Guess what…it’s my 30th comic! To celebrate, a dung beetle tribute to The Beatles. And also the first terrestrial invertebrate to be featured on Interviews with Invertebrates. Dung beetles have some famous eco-friendly habits making them a suitable invertebrate for wishing you all a Happy Belated Earth Day! Check out today’s comic: a beetle road

Also, catch a few dung beetles in action: BBC Earth – Kung Fu Dung Beetles

What’s the scariest marine animal you can think of? A shark? Think again.  Many different kinds of marine invertebrates like snails, jellyfish and octopuses have venom they use to paralyze their prey.  Learn more in today’s comic: venomous villains

To learn more about the venomous villains featured in today’s comic:

Cone snails – National Geographic: Cone Snails

Box Jelly- National Geographic: Box Jellies

Blue ringed octopus – Ocean Conservancy: Blue-Ringed Octopus

Move over Trebek!  If any invertebrate has a shot at beating Ken Jennings on Jeopardy, it’s an octopus.  Learn more about how these how these cephalopods think on today’s comic: octo-prodigy

To see octopus smarts and creativity in action check out this video: BBC Earth: octopus steals crab from fisherman

Video evidence of the Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch and Bigfoot is questionable at best but we do have solid evidence of the Yeti…crab.

Check out the cool adaptations of the yeti crab in today’s comic yeti pedi

And here’s a yeti crab in non-cartoon form: yeti crab