Cephalopods

angry squid

October 5, 2005

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Mule Design’s latest t-shirt. They did the Welcome Squid Overlords shirt earlier. I do not own either of these shirts, a tragic oversight I have just now corrected. (I got it from Pharyngula, of course.)

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real giant squid pics!

September 28, 2005

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I did see the headlines for the giant squid pics going by in my newsreader yesterday, but I numbly thought yeah yeah, giant squid, blah blah. Giant squid have been washing up on beaches for years now. Everyone knows the cool thing to watch out for these days is the colossal squid. Giant squid are [...]

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death by octopus

September 23, 2005

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Yes, its yet another evil octopus post. I cheerfully admit I have kind of a thing for the cephalopods. (please do not be sending me the tentacle porn URLs. Its not THAT kind of a thing). From Pharyngula comes report of an incredibly poisonous octopus in Australia. This is not so surprising, given that it [...]

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Over at the Seattle aquarium, employees had to move their two giant pacific octopus into a big holding tank with some sharks for a while. They figured the octopus would be safe from the sharks because there were plenty of places to hide and they could turn color to blend in with their surroundings. They [...]

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octolocomotion

April 1, 2005

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Yeah, I know this made the rounds a few weeks ago. I’m catching up. From Reuters: Octopus ‘Walks’ on Two Arms, Researchers Find. Two species of Indian Ocean octopus can tuck up six of their arms while running on the other two, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Once a bunch of years ago while I [...]

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