iOS 13.1 finally fixes the squid, mosquito, and abacus emoji

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Author: Jay Peters

Today’s release of iOS 13.1 doesn’t just have bug fixes and some features that missed iOS 13.0 — it also brings updates to the designs of 24 emoji, according to Emojipedia, including changes to make a few of the animals anatomically accurate.

The most significant change is probably the squid emoji. Last December, the Monterey Bay Aquarium eloquently noted that Apple’s squid emoji has a “siphon” on the front — but apparently, the siphon is actually supposed to appear on the back of the squid:

／￣￣￣＼ ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
|　 ー　__ | Not even squidding
|　 ◉　◉ | the siphon should
\　　 ▱　/∠ be behind the head
＼　　 | rn it just looks like
／　　　＼ a weirdo nose:
/ | 　　 　 ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
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— Monterey Bay Aquarium...

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