Angry Octopus

Posted by Miss Cellania in Cartoon & Comic on July 9, 2009 at 11:23 am


Angry Octopus is a webcomic featuring an octopus that always becomes angry by the final panel. It’s a summer project from Mike and his eight-year-old daughter Zoe. The pictured comic is entitled “Beware of Fugu”. Link -via Metafilter

 
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Houdini Octopus

Posted by Queuebot in Animal on March 7, 2009 at 2:11 pm


Photo: New England Aquarium

How do you keep your octopi from getting bored? The New England Aquarium in Boston decided to give ‘em a little puzzle to solve:

Truman, a 7-foot-long, 30-pound octopus at the New England Aquarium squeezed his body into a 14-inch square acrylic box today in pursuit of food, aquarium officials said. [...]

The idea was for Truman to release the latch on the larger box then release the latch of the smaller one to get his food. And staff expected Truman not to get to work until after the aquarium closed and it was dark, because octopi typically prey on other animals at night.

But Truman was impatient. He got to work right away. And rather than undoing the latch on the larger box, he squeezed his legs and large head through a two-inch hole in the larger box.

“The speculation is that the crabs were active and he got excited … and decided, Whoa!, there’s lunch,” said aquarium spokesman Tony LaCasse.

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Octopus Caused Flooding in California Aquarium

Posted by Queuebot in Animal on February 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Octopus have been famous for their curiosity and intelligence.  One California aquarium recently experienced flooding.  The culprit?  A female two-spotted octopus!

Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California say the trickster who flooded their offices with sea water was armed. Eight-armed, to be exact.

They blame the soaking they discovered Tuesday morning on the aquarium’s resident two-spotted octopus, a tiny female known for being curious and gregarious with visitors. The octopus apparently tugged on a valve and that allowed hundreds of gallons of water to overflow its tank.

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Indonesian Mimic Octopus

Posted by Alex in Animal on December 7, 2008 at 12:44 pm

The Indonesian mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus, takes camouflage and mimicry into a new level:

This octopus is able to copy the physical likeness and movement of more than fifteen different species, including sea snakes, lionfish, flatfish, brittle stars, giant crabs, sea shells, stingrays, jellyfish, sea anemones, and mantis shrimp. This animal is so intelligent that it is able to discern which dangerous sea creature to impersonate that will present the greatest threat to its current possible predator.

Ursi’s Blog has the video clip of the mimic octopus in action: Link [embedded YouTube clip]

 
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The Octodress

Posted by Alex in Fashion, Pictures on December 4, 2008 at 12:19 am


Dress by VECONA, Photo by Frank Wiersema

Remember the squid hat that Jill and Miss C posted? Well, I found a dress to match: behold the octodress by VECONA, as displayed in their Cabaret Gothique fashion show in Bruges last month. Via jwz.

 
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