On bathymetric maps of seafloor topography, they look like grooves on a record. (sciencemag.org)
Colorful lines and patterns overwhelm the canvases like psychedelic sea - scapes (appropriate, given that they are inspired by seafloor topography). (davidrichardgallery.com)
After puzzling it over and practically wallpapering his house with seafloor topography and magnetic field maps, in 1993 Klimley hypothesized that somehow their oblong - shaped heads can sense tiny changes in the magnetic lines created by volcanic lava flows. (discovermagazine.com)