We know there are some super-fans of deep sea exploration out there, but have you ever tallied how many hours of dive livestreams you’ve watched?⁣ ⁣⁣ It would be hard to top the research team from @mbari_news that reviewed 25 years’ worth of archival footage to better understand the dimorphic eye structures of the aptly named, cockeyed squid (𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “The deep sea is an amazing natural laboratory for eye design because the kinds of eyes you need to

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