https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Gloomy_Octopus-Octopus_tetricus.JPG
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/8a3/1a/cutiepus-red2.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:13 (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
http://chooseyourcurrent.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/giphy-1.gif
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
it's kind of a bummer that they are delicious
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.pinimg.com/originals/7e/9f/30/7e9f306fd62090babe0b9cd632a28cf4.jpg
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:39 (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
https://www.guitar-muse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Octoguitar.jpg
eight arms to rock u
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:45 (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
http://i.imgur.com/TYFZyjs.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
PLUR.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/news/2017/octooctawherearewegoingalbum.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/15/14/1428095150-octopus.gif?crop=1xw:1.0xh;center,top&resize=480:*
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
http://www.animalanswers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/34777tx.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/dexbwh2947vz.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zYKmo7g.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:54 (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
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2c/e9/dc/2ce9dc2d28e2f80394f684bc54dba14e.gif
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:58 (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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRLLnmqpGas
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:03 (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
https://media.giphy.com/media/VbIbtOIPanrt6/giphy.gif
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/012012/camouflaged-octopus.gif
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
This is excellent background:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n17/amia-srinivasan/the-sucker-the-sucker
Captive octopuses appear to be aware of their captivity; they adapt to it but also resist it. When they try to escape, which is often, they tend to wait for a moment they aren’t being watched. Octopuses have flooded laboratories by deliberately plugging valves in their tanks with their arms. At the University of Otago, an octopus short-circuited the electricity supply – by shooting jets of water at the aquarium lightbulbs – so often that it had to be released back into the wild. Jean Boal, a cephalopod researcher at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, reported feeding octopuses in a row of tanks with thawed squid, not an octopus’s favourite food. Returning to the first tank, Boal found that the octopus in it hadn’t eaten the squid, but was instead holding it out in its arm; watching Boal, it slowly made its way across the tank and shoved the squid down the drain.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/042015/1430157757_octopus_hunts_crab.gif
(octo hunts crab)
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
xp Think you linked to that before on some animal thread. One of my fave things I read last year.
good to see octopuses share my ‘fuck squid, they are garbage’ outlook
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
I strongly condemn these vile displays of cephalopod racism
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-04/21/14/enhanced/webdr14/anigif_original-4682-1429640222-4.gif?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, January 24, 2018 11:20 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same, i phased it out in the last year or so.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly6h11neeC1qbypg1o1_400.jpg
― Joanna NEU!some (Leee), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/f4826ca5a0f54b4580c745d42dd960a0/tumblr_inline_o6kqg7CJln1qk45js_500.gif
― Joanna NEU!some (Leee), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
Not a squid!
http://tybe.tumblr.com/post/162917051923/montereybayaquarium-tybe-montereybayaquarium
― Joanna NEU!some (Leee), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
Giant Pacific Octopuses aren't so much cute as beautiful.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/b71bc8cbfdf2395b4df549cadfeba57f/tumblr_o4ys49vfDl1uap0hno1_1280.jpg
Also they are very DNFW:
https://youtu.be/_HNZePQosxU
― Joanna NEU!some (Leee), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 1:20 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just curious, why?
― marcos, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
feels wrong to eat something so patently intelligent, mainlyhypocritical and/or logically inconsistent, i know, since i do still eat other animals, but there’s just something about octopuses 🤷♂️
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 19:37 (six 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
octopus: come at me brohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56612257
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 April 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/py9vqx759wg41.jpg
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
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
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
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
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
perfect
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:01 (one year ago) link
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
― 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 oneeven 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
https://pbfcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PBF078-Nautical_Awards.jpg
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 23 September 2022 08:26 (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
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/science/octopus-throwing-silt.html
https://vp.nyt.com/video/2022/11/08/104105_1_09tb-angry-octopus-silt02_wg_720p.mp4
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
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
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
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 (nine months ago) link