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