well that's ominous

Composite photo of a Magnapinna squid taken by underwater cameras at a Shell oil drilling site. Note the squid's elbows. Which is a sentence I never thought I'd write.

Video here.

Stabilimenta

According to Wikipedia, stabilimenta are silk structures spun at the middle of some orb-web spiders' webs. Their purpose isn't entirely clear, and it probably varies from species to species. Some spiders may use this decoration to attract prey. Others, to repel predators. Stabilimenta are made of many types of material, including egg sacs and random detritus. Perhaps most interestingly, these designs seem to have evolved separately within 9 different spider species. Also, they look trippy as hell.