https://media.nature.com/w800/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03390-x/d41586-019-03390-x_17350538.jpgit's party time!
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 10 November 2019 11:25 (four years ago) link
Meet the dumbo octopus š just one of the creatures revealed by the Schmidt Ocean Institute during an exploration of the dark, uncharted waters more than a mile below the surface in the Coral Sea off Australiaās east coast https://t.co/RGMbQ2poTn pic.twitter.com/YZVpgOTU93— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 26 June 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
Beautiful
― jmm, Friday, 26 June 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
well well well
Well, I watched "My Octopus Teacher" on netflix: a flawed but moving documentary about a straight man who has a lifechanging erotic relationship with a female octopus. I cried, then read out loud to my friends the entirety of @amiasrinivasan's 2017 essay (https://t.co/ILun9KMlxz) pic.twitter.com/Azefm8xJjU— Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia) September 20, 2020
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 21 September 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
lol, that film is dumb insofar as he befriends an octopus and then doesnāt interfere with a shark attacking it but then feels itās appropriate to bring it food to heal and then bring his son to meet the octopus and thatās at the halfway mark of the film. narrator says āthatās when my relationship with my teacher deepenedā and i peaced out. iām as avidly pro-cephalopod as the next person but projection on that level is just gross. yes, the photography is spectacular. itās good oceanography film porn but no, it's not erotic.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 September 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
actually, i just read that whole tweet thread and i guess lewis is right on!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 September 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
Some of the reactions to that fun thread..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
Bernie would fuck an octopus
is it possible to have a non-erotic relationship with an octopus? or, because octopuses are by nature boundary-negating (in your reading) which is the essence of eros (in your reading), does that make them inherently erotic, meaning all relationships with octopuses are erotic?— Elizabeth Bruenig (@ebruenig) September 21, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
I have to say, I never much care to hear anything from Elizabeth Bruenig and this goes double for this.
― scampo italiano (gyac), Monday, 21 September 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
It's an illustration of democratic socialism Vs communism, with an octopus.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
I have no intention of watching it but that LRB piece linked is classic and all the tradcaths/bores replying to that thread going āuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhā are only telling on themselves.
― scampo italiano (gyac), Monday, 21 September 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
Wild octopus reaches out to touch his human best friend whenever she visits šš pic.twitter.com/VDniOcE1Bi— The Dodo (@dodo) October 17, 2020
― calzino, Saturday, 17 October 2020 08:35 (three years ago) link
v good boy imo
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 17 October 2020 11:08 (three years ago) link
dāawwww
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
that's about how long "my octopus teacher" should have been
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 17 October 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Aw, I liked it, it was kind of like an octopus "Charlotte's Web."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
Okay I know this isn't the right thread for it but I can't help falling in love with the banded piglet squid
https://azure.wgp-cdn.co.uk/app-practicalfishkeeping/news/4d04db986832b.jpg
― zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
it says no squid allowed right there in the thread title ffs
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
Yes and I am protesting that octonormative bigotry
― zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
loving it
pic.twitter.com/Q1FcXMd2SV— Earth Aquatic (@earthaquatic) March 24, 2021
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:13 (three 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 āGypsy-Pixieā 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
ššššš
― 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 VolapĆ¼k), 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/ā Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, September 14, 2022 9:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
ā 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.šø: (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