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,' 20182. 'St. Louis Globe-Democrat,' 19803. 'Catholic Library Service,' 19384. 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
<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
https://68.media.tumblr.com/5905a833d3f670aec8ded4a97d34b040/tumblr_onwfaeAEtM1vbghcjo1_1280.jpg
― bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 3 March 2018 19:37 (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
https://78.media.tumblr.com/537aa493c0fd7e862b34393e9336f36c/tumblr_p524o1LIy31vlks32o1_500.jpg
― bathed and ready for a snack (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 March 2018 10:19 (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
https://78.media.tumblr.com/4c66838a0c35fd3b4a3a9091d80a8532/tumblr_p4tmhqnHT51qm9k25o1_r3_500.gif
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 5 March 2018 15:39 (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
https://68.media.tumblr.com/e8a831d66fac1cb6009133264d34e2c1/tumblr_p5fn3cKFZo1vlks32o1_1280.jpg
― in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 March 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/3ca68d9a9d7108dcefd73b505d352ecf/tumblr_p0j2vnaYXi1rraqsio1_1280.jpg
― #FIERCE #FLAWLESS #SLAY (Leee), Thursday, 22 March 2018 00:16 (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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=Kl5A7gHsoRc
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 30 March 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
https://68.media.tumblr.com/e8ffbb6837265accf28fc4f696097440/tumblr_om3xtpwjUq1s1vn29o1_1280.jpg
― someone’s burgling my miscellanea (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 30 March 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
kind of lol but mostlyaaaiiyeeeTF?!
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 March 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
1) flabby bits2) intelligent3) mostly relax4) 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 (five years ago) link
https://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/172330204589/anoceanloverworld-cuttlefish-can-change-color-to
― Ned Reggaeton (Leee), Saturday, 31 March 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
he look like a hippo
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 1 April 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
ha he does
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
oh my god the algae octopushttps://i.imgur.com/M0scGnO.jpg
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
angular! i love him!
― someone’s burgling my miscellanea (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 5 April 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
He looks like a golden wizard!
― Meme Imfurst (Leee), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:12 (five 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 (five years ago) link
That's a very good point - I worked with a conservation agency one time and they referred to "charismatic megafauna" - as in, people are only motivated to save large, appealing animals.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 April 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
Or, in this thread's case, animals that show surprising intelligence and occasionally psychic abilities regarding football matches.
To try to answer Hunt3r's questions seriously, charisma is one way to go, another would be to taste good to humans, or to be hardy enough to survive in radically different (read: warmer) environments.
― Meme Imfurst (Leee), Thursday, 5 April 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
"large" as in "bigger than nematodes" - octopuses are both charismatic and megafauna
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 April 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
Now reading the Peter Godfrey-Smith OTHER MINDS book about octopus intelligence and it is soooooo goooood
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 6 April 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
I find the actual anatomy of octopus brains rather fascinating. Essentially, it seems most of it is in two lobes behind each eye processing visual information, with relatively little mass devoted to integrating everything into unified neural correlates of the world outside. Their esophagus passes through their brain.
http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/vampbrainvent3.400a.jpg
Also worth noting, octopuses do not recognize themselves in the mirror test. Really no fault to them, we can't all be magpies, bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, or some primates.
They're similar to dogs in this respect, though of course dogs can recognize other individuals and do appear to have some second order theory of mind, if lacking a first order one.
― Zhoug speaks to you, his chosen ones (Sanpaku), Friday, 6 April 2018 02:09 (five years ago) link
I see cephalopods as brilliant examples of "the other way to do it" - we centralise our nervous systems so that sensory inputs can be compared, limbs can be cross-coordinated, etc. whereas they are kind of like "intelligent tissue" in that much of their sophistication is achieved in a decentralised, democratic way, an independent control ganglion for each tentacle, communicating with the distributed brain shown above. Or maybe we can equate the tentacle ganglia with our spinal cord, which is the vertebrate centre for embodied intelligence and coordination (and gets very little respect for its sophistication, because it does its work literally without calling attention to its activity). Cephalopod skin is one of their most interesting attributes - its reconfigurable texture and colour is a whole other interaction and communication system, and induces reactions in other cephalopods the same way that we use language, but it seems like a more direct coupling of influence rather than something encoded and decoded.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 6 April 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link