D'AWWWWCTOPUS: post yr images of adorable octopuses here (no squid allowed)

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call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link

they truly are superior beings aren't they

marcos, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link

love 'em

your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link

it's kind of a bummer that they are delicious

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link

i can't bring myself to eat octopus anymore tbh

your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/112010/1291113125_octopus-camouflage.gif

mick signals, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link

https://media.giphy.com/media/138LgCYr5DVAUo/giphy.gif

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link

facehugger.gif

your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link

lol yes i can't get it to post

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link

haha. lovely thraed

♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link

I think I'm starting to warm to octopuses now.

calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link

come on in, the water's lovely

(and filled with octopuses)

your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/h0wilCq.gif

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link

protection wheeeeee!

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link

you, a wise evolutionary scientist: "octopuses have learnt to armour themselves with coconut shells"
me, an internet clown: THEY FUCKING LOVE IT

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link

PLUR.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link

pixar couldn't make the lil' un much cueter than that.

calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/MpzuCeq.gifzq

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link

lord almighty look at that li'l guy

your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/RYPkDA3.gif

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link

lol i had one of those

mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link

Genuinely shocked I never thought to start a cute octopus thread.

https://media3.rbl.ms/i/?u=%2f8xD4p8L37yWuk.gif&h=https%3a%2f%2fi.giphy.com&c=4121437786

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link

SQUID ALERT

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link

Bernie would fuck an octopus

is it possible to have a non-erotic relationship with an octopus? or, because octopuses are by nature boundary-negating (in your reading) which is the essence of eros (in your reading), does that make them inherently erotic, meaning all relationships with octopuses are erotic?

— Elizabeth Bruenig (@ebruenig) September 21, 2020

xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link

I have to say, I never much care to hear anything from Elizabeth Bruenig and this goes double for this.

scampo italiano (gyac), Monday, 21 September 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link

It's an illustration of democratic socialism Vs communism, with an octopus.

xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link

I have no intention of watching it but that LRB piece linked is classic and all the tradcaths/bores replying to that thread going “uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” are only telling on themselves.

scampo italiano (gyac), Monday, 21 September 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Wild octopus reaches out to touch his human best friend whenever she visits 🐙💙 pic.twitter.com/VDniOcE1Bi

— The Dodo (@dodo) October 17, 2020

calzino, Saturday, 17 October 2020 08:35 (three years ago) link

v good boy imo

you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 October 2020 11:08 (three years ago) link

d’awwww

sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link

that's about how long "my octopus teacher" should have been

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 17 October 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link

Aw, I liked it, it was kind of like an octopus "Charlotte's Web."

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

Okay I know this isn't the right thread for it but I can't help falling in love with the banded piglet squid

https://azure.wgp-cdn.co.uk/app-practicalfishkeeping/news/4d04db986832b.jpg

zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link

it says no squid allowed right there in the thread title ffs

you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link

Yes and I am protesting that octonormative bigotry

zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

loving it

pic.twitter.com/Q1FcXMd2SV

— Earth Aquatic (@earthaquatic) March 24, 2021

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link

you had me there for a second

G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link

I thought it was real :(

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link

https://i.redd.it/py9vqx759wg41.jpg

Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link

four months pass...

It was at this moment that he knew he fucked up. pic.twitter.com/OM4cYwYLKE

— Kevin (@forensictoxguy) August 21, 2021

that moment just before the lethal neurotoxins from the blue ringed octopus paralyze your muscles and you can't breathe any more!

calzino, Sunday, 22 August 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link

I have had a very similar experience - "oh wow, look, I think that is a tiny octopus! how magical, never seen one in a rock pool before"
*BING, dozens of blue rings light up on its skin*
"oh shit I am leaving now"

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 23 August 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link

in the thread it diverges into other dangerous Antipodean creatures like the "murder-bird" and on reflection I very much like this colourful little octopus.

calzino, Monday, 23 August 2021 08:31 (two years ago) link

if i were australian i would never leave the house

eleven months pass...

An octopus changing colors in her sleep might be an indication she's dreaming. pic.twitter.com/vkZOLXWPkb

— Figen (@TheFigen) July 24, 2022

Tim, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:50 (one year ago) link

gorgeous

built like a kit malthouse (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 07:00 (one year ago) link

YES.

Incidentally: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/cephalopods-online-course

Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link

what beauty! but that's gotta be perilous in the wild, surely? if protective camouflage is one of the main objectives/benefits of this ability then flashing like a beacon while you're unconscious seems counterproductive. maybe there has to be a baseline comfort level or established lack of nearby predators before a sleeping octopus relaxes to that degree. damn they are cool.

CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link

👑🐙🐙🐙👑

CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link

I really wonder what she is dreaming about.

Lily Dale, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link

Like, does an octopus having a pleasant dream look different from an octopus having a nightmare?

Lily Dale, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link

cat, I'd expect that most most sleeping octopuses aren't out in the open but in secure(?) dens where color flashing isn't such a giveaway.

Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link

I really wonder what she is dreaming about.

japanese researchers are way ahead of you on this one (nsfw)

yeah Leee, that makes sense. happy little octopi/octopuses/octopodes, all cozy in their dens, dreaming dreamy octopus dreams.

CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link

*ringo starr voice*

mark s, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link

YES.

Incidentally: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/cephalopods-online-course

My family and I did the last session of this course because my 8-year-old is a squid fanatic, and it was a very worthwhile and recommendable experience.

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 28 July 2022 04:55 (one year ago) link

*ringo starr voice*

perfect

corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:01 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

cross-posted from Weird Animals thread:

More evidence (i.e. RNA editing) that cephalopods are aliens: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/curiouser-and-curiouser-octopuss-evolution-is-even-stranger-than-thought/

― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, September 14, 2022 9:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link

shameless BG bait:

Empathic octopus usually goes nearshore to receive the caresses of children before returning offshore (Sardinia, Italy) pic.twitter.com/Lqth1vaoG0

— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) September 19, 2022

mark s, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:47 (one year ago) link

a+ octopus, would caress

manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 13:13 (one year ago) link

wild

i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link

Yes this a squid fight me:

This is a piglet squid and it is real.

📸: (Cabrillo Marine Aquarium/Gary Florin) pic.twitter.com/pyf2SnvUh1

— Erin Biba (@erinbiba) July 26, 2021

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/travel/2022/09/lindblad-expeditions-national-geographic-to-explore-kimberley-and-beyond/

Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 22 September 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link

pouring one out for the other cephalopod thread, RIP to a real one
even more squiddities and sepiidies of the schooling class - the other cephalopod thread

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 01:45 (one year ago) link

Doh, I didn't see that thread! Will bookmark it now!

Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 23 September 2022 04:00 (one year ago) link

I was a bit tongue in cheek there, I don't think the cephalopod ILX traffic is so intense that we need two threads!

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 04:26 (one year ago) link

excuse me this is a squid-exclusionary space by design, we absolutely do need two cephalopod threads

manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 September 2022 07:13 (one year ago) link

splitter

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 08:50 (one year ago) link

Octopuses don't have tentacles, they have arms!

Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 23 September 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

exasperation can lead to the deployment of projectiles as a potential manner of cephalopod conflict resolution

corrs unplugged, Thursday, 10 November 2022 07:21 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

we shd quit eating these super-smart aliens imo

An Octopus riding an Eel to avoid being eaten. pic.twitter.com/3zH4GWaA0i

— Weird and Terrifying (@weirdterrifying) December 23, 2022

mark s, Saturday, 24 December 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link

I have in almost everything. But takoyaki tho.

assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 24 December 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link

seven months pass...

If you mute the twee music, this is absolutely enchanting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrc489USbM

assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 05:23 (eight months ago) link


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