Another animal walks on 2 legs

Post by **R00k** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:58 am

Apparently there are a couple species of octopus that have learned how to 'walk' around on two legs.

Direct link to the video is here:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... _walk1.mov

That's just fucking creepy looking!

Here's the full article:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... opus.shtml

I thought it was pretty interesting.

Post by **Duhard** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:53 am

yeah I've seen that on video before...dunno if the real big ones can do that though...

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:02 am

cephalopods are mind boggling creatures. Ever seen videos of cuttlefish or octopuses changing the texture and colour of their skin?

They are truly the ultimate masters of camouflage...

Post by **Transient** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:46 am

Octopi are awesome. It's pretty trippy how they can change colors and whatnot. Pretty smart and flexible, too. They can fit through an opening as narrow as teh size of their beak (the only hard part of their entire body).

Post by **feedback** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:33 am

Yeah, there's a species of octopus that changes it's shape into imitations of it's predator's predators to scare them off. They're pretty smart.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:56 am

But sex is deadly for them.

Post by **Jackal** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:16 pm

I have an octopus that does my taxes. That's smart.

Post by **Pext** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:11 pm

SplishSplash wrote:But sex is deadly for them.

so it is for me: my brain runs completely out of blood if i get an errection.

Post by **Ryoki** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:13 pm

Jackal wrote:I have an octopus that does my taxes. That's smart.

It it a freelance octopus, or do you have it under contract?
I ask because i still have to do my taxes.