… I really don’t want to do this, right now. Can you just—”

A hand at your side, a sharp tug to your midriff. He didn’t let you finish, didn’t give you a chance to protest before dragging you into his lap. He buried his face in the crook of your neck, taking long seconds to inhale your scent, to ghost the pointed tips of his teeth over your throat and soak in the way your breath hitched, how quickly you went rigid in his arms. It was more fear than excitement, but Floyd couldn't seem to tell the difference, only laughing as his chin came to rest on the dip of your shoulder. “I wanna try it. Maybe when Jade’s distracted, or next time we’re alone together. We’ll sneak off for a while, find somewhere nice and dark where I can—”

“That’s enough, Floyd.”

Immediately, your heart went still in your chest, and every ounce of warmth drained out of you in an instant. The terror was sudden, fresh, as vivid as it was sickening, but any shock you might’ve felt was distant, too familiar to really catch you off-guard.

You knew you’d have to deal with Jade, eventually.

Honestly, you could only be thankful you’d managed to put it off for this long.

He must’ve been at work - whatever ‘work’ was. You didn’t know what he did, but you recognized the ash-grey suit he was wearing, the way he’d slicked his hair back, the expression he wore when he was getting ready to deal with one of the unruly, uncooperative clients he’d tell you about in little, murmured nothings when you were curled up in his bed, vulnerable and exposed. His lips were pursed, his eyes vaguely narrowed, more annoyed than anything else. Still, that was enough. He wasn’t like Floyd. You weren’t supposed to know when he felt irritated, or pleased, or nothing at all. The fact that you could tell something, anything about his mood was damning, all on its own.

He didn’t say anything, just settling into place next to his brother, crossing his legs and casting you a vague, blank look. You melted into Floyd, absent-mindedly clutching at his shirt, but that wasn’t enough to save you – with a flick of Jade’s wrist, Floyd was groaning, shoving you off of his lap and into the cramped, non-existent space between them. You did what you could to go stiff, to make yourself as small and as unassuming as possible, but your leg pressed against Jade’s and Floyd’s arm was still wrapped around your waist, his finger drumming idly against your hip. You tried to shift, to get as far from them as you were able to, but Jade’s hand came to rest on your thigh and you froze, bowing your head and shutting your eyes. You could take risks with Floyd. You knew him, trusted that he’d do whatever he wanted to regardless of how you spoke or behaved. Jade wouldn’t be so satisfied with your indifference.

“Darling,” He started, his tone as flat and as cold as his stare. “Floyd tells me that you’ve had quite the day.”

You really meant to say something that’d help you. Something smart, or apologetic, or pathetic enough to prove you couldn’t get away from them, even if you genuinely tried. But, as soon as you opened your mouth, you faltered, cracked, and what spilled out was beyond your control. “Y-you never said I couldn’t leave,” You managed, and then, before you could think better of it, “I just wanted to go outside, and nobody was home, and I was going to come back, I just—”

“And, you tried to leave. Without telling either of us beforehand, at that.” Blunt nails dug into your thigh, a tight smile spreading across his lips. “That should be enough on its own.”

You started to say something, then stopped, biting down on the inside of your cheek. “I’m sorry.”

He sighed – the breathy, labored kind of sigh, like it took all the strength in the world to watch you curl into yourself beside him. Floyd, for his part, didn’t go to such lengths to hide his delight, humming softly as he leaned into you, nuzzling into your neck. “I don’t think cuttlefish meant to get into trouble.” It was benign, on the surface, but you doubted Floyd was consciously coming to your defense. For whatever reason, the grin pressing into your throat did little to inspire any hope that he’d chosen to actually help you, for once. “All that shakin’ and screamin’… You should’ve seen it, Jade. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so scared.”

“It’s not that they're in trouble,” Jade corrected, mercifully choosing to ignore the rest of Floyd’s description. His eyes flickered to his brother before falling back to you, a hand coming up to cup your cheek. He didn’t have to draw blood or drag you into place – it was enough to still feel his eyes boring into you, to see the way his smile quirked as you allowed him to tilt your head back, to force you to meet his steady gaze. Floyd, never one to share his brother’s patience, tightened his hold around you, jerking you backward and into his chest, until your legs had been pulled onto the couch’s seats and you were facing Jade entirely. He hesitated, but nodded approvingly, seemingly satisfied to have your full attention. “You know what you are, don’t you?”

You swallowed, dryly. He’d asked you the same question a thousand times, and he always expected the same answer. “An omega.”

“And you know how dangerous it is for someone like you to be out there, all alone, totally unprotected, right?”

“I wasn’t going to talk to anyone.” It was only dangerous because of alphas like them, but saying as much out loud would only earn you a harsher punishment, a few weeks stripped of all the meager freedoms you’d been allowed to hold onto. “I didn’t even really make it outside. I was just—”

“And you know what we’d have to do if we found out someone tried to hurt you?”

Something very sharp and very slow began to crawl up your throat. “I know, Jade.”

“Perfect. Then, you have to know how much we’re willing to do to keep you safe, too.” He squeezed your chin playfully, his smile taking on a teasing lull. “You’re our precious omega, and there are so, so many alphas out there who’d absolutely love to take a bite out of you. I can’t imagine what Floyd and I would do if you got hurt because we weren’t there to protect you.”

His voice was softened, calmed into something too soothing and too measured not to send a cold bolt of dread down the length of your spine. None of it was true, obviously. If either of them really wanted to ‘protect’ you, Floyd wouldn’t leave your lips bruised when he kissed you, Jade wouldn’t speak so fondly of wrapping a collar around your neck and locking you in some tiny, dark cage that only he had the key to. It wasn’t true, but that didn’t matter, not when Jade was staring you down and Floyd was starting to lose interest in your conversation - finding more entertainment in the lingering, open-mouthed kisses he was pressing into the side of your neck. Unnervingly close to where your mating mark would’ve been, if you had one.

“I… I understand.” Jade’s stare grew easier, his smile taking on a more genuine air, and you let yourself relax. This might be all he wanted. You, humiliated and reminded of your place beneath him, but otherwise unharmed. It wasn’t what you wanted, but it was preferable compared to what you knew Jade could do to you, if he felt you deserved it. “Thanks for looking out for me. I won’t be so reckless again.”

You felt Floyd’s grin sharpen. He pulled back, just far enough to nip at the corner of your jaw, and Jade leaned towards you, cupping your face, holding you in place as his lips brushed against your forehead. “Oh, dear,” He muttered, half under his breath. “You won’t, because we aren’t going to let you.”

You laughed, the noise tentative and stilted. Floyd chuckled, but Jade’s smile only widened. “But, I’m already not allowed to—”

“Clearly, we’ve been too lenient.” He barely even acknowledged you, drawing back and pushing himself to his feet. You tried to follow him, to get up and ask him what you meant, but Floyd was already on top of you, already shoving you onto your chest with all the effort it would've taken him to pluck a petal off of a flower or crush an insect under his heel. In a fraction of a second, he was straddling your thighs, his teeth tearing into the dip of your shoulder as his hands slipped under the hem of your shirt. You cried out, but the sound was muffled by leather and fabric, and neither twin seemed to mind, to bat an eye at any indication of your pain. You weren’t sure why you thought they would.

It wasn't like they’d never hesitated to hurt you, before.

It was a small mercy that Floyd’s attention was such a fickle thing, that he was so quick to draw back, to lap over the open wound as blood began to pool above your torn skin. “I’m afraid it’d just be too dangerous to let you continue on unclaimed,” He went on, faux-sympathy, heavy in his voice. “For the sake of your comfort, we’ve been trying to hold ourselves back, but I’m afraid you’ve made that impossible.”

Lies, Lies, lies. “B-but, I didn’t do any—”

“Cuttlefish tastes so sweet,” Floyd purred, barely lifting his head high enough to speak. He was grinding against you, now, totally unbothered, totally unconcerned. Somehow, that hurt more than Jade’s betrayal, than the awareness of what they planned to do to you. Floyd wasn’t supposed to be this invasive, this controlling. Floyd was supposed to care about you – or, that’s what you’d managed to convince yourself, at least. “Gonna be even sweeter as a real omega, too," And then, as if it'd just occurred to him, "With a proper heat and everything.”

You grit your teeth, forced yourself to jerk towards Jade. “So what?” You spat, no longer trying to clip your words or watch your tone. It wasn’t like they could do anything worse to you. “You’re just— You’re just going to stand there and to let him mark me?"

“Today, he will. And in a few months, when it begins to fade, I’ll have my time with you. Floyd was a little put-off at first, but he came around to the idea after I offered him the first turn.” He squared his shoulders, lowering himself onto one knee in front of you. His hand found its way back to your face, the pad of his thumb running along your lower lip, and something came over his expression – a look that wasn’t totally unlike the kind of quiet, tempered affection you knew he couldn’t be capable of. “You should count yourself lucky. My brother and I aren’t especially good at sharing, but we’re willing to make an exception for you. That’s sweet of us, isn’t it?”

You opened your mouth, ready to curse him out, to scream, but anything you might’ve said was drowned out by a cracked whimper as Floyd bit into your shoulder, again, then the nape of your neck, missing your mating-glands by a hair's width. He was playing with you, marking you – albeit, not the way he would, in a few minutes. You went stiff, unresponsive, but it didn’t help. Nothing would’ve helped, at that point.

“We’re doing this for your own good,” Jade mumbled, despite the excitement tracing at the edges of his tone, despite the awful, darkened glint now shining brightly and unabashedly in his eyes. “It’ll hurt, but just try to remember that. We’re only doing this because we love you.”

You could only close your eyes, grit your teeth, and wonder what you’d ever done to deserve to be trapped between them.

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bethanythebogwitch · 11 months

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We know that narwhals are swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion, because they are so awesome, but what else do we know about them? This Wet Beast Wednesday, let's go over the unicorn whale, a classic animal that seems like it should be fictional (and should be a Pokemon by now). Narwhals are small (by whale standards) toothed whales that are one of the two living members of the family Monodontidae, the other being the Beluga. Both Monodontids have reduce snouts, giving them squarish heads, a ridge running down the back instead of a dorsal fin, and more flexible necks than most cetaceans. The name Monodontidae means "one-tooth". Despite this, both species actually have multiple teeth, with narwhals having two large teeth, one of which can grow into the famous tusk, and several vestigial teeth that are retained in the jawbone and no not extend into the mouth.

(image: a narwhal from above)

Narwhals are on the small side as far as whales go, growing to between 3.9 to 5.5 m (13 to 18 ft) excluding the tusk and reaching between 800 and 1,600 kg (1,760 to 3,530 lbs). They live in the Arctic and north Atlantic oceans, frequently sharing a neighborhood with their beluga cousins. They migrate seasonally, moving closer to shores during the summer and out to the sea ice in winter. Their winter behavior is notable as narwhals spend a lot of their time under the sea ice, surfacing in cracks to breathe. This is dangerous and many individuals will die of suffocation before they reach their average lifespan of 50 years. Narwhals also can dive up to 1,500 m (almost 5,000 ft) deep during their winter feeding, one of the deepest dives recorded among marine mammals. These dives can last for up to 25 minutes and can happen over 15 times a day. Narwhals feed primarily on cod, halibut, cuttlefish, and squid. Because of their mostly toothless mouths, narwhals are believed to hunt by sucking prey into their mouths and swallowing them whole.

(image: several narwhals at a breathing hole)

Like many other cetaceans, narwhals are highly social. They typically swim in pods of up to 20 individuals outside of the summer. These be mixed sex groups or could be separated nursery pods consisting of juveniles and adult females and all-male pods. During the summer, pods will come together in aggregations of up to over 1,000 narwhals. Communication is important in any social species and narwhals have that covered. Scientists have described multiple types of vocalizations including, clicks, whistles, knocks, trumpeting, and (I swear I didn't make this up) squeaking door sounds. Audio recordings have seen that groups share more sounds internally than with other groups, indicating possible group or individual-specific sounds. Females reach sexual maturity between 5 and 8 years old while males do so at 11 to 13 years old. One calf is born at a time in most cases and nurse for up to 20 months. During this time, they stay within 2 body lengths of their mother and learn their survival skills by observing her. DNA analysis has confirmed an instance of a narwhal-beluga hybrid.

(image: a narwhal pod seen from above)

Now for the part you're all here for: the tusk. The tusk is a modified tooth. Specifically, it is the left canine tooth, which grows out through the upper lip in a distinctive left-handed helical spiral and usually gets to be about 1/3rd the whale's body length. In 1 of 500 males, the right tooth may also grow into a second tusk. Narwhals are sexually dimorphic and the tusk is a male feature. Almost every male with grow a tusk while only 15% of females grow one. There is a single known instance of a female growing two tusks and its skull is currently housed in the Zoologisches Museum in Hamburg, Germany. The function of the tusk has been the subject of debate for quite a while. The leading hypothesis is that is is used for sexual display, like a deer's antlers or peacock's fail feathers. However, the tusk seems to have more uses than just that. The tusk is filled with millions of nerve endings, allowing it to act as a sense organ detecting water quality. Males are known to rub their tucks together or against the backs of other males. This may be a display of dominance, but may also be used to exchange sensory information about the water the other male has swum through. Video footage has revealed that narwhals will sometimes strike fish with the tusk, stunning the fish and making it easier prey. Other proposed functions of the tusk include as a weapon or used to create breathing holes in sea ice. The general consensus seems to be the tusk is primarily used for display and that any additional uses are secondary. The tusk cannot be vital to survival as the tuskless females typically live longer than males.

(Image: multiple narwhal tusks)

(image: a close-up of a narwhal skull showing the tusk)

A shitpost once asked the question "are narwhals nars or whals?". I actually can answer this question. The word narwhal comes from the old norse "nár" meaning corpse (a reference to the mottled grey skin of the whale) and "hval" meaning whale. "Hval" became "whal" as time when on and languages were translated. So Narwhal means corpse whale. Since narwhals aren't actually corpses, they are whals and not nars, at least until they die.

(image: a pod of male narwhals)

Narwhals are threatened by climate change due to the changing sea ice coverage in their territory. Noise from ships is also known to disrupt and disturb them. For a long time, they were classified as Nearly Threatened by the IUCN as the world population was estimated to be below 50,000. In more recent years, new estimates put the population at around 170,000, resulting in a reclassification to Least Concern. Narwhal, with her hair, which she wore in a twisted and tusk-like shape, becoming the tusk. Narhwal tusks are believed to have inspired the design of the unicorn horn in European art. One story of dubious veracity claims that an emperor of Rome was presented with a narwhal tusk imported from northern Europe and he declared that it was a unicorn horns have historically been hunted by the Inuit people and while there are international restrictions on the sale of tusks and other body parts, Inuit people in Canada and Greenland have special permission to hunt them. They are hunted for their meat, blubber, and tusks and vertebrae, which are often carved and sold. The raw skin and blubber is a delicacy called Muktuk. In Inuit mythology, narwhals did not originally have tusks. A woman harpooned a narwhal and was either pulled into the sea or pushed in, where she turned into a narwhal. Her hair, which she wore in a twisted, tusk-like style, became the tusk. Narwhal tusks are believed to have inspired the common image of a unicorn horn. One story of dubious veracity claims that a Roman emperor was shown a narwhal tusk and declared it to be a unicorn horn.

(image: a male and female narwhal)

#wet beast wednesday #marine biology #marine life #zoology #ecology #animal facts #narwhal #whale #cetaceans #long post #cw animal bones #unicorn whale

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gaydiation-poisoning · 2 months

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HORRIBLE MESSY IN-NO-PARTICULAR-ORDER AMP BULLETPOINT POST BEFORE SIDE ORDER COMES OUT LETS FUCKING GOOOO

THIS IS AMP ^ (art by @for-a-new-life)

SHE IS MY NEO AGENT 3

Age: 14

Height: 4'8

Full name: Amphitrite Takowasa

°She was born a little less than a year after the events of Splatoon 2 (we have a slightly altered timeline)

°She will BITE you if you call her Amphitrite

°Amp's mother Ashta disappeared when she was about 7 years old, ever since she's been growing up on the streets of Inkopolis alongside her best friend/little brother Sammy.

(pictured here, by @redginaldusrooiakker)

°She does not know her own full name

°She has faint memories of Off The Hook playing on the television when she was little, this inspired her dream of becoming a big time DJ. (cus there's not enough of these Octo DJ bastards running about)

°She made her way to Splatsville at age 13 looking to make it big, although having no money and no home took to crashing on the couch in the Lobby.

°Despite practically living in the Lobby, Amp does not play much Turf War or any other sport. She tends to find them limiting and aggravating, as she's not much of a team player and tends to prefer an aggressive solo charge over working with others. As a result she turns to working at Grizzco for cash.

°She is very reckless on the job, with a tendency to charge in headfirst with a seeming lack of self preservation, most coworkers dislike her for her behavior and think she's a liability. She is, however, effective, and thus Grizz keeps her on and assigns her 'mentors' to keep her focused. (At least until they burn out and she's passed to someone else)

°Mains Octobrush

°After about four months of working for Grizzco, she had a falling out with her favourite mentor and wound up meeting Craig Cuttlefish and joining the Squidbeak Splatoon

°She just wants to feel useful

°Amp has a very casual way of speaking, very rarely using honorifics. Some find this rude, but it's typically a sign that she likes someone a great deal and feels comfortable. She doesn't typically gel well with Authority figures for this reason. (Albeit this is not intentional on her end.)

°She takes to calling Cuttlefish 'Uncle' not long after meeting him.

°Also has very little in the way of a filter with profanity, and tends to cuss a lot when the urge strikes her.

°Very fidgety, tends to chew on wasabi sprouts or tug on her tentacles to keep her mind occupied. Hates sitting still.

°Has very little sense of aim, her method with a splattershot essentially comes down to 'Can't hurt me if you're atomized'

°Almost shoots Octavio after he fell out of the Octobot, Craig had to knock the gun upwards to deflect the shot.

°Prefers baggy clothes

°Will eat anything. Not picky at all.

°Has a love for spicy food, the hotter the better.

°Sometimes eats things with her hands that really should not be eaten with one's hands

°VERY loud for someone her size

°Has no concept of an 'inside voice'

°If you do so much as give her a sandwich she'd probably be willing to die for you.

°Runs very warm

°Very heavy sleeper, can sleep in almost any position.

°The notch in her ear is from a Grizzco Charger by her mentor turned nemesis turned best friend Mono

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°The scar on her forehead comes from accidentally bashing her forehead against the Octobot's control console during the fight with Grizz

(on that note)

°If you have talked to me about her or simply read her name, you'd probably have figured out that Amp is the granddaughter of DJ Octavio

(This charming fella. Art once again provided by @for-a-new-life)

°Neither of them are aware of this connection until post Splatoon 3's story (although there are a couple AUs where that's not the case)

°Her mother is named Ashta, she is Agent 8 and a Clone of Octavio (if you're wondering why she came out female well the answer is 🏳️‍⚧️)

°Amp's lack of knowledge of or contact with her grandfather comes from her mother's distaste for her father (to put it lightly)

°She looks up to her grandpa a lot, she definitely sees him through rose tinted glasses in her younger years. (Honestly the Takowasa family drama will probably get a reblog dedicated to breaking it down)

°She wouldn't have even been accepted by him if Craig hadn't basically reverse psychology-ed Octavio into actually being a grandpa to her

°Amp is close with Octavio but the relationship is...complicated to say the least

°Despite this she is very determined to upkeep a relationship with him

°When she eventually starts her DJing career, she does so under the stage name of DJ ANG3LFISH, a mix of her title as Agent 3, and of Octavio's occasional nickname for her, Angelfish.

°She keeps up this stage performance until one particularly traumatic performance scares her into silence for a time

°She later comes back onto the music scene in a somewhat fishing themed band called The Reel Deal, with her once again as the DJ, and her friends Mono and now much more grownup Sammy as vocalists.

°Amp would not start singing in their songs until some of their later albums.

°She has a lot of vocal fry which can be very good for their harsher tracks

And finally (for now)

°Amp is a Virgo

(doodle by @redginaldusrooiakker)

(Second part breaking down the Takowasa Family Issues will be out soon!)

EDIT: PART 2 OUT NOW CHECK RBS

#Amp #oc tag #neo agent 3 #craig cuttlefish #octavio takowasa #Amphitrite Takowasa

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askfuzzycallie · 4 months

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Welcome to askfuzzycallie!

This is a splatoon au ask blog! I'm your humble host, @possiblycringe! I hope you enjoy my silly little au :D This blog will have a overarching story told over time. Most asks will not progress the plot, but Callies behavior and the status quo will change, usually during the course of longer answers or non ask comics. If you are just arriving, I recommend reading through the asks in chronological order. Also, this is a horror au, or at least an au that contains horror in it. There is going to be psychological horror, body horror, and other unpleasant stuff. These aspects will become more apparent later on in the story, though. Just be aware of that! ______________________________________________________________ Our cast! Captain 3 (Carp)

-The quiet captain of the NSS. She can face down a horde of enemy octarians but when faced with a slightly uncomfortable conversation she will bolt. Agent 3 (Peashooter) and Lil Buddy (Pod)

-The short-tempered, half-fuzzified kid who, for some reason, was recruited by Craig. He seems to not trust easily, but those who gain his trust, such as Craig and Pod, are people he will die for without question. Despite Pod eating the fuzzy ooze just before it transformed him, he doesn't remember anything about his old life, and wants to keep it that way. Agent 1 (Callie Cuttlefish)

-The cheery premier agent of the NSS and the former pop star, Callie has been enjoying life after her incident with the hypnoshades. Unfortunately, the fuzzy ooze might disrupt that...but she doesn’t seemed very bothered by the changes! Agent 2 (Marie Cuttlefish)

-The sassy half of the Squid Sisters and second agent of the NSS, Marie has one of the strongest wills in the Splatoon. She's wary of Callie's new quirks, but is trying not to let them drift apart again. I have other agents and feel free to ask about them, but they will likely not make a huge impact on the story! ______________________________________________________________ General rules and guidelines: -No NSFW related asks, please -OOC asks are okay, if you want any clarification on the au! -You can clarify who you are asking or leave it up to me to decide who answers -No ships are planned for this, there are some I am considering but I might not include them as I am not the strongest with romance (Edit: There is one minor romantic subplot planned because I was enabled by a friend. Have fun with that!) -I'm pretty bad with fancy formatting, so I will probably not have that much fancy texts -M!Anons aren't allowed. I'm pretty new with askblogs so I want to wait a bit until I'm more comfortable to let M!Anons happen. EDIT: No M!A will be allowed until the main story is completed

-As established in this ask, the context for asks is that an ancient human AI was found in alterna. You are free to send asks to any character in alterna because of this, but please keep this lore in mind! -No interaction with other roleplay blogs, please. This is a self contained story and because of the reasoning given above, other roleplay blogs sending asks wouldn't make sense. Thank you for understanding! -Non-OOC Asks will generally be answered with 1-5 sketches, might add splashes of color if needed ______________________________________________________________

Tags: [Ask] - any asks, in character or not [OOC] - any OOC asks [Fuzzy Callie] - any in character asks or events relating to the overall story ______________________________________________________________ Ending things off, I have never run an ask blog before so please forgive me for any mistakes I make! Thank you :D

#Fuzzy Callie #splatoon au

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cloudcountry · 11 months

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Okay I just saw the cuttlefish thing and for some reason my brain went to the octo trio watching finding nemooooooo

Like what would they think of it?? And the one part where the octopus went 'nooo you guys made me ink!' I feel like jade and floyd did that to azul when they were kids😭🤣

the tweels would look over at azul, who suddenly is having traumatizing flashbacks

OMG YES PELASE YOU JUST AMD EMY DAY ASKING ABOUT FINDING NEMO HOLD ON IM GONNA GO ON ANOTHER MARINEBIO RAMBLE PLEASEEEE BEAR WITH ME PLEASE 👁️

BUT I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FIRST WHAWHAWH

i can see floyd getting SUCH a kick out of the shark chase scene and jade finding the anglerfish scene funny. azul is sitting next to them like "yk that's nothing unusual" because they're WEIRD

ofc he would probably have some flashbacks during that scene in the gif. jade and floyd IMMEDIATELY turn to look at him. its creepy. their heads turn a full 90 degrees. LIKE WHAT ARE YOU LOOK AT...LEAVE HIM ALONE OMG.

speaking of that i need to write a fic with azul accidentally inking in front of his crush :C i think that'd be cute

MARINE BIO RAMBLE TIME OKAY SO

yk that fish that killed all of nemo's siblings? that's a barracuda! they actually don't eat clownfish eggs, but they do eat moray eels so i don't like them >:C

also, that scene when coral goes to confront the barracuda and marlin tells her to stop? female clownfish are more aggressive than male clownfish!!

yk that scene when bruce cries about never meeting his father? that's also true, because sharks,,,, mate,,,,,, a lot. 👁️ so he probably would never have met his dad or figured out who his father was. also, his eyes turning black when he was about to try and eat marlin and dory was kinda right? because sharks roll their eyes back into their heads to protect them when they're about to snatch up a tasty little morsel yum yum.

ALSO TEH WHALE???? WHEN THEY WERE SHOT OUT OF ITS BLOWHOLE???? whale's can't do that its literally impossible. they would have gotten swallowed right into the stomach and out the other end yikes

ALSO ANGLERFISH LIVE SO DEEP......LIKE SO DEEP IN THE OCEAN.....disney there are pressure differences the deeper you go in the ocean,,,, marlin and dory would have been CRUSHED.

ANYWAYS YEAH i watched that movie a few months ago and really analyzed the silly little fish behaviors and what was correct or incorrect so im happy i got to talk about it AAWHHAAHW

#asks <3 #auburn's rambles <3 #auburn's fish market <3 #jade leech #floyd leech #azul ashengrotto #azul ashengrotto heart eyes #twst #disney twst #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #twst wonderland

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insert-cephalopod-joke · 10 months

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The Bea(st)

Lore under cut >:)

SUBJ #2453: AGENT THREE (NEW)

OOZE TYPE: BASIC (98.45%)

STATUS: AGGRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS

ABILITIES: ENHANCED STRENGTH, ENHANCED HEARING, NON-SWIM TRANSFORMATIONS

INTELLIGENCE: UNKNOWN

CAPABLE OF SPEECH?: NO*

*see notes

NOTES:

•Exhibits violent behaviors, but can be temporarily pacified with waffles or similar baked goods. This will last for until the meal is consumed, so around 30-45 seconds.

•When asked about the NSS, they looked to be thinking about something. Then proceeded to attack the guards until incapacitated

•can hold weapons properly. Prefers to use them as things to hit with instead.

•Caught murmuring to themselves a few times in their enclosure. The language seemed to be most like Salmonspeak, which we cannot translate.

•Simulations of the outdoors seem to keep them less interested in escaping. Has no particular biome preference.

L7CH33 PRIVATE LOG. PASSWORD: •••••••••

•I visited them once by myself, and they were completely docile. Kept repeating the Inkish word for “Eight” whenever I looked away for a moment. Were they trying to get my attention?

•Another night I did the same as before, but brought a yellow squid plushie for them to play with… to engage their brain and keep them in this docile, easy to study state. Upon introduction there was a new Inkish word translating to “four,” followed by the subject tossing the toy to the side. Maybe they thought it was Agent Four, but if so do they think I am Agent Eight? This can either be a blessing or a curse.

• To test my theory, I brought in a recreation of Cuttlefish’s signature hat. Instead of “captain” as expected, their words translated to “I failed.” The subject remained quiet and almost motionless for the rest of my visit.

•Likes head scratches

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #agent 3 #neo agent 3 #rotm #fuzzy ooze #alternate universe #oc: Beatrix

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bracketsoffear · 3 months

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I hope I'm not late to the fan statement thing but either way I wanted to try making some-

"Old Unknown Friend" - statement of Madoka Kaname about her classmate's strange behavior (PMMM ; Stranger/Spiral?)

"It's Okay To Run Away" - statement of Mafuyu Asahina about her relationship with her mother (Project Sekai ; Desolation/Lonely)

"Zero" - statement of Suzaku Kururugi regarding events of years 2017-2018 a.t.b. (Code Geass ; Eye/Web/Slaughter)

"Frozen Solid" - statement of Noelle Holiday about getting stronger (Deltarune ; Web/Desolation?)

"Bomb Rush Blush" - statement of Callie Cuttlefish about mind control (Splatoon ; Web)

"Hand of Galochio" - statement of Razputin Aquato about his fear of water (Psychonauts ; Vast)

"There's Nothing There" - statement of Dr. Harold Pontiff Coomer regarding his realisation (HLVRAI ; Vast)

"The Loser Looks In The Eyes Of The Monster" - statement of Yuri Beletski about a friend he made at a party (PAFL ; Flesh)

"Day of Unity" - statement of Luz Noceda about a nearly realized extinction event (TOH ; Extinction)

"Attached At The Hip" - statement of Looks To The Moon about her and her brother's deterioration (Rain World ; Vast/End)

"Sins of The Mother" - statement of Steven Universe about his life (SU ; Vast/Slaughter/Desolation)

"Just Shapes" - statement of Mae Borowski regarding her dreams (NITW ; Vast/Spiral)

"Completing the Mission" - statement of Henry Stickmin regarding different timelines (THSC ; End/Spiral)

"Disease and Cure" - statement of Clara [surname unknown] about a plague caused by her supposed twin (Pathologic ; Corruption/Stranger)

"Let's All Quit The Internet" - statement of Ame [surname redacted] about her failed streamer career (Needy Streamer Overload ; Spiral)

"We're Not Done Playing Yet" - statement of Wendy [surname redacted] about the death of her twin (Don't Starve ; End)

"Potato Battery" - statement of Chell [surname redacted] regarding her participation in the Aperture Science Testing Initiative (Portal ; Buried)

"Formerly The Last One Standing" - statement of Natsuki [surname redacted] about deja vu (DDLC ; Spiral/End)

"The End Is Never The End" - statement of Stanley [surname redacted] regarding the voice narrating his life (Stanley Parable ; Web/Spiral)

"Exit Door" - statement of [redacted] about being stuck in a video game (TADC ; Spiral/Buried)

"Taste of Failure" - statement of [redacted] about an island expedition gone wrong (Bugsnax ; Corruption/Buried)

"Floor After Floor" - statement of [redacted] about a long elevator ride with a coworker (Elevator Hitch ; ...every entity)

#asks #statement ideas

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bigblueoctoling · 2 months

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Cataloguing how The Octolings feel about Octavio

Some amount of this is headcanon, but I always aim for my headcanon to mimic canon.

Marina

I think it's somewhat undeniable that Marina's views on Octavio are skewed. In Side Order, she typically refers to him by "boss" and even goes out of her way to say that he isn't so bad, but I'm rather confident in my point that Marina is lying to herself about how bad it was.

As previously stated, I feel Sheldon's palette is generally intended to imply that Marina disapproves of Octavio's general behaviors with managing the Octarian empire- Forcing impressionable youths down the path of the Octarian military, your standard warlord stuff.

But it's also worth adding onto this that Octavio's palette adds onto this that, in spite of her repressing Octavio's worse aspects, he is still ultimately a terrible leader. Even while seeing him as, at best, a silly old man, he is grossly negligent about the wellbeing of his people.

As one of the head engineers within Octavio's very own unit, it's very clear why Marina would have this bias- while she also suffered as an Octarian, she likely ultimately experienced a slightly less harsh experience, being a brilliant and diligent worker. But then, that only makes Octavio's flaws stand out more.

Acht

Acht seems slightly more actively disillusioned to Octavio, but in the same way Acht was already disillusioned about being a soldier from the beginning. I don't think it outright started as rebellion, but simply a lack of urgency. Someone who wouldn't buy into propaganda, and as such, likely doesn't see the point in training to be the best soldier possible. Still, they comment on Octavio some, and their commentary generally makes it seem as though Octavio is in some respects a parallel to Cuttlefish.

This kind of opens some things up- because, to me, it feels fairly on the nose that Cuttlefish is not meant to be a particularly respect-worthy figure, especially after Octo Expansion. Octavio, much like Cuttlefish, will never change; he's an old codger who's caught up in a long-past war. The operative difference is that Octavio seemingly has political power and Cuttlefish does not. If Cuttlefish had the same amount of power, it's not unlikely that he would behave extremely similarly.

Eight

Most of Eight's identity comes from mem cakes- to me, Eight feels extremely vindictive of the Octarian empire. I have to imagine this is because Eight was not an elite Octarian, nor an engineer- rather than being bumped up in her education like Marina was, Eight was always just going to be a grunt. The language in the mem cakes, to me, feels seeped with anger and catharsis in escaping; her mem cake for Octavio oozes with sarcasm.

Speaking of Eight, looking over the mem cakes again... I have to wonder if the boss Tentacle's description means anything. As previously stated, my going theory for the connection between Acht and Eight is that Eight is a clone. The boss tentacles are specifically cited as a clone of one of Octavio's limbs...

Worth taking note of.

Beyond that, I don't really have much of a conclusion. Octavio is a bad person and if you want him to be redeemed I kind of hate you.

#bluetext #splatoon #splatoon headcanon #side order

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seffien · 1 year

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I gotta know what ur agent 8 is like !!!

sure.

even from the beginning, she was a pacifist. unless it was necessary, she wouldn’t fight. she was admonished for her pacifism and other behaviors in the army

eight's goggles were frequently lopsided because she was too young for them to fit her face.

her parents didn't have much (with the whole energy crisis thing) but they did their best, and eight was happy.

in fact, eight's mom (aoi) was a genius engineer, so she'd make her cute little robo-toys and such, and her dad (goro) was an extremely strong soldier who'd tell her stories of his accomplishments in the war

though a (mostly) happy child, she was shy and even a bit sad at school, where she was seen as an outcast. her dreams of peace and going to the surface were only met with laughter by girls her age

right before the fight against agent 3 (which i'll explain in a bit), she saw a fellow soldier (about 16 years old) get shot in the head point blank from a charger. another soldier was trying to escape, and she shot a charger with different-colored ink. this was during a power outage, so no respawn machines worked. eight has very much repressed the memory of seeing a dying soldier be wheeled away on a stretcher.

in fact, she had to witness a lot of horrors in kettles. even if the respawn machines worked, the sights weren't pretty.

the fight with agent 3 was brief—just a quick spar since 8 was drafted to aid octavio in stopping 3. it's never said who attacked them, but hear me out: a sanitized octoling. kamabo co was a thing during the events of splatoon 1, and the attack happened because commander tartar's army was small and just getting started. hope that doesn't sound dumb.

anyway, 8 was kept in a tiny (sort of cramped) hospital, and during this time, tensions were higher than high. the octarians had lost every zapfish and were struggling to keep things together.

about a day before 8 woke up, things straight up fell apart, and she ended up in the deepsea metro throughout the ensuing chaos.

she wasn't mute before escaping the metro, actually. she'd mutter things in octarian (usually swears) during inconveniences.

she slept on the metro between testing and never had any idea what time it was.

she sees iso padre as a kind of father figure and cap'n cuttlefish as a grandfather (y'know, after he de-racismed.)

#oooh this definitely needs a part 2 i did not mean to write all this #splatoon #splatoon 2 #octo expansion #agent 3 #agent 8 #dj octavio #sefsagents

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spiribia · 3 months

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watching prehistoric planet is fun. its like yep they speculatively put cuttlefish behavior on a pterosaur.

#talks

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mxwhore · 2 years

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For your monster Jon design what creatures are you basing him off of? He looks so cool from the drawings you’ve done!! :O

HI THIS MY FAVORITE ASK EVERRR

in this AU, Jon acts as the vessel between the fears and the new universe's physical plane (unforseen consequence of the Web's plan, as Jon became The Pupil and survived) so he grows more bestial as the fears and himself grow more powerful. but the tells begin pretty early!

cuttlefish are very efficient predators because of their w-shaped pupil AND its a fun little callback to the classic eldritch horror stories without being too on the nose

however, as he goes along his transformation, he goes from demonic to... kitty shaped

even though its clear that i watched The Lion King obsessively across my lifetime, Jon's build (and beastly behaviors) were inspired by a serval cat more than anything

now for ☆MORE THEMATIC☆ design choices...

In a comic (that i can't show here lol) Martin describes the touch of Jon's claws as "not sharp but as if spiders were roaming on his skin" so everytime im drawing his hands/paws i rotate an orb weaver spider in my brain. (with placeholder doodle)

finally, Jon's most eldritch form is similar to a babylonian sphinx which is very important to me because i wanted to make the reach to (my headcanon at least) Jon's heritage and his humanity... at stake.

his paws are straight up referenced from the fossa's though. no thematic connection, just love those guys

there are more creatures im either forgetting or purposefully leaving aside, but those are the ones i most think about

#anon hit the hyper interest jackpot here (tma + creatures + design process)#hehe... dickhead sphinx...#tma somewhere else #monster jon adventures

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natikoko · 9 months

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WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH IAN- HE’S SO UNBELIEVABLY SILLY HSHSH /vpos do you have any fun facts to share with the press about this really goofy goober? ₊˚⋆✩٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

THABK YOU FOR ASKING WBOUT IAN HES MY GUMMY LITTLE GUY

he’s 18, his smallfry is named Shrump (his brother!!), and he really only joined the NSS because cuttlefish offered him food after every mission (how can you say no to free food?) and he got roped into this crazy damn family. he loves them though

he loves rap and secretly writes verses in his free time, and speaks in a typically AAVE style. his whole style is based around the early 2000s hip hop scene, influenced by the modern underground rap movement. (because I imagine splatsville’s general style being very black inspired) wears baggy comfortable clothes and detests dressing up. takes the utmost care of his afro

hes a nice kid! very good— monotone and dry, but it’s just how he is. people mistake his dryness and his general resting bitch face as annoyance or something similar but it’s really, really not!! he’s quiet, but not meek. he’s actually really confident, just doesn’t appear that way. he’s got a sibling rivalry going on with tilly. I think he just likes bothering her because she gets really upset easily (“Ian… DONT TOUCH MY SQUID SISTERS WACKO POPS THEYRE THE EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION GOLDEN ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”)

he’s interested in social behaviors… like how Inkoplis teens interact with splatsville residents and the dynamic and differences between the different regions. it’s extremely interesting to him!!!

he’s very good at cooking!! he isn’t professionally trained but he makes a lot of spicy chicken fry’s and tonkatsu (his favorite food!!). likes expanding his taste but cannot stand crunchy and mushy shit together…. he hates peach cobbler…!

he’s also good at riding bikes…. hits wheelies all the time and does that really dangerous think where you ride your bike down a flight of stairs and dodge traffic… will scold people if they do that (it’s okay when he does..!). I also think he just likes staying home. hes comfortable home. he can play games and sleep. he usually goes outside for shopping, alterna, or joining in on some random rap group spittin’ on the streets

he sleeps like a cat. like all curled up n shit. has really good balance for some odd reason

ian isn’t interested in dating at the moment. he’s in a qpr with Shelbie..!

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Barred from her lab by pandemic restrictions, behavioral ecologist Daniela Rößler caught local jumping spiders and kept them in clear plastic boxes on her windowsill, planning to test their reactions to 3-D-printed models of predatory spiders. When she came home from dinner one night, though, she noticed something strange. “They were all hanging from the lids of their boxes,” says Rößler, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz in Germany. She had never seen jumping spiders suspended motionless on silk lines like this before. “I had no idea what happened,” Rößler says. “I thought they were dead.”

It turns out the jumping spiders were simply asleep—and that Rößler had discovered an alternate sleeping habit of the species Evarcha arcuata, which had been known to build silk sleeping dens in curled-up dead leaves. But the real surprise came when she decided to spy on them all night. She bought a cheap night-vision camera, duct-taped some magnifying lenses to it (E. arcuata is typically around six millimeters long) and aimed it at a sleeping female spider. What Rößler saw on the recording astonished her.

Mostly the spider just hung there. But then her legs started to twitch, and her abdomen and even her silk-producing spinnerets did so as well. Sometimes her legs curled in toward her sternum. With every spider Rößler recorded, these odd movements only appeared during distinct bouts that lasted a little more than a minute and occurred periodically throughout the night. “They were just uncontrollably twitching in a way that really looked a lot like when dogs or cats dream and have their little REM phases,” she says.

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep involves a state of partial or near-total muscle paralysis paired with an active, awakelike brain state, which is why it is sometimes called “paradoxical sleep.” In humans, this state has been strongly linked with dreaming. Rößler and her colleagues wondered if the twitching spiders could be experiencing something like an REM phase of sleep and possibly even having dreams. “We were like, ‘Okay, that would be insane,’” she says. Then she thought, “Let’s figure it out,” and immediately changed her research plans for the spiders.

There is abundant evidence for REM sleep or an analogous state in many mammals and birds. Scientists have also found something similar in two reptile species and hints of a state like it in zebra fish. Both octopuses and cuttlefish appear to have an REM phase, complete with eye movements, arm twitches, and rapid skin color and texture changes that resemble displays they perform when awake. Beyond those animals, there are glimmers but not much evidence of REM sleep in invertebrates, including insects and arachnids.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all if [jumping spiders] have dreams,” says behavioral ecologist Lisa Taylor, who studies the spiders at the University of Florida and was not involved in the new research. “They live in such a rich sensory world, and we know they have amazing cognitive capabilities and memory.”

The jumping spiders offered a unique opportunity to expand the realm of dreaming animals, in part because of particular aspects of their ocular anatomy. Though most spiders cannot move their eyes even while awake, jumping spiders have long tubes that shift their retinas around behind their large principal eyes. What’s more, for the first several days of life, the spiders’ exoskeleton is translucent, so those eye tubes are visible inside their head.

When Rößler recorded 34 sleeping spiderlings, she found that their twitches were accompanied by unmistakable eye-tube movements that did not happen during other phases of sleep. “It’s beautiful. I mean, it’s crazy. It immediately makes a sleep researcher think about rapid eye movement sleep,” says entomologist Barrett Klein, who researches bee sleep at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse and was not directly involved in Rößler’s work. “And to have the first indication that you could study such a thing or that it’s even relevant in arthropods is thrilling to me.”

But it is too soon to say for sure that the spiders are experiencing something akin to REM sleep in humans, Klein cautions. The researchers first need to confirm the spiders are actually asleep during this phase by showing that they are less responsive to their environment, he says.

Rößler and her “dream team” of co-authors have already started those tests. And she points out that the leg curling is a particularly striking aspect of the spiders’ REM-like phase because that pose is typically only seen in dead spiders. Spiders use hydraulic pressure maintained by muscles to keep their legs extended, and the curling could result from the muscle paralysis that typifies REM sleep. The team’s initial findings were published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

#more in link #do spiders dream of electric flies #jumping spiders #spiders #sleep #dreams #rem sleep #science #behavioral ecology

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