Mother Nature can be quite kooky. ‘Vampyroteuthis infernalis’ is a name that means “the vampire squid from hell”! Except it isn’t a squid—and has zero interest in blood. The name is inspired by its appearance—“dark colouring, red eyes and the cloak-like webbing between their arms”. And it feeds on ‘marine snow’—a misleading name for icky dead plankton.