Where's the octopus?

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:06 pm

ah ok was a different one then.

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:32 am

SplishSplash wrote:Octopi die after fucking. That's extremely disturbing to me, and makes them totally unfit to rule the world imo.

Goddamn, i didn't expect that.

Post by **4days** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:26 am

general octopi info:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2818659

link from that page:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... topus.html

"Imagine if your spouse was 40,000 times heavier and a hundred times larger than you. This is reality for the male blanket octopus, which was recently spotted alive for the first time off Australia's northern coast."

"A male blanket octopus fills a modified tentacle with sperm, tears it off, presents it to its prospective mates, and then drifts off to certain death."

how shit is that.

Post by **Pauly** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:28 am

4days wrote:general octopi info:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2818659

link from that page:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... topus.html

"Imagine if your spouse was 40,000 times heavier and a hundred times larger than you. This is reality for the male blanket octopus, which was recently spotted alive for the first time off Australia's northern coast."

"A male blanket octopus fills a modified tentacle with sperm, tears it off, presents it to its prospective mates, and then drifts off to certain death."

how shit is that.

I don't think that would bother anyone here :lol:

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:14 am

Adaptive camoflauge has to be the single most amazing ability that animals have developed.

Post by **Pauly** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:15 am

Nightshade wrote:Adaptive camoflauge has to be the single most amazing ability that animals have developed.

It needs researching. I want to take a drug and then be able to hide by a wall or something

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:24 am

Oh, there are plenty of drugs out there that will make you THINK you can blend in with your surroundings. :lol:

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:33 am

And HTF did they chase it so quickly?
I'm guessing the camera was on some sort of underwater rig.

Post by **4days** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:40 am

Nightshade wrote:Adaptive camoflauge has to be the single most amazing ability that animals have developed.

aye.

mimicry's pretty mad as well - saw this butterfly in costa rica that looked like the face of one of the local rodent/monkey predator things. simple enough defence, but how the fuck does a butterfly come to look like that?

Post by **Magnetichead** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:45 pm

Nightshade wrote:Adaptive camoflauge has to be the single most amazing ability that animals have developed.

Personally I would say genetic memory is more impressive.

4days wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Adaptive camoflauge has to be the single most amazing ability that animals have developed.
aye.

mimicry's pretty mad as well - saw this butterfly in costa rica that looked like the face of one of the local rodent/monkey predator things. simple enough defence, but how the fuck does a butterfly come to look like that?

Evolution

The survival of the fittest.