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ah ok was a different one then.

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.

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.

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:

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

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

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

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

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?

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.