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Another animal walks on 2 legs
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:58 am
by R00k
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:53 am
by Duhard
yeah I've seen that on video before...dunno if the real big ones can do that though...
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:02 am
by [xeno]Julios
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...
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:46 am
by Transient
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).
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:33 am
by feedback
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:56 am
by SplishSplash
But sex is deadly for them.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:16 pm
by Jackal
I have an octopus that does my taxes. That's smart.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:11 pm
by Pext
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:13 pm
by Ryoki
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.