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PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

Started by Aphos, November 19, 2007, 03:46:24 AM

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Opsa

#1200
February 11, 2013, 03:52:02 PM
What an adorable fleet in flight!

Aphos

#1201
February 15, 2013, 11:10:54 PM
New Friday, New Cephalopod



--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

pieces o nine

#1202
February 16, 2013, 12:42:13 AM
I've heard of sea cucumbers; today's cephalopod is like an aquatic horned melon!
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aphos

#1203
February 16, 2013, 06:18:30 AM
Quote from: pieces o nine on February 16, 2013, 12:42:13 AM
I've heard of sea cucumbers; today's cephalopod is like an aquatic horned melon!

Cephalopods not only have amazing control of their color, but also of the texture of their skin.  Their camouflage is incredible.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Opsa

#1204
February 16, 2013, 03:09:04 PM
He looks like he's offering us two candy canes and two pieces of bacon. How hospitable!

pieces o nine

#1205
February 16, 2013, 07:33:04 PM
One says, have the butler invite him and his catering staff -- poste-haste -- to the pic-a-nick over in Talk Like a Landlubber!
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aphos

#1206
February 22, 2013, 05:49:30 PM




OK, something a little different this week.  Rather than a picture taken OF an octopus, this is a picture taken BY and octopus.

Seems a diver was filming an octopus when the beast stole his camera.  Film below.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x5DyBkYKqnM
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Opsa

#1207
February 22, 2013, 05:55:47 PM
Wonderful. I like how understanding the diver was, and how much he appreciated the octopus. I love the music, too.

Aphos

#1208
February 22, 2013, 05:57:39 PM
For those of you who didn't watch the video, the picture is a really close up view of a sucker on the octopus's tentacle.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

pieces o nine

#1209
February 22, 2013, 07:01:16 PM
Thanks for posting this, Aphos -- very cool.     :cthulhu:
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aphos

#1210
March 02, 2013, 04:30:52 AM




What is this?  A closeup of chromatophores I believe.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Opsa

#1211
March 03, 2013, 10:30:40 PM
Groovy, man! Looks like a 1960's light show. Jefferson Airplane should be performing in front of it.

Aphos

#1212
March 09, 2013, 03:48:29 PM
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Aphos

#1213
March 09, 2013, 03:49:08 PM
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

pieces o nine

#1214
March 09, 2013, 10:53:07 PM
Now *there's* someone who loves his work!    :)
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677
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