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Have spent part of today reading about octopus intelligence, and man they are amazing

I've said before, the cephalapods are going to kill us all

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:38 (eight years ago)

This one is older and anthropomorphizes a lot, but it has amusing anecdotes and in the end is moving: https://orionmagazine.org/article/deep-intellect/

Insane Clown Fosse (Leee), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 01:04 (eight years ago)

i have also been on an octopus kick
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/10/curious-case-octopus-wrestling/

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 13:26 (eight years ago)

Keffler also noted that, contrary to what you might think, the Giant Pacific octopus, despite being one of the world’s largest octopuses, isn’t actually terribly strong, certainly not enough to squeeze a person in any damaging way, nor are their beaks of any real concern.

>=(

Strong enough to kill a shark.

Klingon T'Kuvma Why Don't You Love Mah? (Leee), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:46 (eight years ago)

Must-watch for cephalopd (esp. cuttlefish) fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-cxg8mF_Lw

Klingon T'Kuvma Why Don't You Love Mah? (Leee), Friday, 6 October 2017 20:42 (eight years ago)

has the duck with the gigantic corkscrew penis already been posted

Karl Malone, Friday, 6 October 2017 21:00 (eight years ago)

you know what, even if it has

http://i.imgur.com/3qGJmDc.jpg

Karl Malone, Friday, 6 October 2017 21:02 (eight years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://78.media.tumblr.com/939ab021b9a8a93ac6665969848b27ab/tumblr_oxzbhajHDm1vczpxxo1_500.gif

wottice dis

, Sunday, 29 October 2017 13:38 (eight years ago)

heroic spirit animal in an as-yet-to-be-titled studio ghibli film

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 30 October 2017 18:56 (eight years ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clionidae

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 30 October 2017 20:30 (eight years ago)

https://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/167246775178/npr-sciencefriday-killer-cone-snail-venom-may

Drunk Leeemoda (Leee), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 01:55 (eight years ago)

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

Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:54 (eight years ago)

The mouth parts on this one! http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/entry/2017-photomicrography-competition/38

Entree 3000 (Leee), Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:19 (eight years ago)

microanimal #1 looks like Brak from Space Ghost

bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:28 (eight years ago)

a tape worm, I think?

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Thursday, 9 November 2017 21:26 (eight years ago)

http://rpsscience.production.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/International-Images-for-Science/international-images-science-2017/gschmeissner_steve_mosquito_foot_aaa88ccca432.jpg

massive magnification of a mosquito's foot

Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 10 November 2017 04:52 (eight years ago)

wild

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 10 November 2017 15:18 (eight years ago)

This splendid twitter thread on weird foxes will be worth your time

in the face of insomnia i will attempt to assign letter grades to the weird foxes. please stand by and watch this space for weird fox letter grades,, thank you

— Colin J Carlson (@ColinJCarlson) November 12, 2017

Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:50 (eight years ago)

:-)

cubism is alive and well

Ludo, Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:56 (eight years ago)

excellent grading game by colin there

mark s, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:07 (eight years ago)

Couldn't see an flying foxes, so that's a demerit.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:10 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.instagram.com/rfedortsov/

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 27 November 2017 06:23 (eight years ago)

Looks delicious.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 10:07 (eight years ago)

Like poached egg on cauliflower.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 10:08 (eight years ago)

Taken at near noon in sunlight. A missed opportunity for something like this (taken at 25 m in the Maldives in 2014).

Sanpaku, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 20:03 (eight years ago)

five months pass...

https://78.media.tumblr.com/558eb6930f366b8e3a9aee06a0d54cbd/tumblr_p7usycWakG1ui50dco1_540.jpg

The crabs are known for their signature move of always carrying a small living sea anemone around in each of its claws, which helps them catch food and protect themselves from predators (thought to resemble pom-poms or boxing gloves).

http://www2.padi.com/blog/2015/05/14/facts-about-the-pom-pom-crab/

Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:44 (seven years ago)

nature is awesome

my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 14 June 2018 08:51 (seven years ago)

https://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/175029290848/oceanportal-fun-fact-3-for-most-cephalopods

Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:54 (seven years ago)

Lots of paper nautilus links this week, here's a good one: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-seamstress-and-the-secrets-of-the-argonaut-shell/

Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Thursday, 21 June 2018 19:39 (seven years ago)

Really interesting! Thanks.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Thursday, 21 June 2018 19:49 (seven years ago)

That is a great article.

Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 July 2018 04:36 (seven years ago)

Meet the meme-friendly axolotl: https://www.quantamagazine.org/axolotl-genome-slowly-yields-secrets-of-limb-regrowth-20180702/

Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Thursday, 5 July 2018 21:30 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

https://youtu.be/VCJnlpUY-3g

Sea harbors xenomorph shocker.

The Finger Thing Means the Taxes (Leee), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 00:21 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2018/12/07/hawaiian-monk-seals-eels-noses

From Damage Inc. to Metallica Inc. (Leee), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:16 (seven years ago)

Wow. That is...just, wow.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:56 (seven years ago)

I love this weird planet.

From Damage Inc. to Metallica Inc. (Leee), Saturday, 8 December 2018 00:07 (seven years ago)

Researchers have already determined this is not the result of a human with a personal vendetta against seals and eels because all the cases were reported from remote islands that are only frequented by scientists.

I mean...how would someone even go about doing something like that anyway?

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 8 December 2018 00:13 (seven years ago)

It's probably just hip. And everyone knows that having an eel hanging out of our left nostril is the gay nostril.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 8 December 2018 00:15 (seven years ago)

three weeks pass...

https://ourblueplanet.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=incredible-sex-changing-fish-from-blue-planet

Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 06:11 (seven years ago)

https://youtu.be/u7QXdlSBGGY

Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:52 (seven years ago)

A Sometimes Tadpole.

Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Sunday, 6 January 2019 20:04 (seven years ago)

those photos are amazing... the one of the newts is like a bosch painting.

visiting, Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:08 (seven years ago)

agreed; the whole spread is worth exploring. The lamprey though...

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:04 (seven years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://www.southernfriedscience.com/your-car-has-just-been-crushed-by-hagfish-frequently-asked-questions/

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 28 January 2019 05:39 (seven years ago)

Hagfish Day is the third Wednesday in October.

Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Monday, 28 January 2019 07:16 (seven years ago)

http://mentalfloss.com/article/60129/11-fascinating-facts-about-frilled-shark

Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 22:19 (seven years ago)


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