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

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Fantastic.

Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link

Ed Yong! He's grand.

Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 8 February 2018 01:05 (six years ago) link

look at those tiny li’l suckers

what a cutie

he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 10 February 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVnJ9nhV4AMN_lz.jpg

mark s, Sunday, 11 February 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link

https://youtu.be/wv7DfebpL7E

Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 15 February 2018 07:12 (six years ago) link

whoops...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv7DfebpL7E

Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 15 February 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qw8bAdIS_E

Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 15 February 2018 07:19 (six years ago) link

<3 baby cthulhu

albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 February 2018 11:14 (six years ago) link

Oh, I hope octopuses replace us after the nuclear conflagration...

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Thursday, 15 February 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link

What a thread:

Good one, @TheEconomist, very original and not propagandistic at all.

Depicted:
1. 'The Economist,' 2018
2. 'St. Louis Globe-Democrat,' 1980
3. 'Catholic Library Service,' 1938
4. Fred W. Rose, 1877 pic.twitter.com/VvH429MytP

— Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) February 24, 2018

xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link

media that didn't get the "adorable" memo imo

mark s, Monday, 26 February 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link

Great thread.

I especially like the Alice the goon like Prussian octopus

"The Prussian Octopus," 1915.

This British map shows an aggressive Prussian octopus, the heart of the expanding German Empire, along with a rather sad-looking Austria Hungarian octopus. pic.twitter.com/kgLLxouOyU

— Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) February 24, 2018

And the Chicago vice octopus

In honor of World Octopus Day, here's a 1910 illustration showing Chicago's Levee in the grip of VICE's tentacles. https://t.co/SzFaYpAt5F pic.twitter.com/jNWF4Cvo5U

— Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel) October 8, 2017

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 26 February 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link

nima shirazi good, demonising our octopals bad

NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 February 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link

Prussian bonobo octopals pretty adorable IMO.

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 26 February 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link

Was effusing about Soul of an Octopus earlier. Made me blub a bit.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Monday, 26 February 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link

Does ILX support gifv?
https://i.imgur.com/17kwhW2.gifv

It's because I'm human, isn't it?! (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link

Okay video here

It's because I'm human, isn't it?! (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link

<3

Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link

sy montgomery describing the skin of an octopus head as ‘soft as custard’ has really stuck with me, that li’l guy looks totally strokable

NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link

I've photographed a number of them, but they're universally shy. Nearly all scuba divers will avoid harassing octopuses in their natural environment, but this little fella seems a bit odd. Don't inadvertantly stick a finger around their beak under the mantle, they can take the tip off in a single bite.

It's because I'm human, isn't it?! (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link

i was just gonna ask "don't they bite with that beak?" they look terrifyingly sharp.

Hunt3r, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link

Their tongues are also covered in teeth (but that goes against the AWWW directive of this thread).

Rick Wokeman (Leee), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link

Where's he goin'?

https://i.imgur.com/hO56wvK.gifv

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link

A very curious octopus. pic.twitter.com/EgSyRKT8SW

— Apolonis Aphrodisia (@A_aphrodisia) March 2, 2018

(this is the one sanpaku posted)

mark s, Friday, 2 March 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link

Mark (and sanpaku) I love that video thanks

startled macropod (MatthewK), Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link

That is genuinely amazing.

Google Atheist (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 4 March 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link

It's....something.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Monday, 5 March 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link

v delicate li'l guy, would stroke

bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 5 March 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link

https://twitter.com/i/moments/970432629320355840

mark s, Monday, 5 March 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link

oops i mean

pic.twitter.com/LFWkcdQo6Y

— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) March 4, 2018

mark s, Monday, 5 March 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link

wow what a beauty

playing in his high school band “The Velvet Pickle” (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 22 March 2018 11:09 (six years ago) link

more like awe-ctopus

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 March 2018 11:21 (six years ago) link

kind of lol but mostlyaaaiiyeeeTF?!

Hunt3r, Friday, 30 March 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link

1) flabby bits
2) intelligent
3) mostly relax
4) wrinkles

octopus is basically a damp kind of elephant

not quite as cool as seeing damo's wang but (contenderizer), Friday, 30 March 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link

he look like a hippo

ha he does

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link

oh my god the algae octopus
https://i.imgur.com/M0scGnO.jpg

startled macropod (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:37 (six years ago) link

angular! i love him!

someone’s burgling my miscellanea (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 April 2018 08:25 (six years ago) link

He looks like a golden wizard!

Meme Imfurst (Leee), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link

If the world lasted long enough, would the world’s animals evolve to a most-charismatic-to-humans state?

Hunt3r, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link


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