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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:04 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:05 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:06 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:07 (seven years ago)
bookmarked
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:07 (seven years ago)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fjHbD-nLa-M/WIrqrzShXuI/AAAAAAAACjI/jUWLVqZ94wkC8iKh4Cxl2mu-1wrvMJ5rwCLcB/s640/mimic-octopus-o.gif
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:08 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL3M_DcO6wk
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:09 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:10 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:11 (seven years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Gloomy_Octopus-Octopus_tetricus.JPG
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:12 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:13 (seven years ago)
they truly are superior beings aren't they
― marcos, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:15 (seven years ago)
love 'em
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:16 (seven years ago)
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― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:19 (seven years ago)
it's kind of a bummer that they are delicious
i can't bring myself to eat octopus anymore tbh
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:20 (seven years ago)
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/112010/1291113125_octopus-camouflage.gif
― mick signals, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:23 (seven years ago)
https://media.giphy.com/media/138LgCYr5DVAUo/giphy.gif
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:34 (seven years ago)
facehugger.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:35 (seven years ago)
lol yes i can't get it to post
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:36 (seven years ago)
haha. lovely thraed
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:36 (seven years ago)
I think I'm starting to warm to octopuses now.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:37 (seven years ago)
come on in, the water's lovely
(and filled with octopuses)
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:37 (seven years ago)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/9f/30/7e9f306fd62090babe0b9cd632a28cf4.jpg
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:39 (seven years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/h0wilCq.gif
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:42 (seven years ago)
protection wheeeeee!
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:43 (seven years ago)
https://www.guitar-muse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Octoguitar.jpg
eight arms to rock u
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:45 (seven years ago)
you, a wise evolutionary scientist: "octopuses have learnt to armour themselves with coconut shells" me, an internet clown: THEY FUCKING LOVE IT
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:45 (seven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/TYFZyjs.gif
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:46 (seven years ago)
PLUR.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:47 (seven years ago)
http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/news/2017/octooctawherearewegoingalbum.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:47 (seven years ago)
https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/15/14/1428095150-octopus.gif?crop=1xw:1.0xh;center,top&resize=480:*
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:48 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:50 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:51 (seven years ago)
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― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:54 (seven years ago)
pixar couldn't make the lil' un much cueter than that.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:56 (seven years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/MpzuCeq.gifzq
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:57 (seven years ago)
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― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:58 (seven years ago)
lord almighty look at that li'l guy
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:59 (seven years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/RYPkDA3.gif
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:00 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRLLnmqpGas
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:03 (seven years ago)
lol i had one of those
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:04 (seven years ago)
Genuinely shocked I never thought to start a cute octopus thread.
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― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:20 (seven years ago)
SQUID ALERT
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:28 (seven years ago)
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― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:35 (seven years ago)
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/012012/camouflaged-octopus.gif
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:38 (seven years ago)
d’awwww
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:05 (five years ago)
that's about how long "my octopus teacher" should have been
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 17 October 2020 17:47 (five years ago)
Aw, I liked it, it was kind of like an octopus "Charlotte's Web."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:20 (five years ago)
Okay I know this isn't the right thread for it but I can't help falling in love with the banded piglet squid
https://azure.wgp-cdn.co.uk/app-practicalfishkeeping/news/4d04db986832b.jpg
― zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:05 (four years ago)
it says no squid allowed right there in the thread title ffs
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:43 (four years ago)
Yes and I am protesting that octonormative bigotry
― zydecovid (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 January 2021 14:11 (four years ago)
loving it
pic.twitter.com/Q1FcXMd2SV— Earth Aquatic (@earthaquatic) March 24, 2021
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:13 (four years ago)
you had me there for a second
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:16 (four years ago)
I thought it was real :(
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 16:18 (four years ago)
octopus: come at me brohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56612257
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 April 2021 19:21 (four years ago)
https://i.redd.it/py9vqx759wg41.jpg
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 00:40 (four years ago)
It was at this moment that he knew he fucked up. pic.twitter.com/OM4cYwYLKE— Kevin (@forensictoxguy) August 21, 2021
that moment just before the lethal neurotoxins from the blue ringed octopus paralyze your muscles and you can't breathe any more!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 August 2021 20:27 (four years ago)
I have had a very similar experience - "oh wow, look, I think that is a tiny octopus! how magical, never seen one in a rock pool before"*BING, dozens of blue rings light up on its skin*"oh shit I am leaving now"
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 23 August 2021 01:35 (four years ago)
in the thread it diverges into other dangerous Antipodean creatures like the "murder-bird" and on reflection I very much like this colourful little octopus.
― calzino, Monday, 23 August 2021 08:31 (four years ago)
if i were australian i would never leave the house
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 August 2021 12:47 (four years ago)
An octopus changing colors in her sleep might be an indication she's dreaming. pic.twitter.com/vkZOLXWPkb— Figen (@TheFigen) July 24, 2022
― Tim, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:50 (three years ago)
gorgeous
― built like a kit malthouse (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 07:00 (three years ago)
YES.
Incidentally: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/cephalopods-online-course
― Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 17:01 (three years ago)
what beauty! but that's gotta be perilous in the wild, surely? if protective camouflage is one of the main objectives/benefits of this ability then flashing like a beacon while you're unconscious seems counterproductive. maybe there has to be a baseline comfort level or established lack of nearby predators before a sleeping octopus relaxes to that degree. damn they are cool.
― CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:04 (three years ago)
👑🐙🐙🐙👑
― CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:05 (three years ago)
I really wonder what she is dreaming about.
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:18 (three years ago)
Like, does an octopus having a pleasant dream look different from an octopus having a nightmare?
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:23 (three years ago)
cat, I'd expect that most most sleeping octopuses aren't out in the open but in secure(?) dens where color flashing isn't such a giveaway.
― Judd Apatosaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 23:07 (three years ago)
japanese researchers are way ahead of you on this one (nsfw)
yeah Leee, that makes sense. happy little octopi/octopuses/octopodes, all cozy in their dens, dreaming dreamy octopus dreams.
― CYANIDE MUKBANG (cat), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 01:51 (three years ago)
*ringo starr voice*
― mark s, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 16:25 (three years ago)
YES.Incidentally: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/cephalopods-online-course
My family and I did the last session of this course because my 8-year-old is a squid fanatic, and it was a very worthwhile and recommendable experience.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 28 July 2022 04:55 (three years ago)
perfect
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:01 (three years ago)
cross-posted from Weird Animals thread:
More evidence (i.e. RNA editing) that cephalopods are aliens: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/curiouser-and-curiouser-octopuss-evolution-is-even-stranger-than-thought/― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, September 14, 2022 9:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, September 14, 2022 9:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 16 September 2022 02:01 (three years ago)
shameless BG bait:
Empathic octopus usually goes nearshore to receive the caresses of children before returning offshore (Sardinia, Italy) pic.twitter.com/Lqth1vaoG0— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) September 19, 2022
― mark s, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:47 (three years ago)
a+ octopus, would caress
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 13:13 (three years ago)
wild
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:35 (three years ago)
Yes this a squid fight me:
This is a piglet squid and it is real.📸: (Cabrillo Marine Aquarium/Gary Florin) pic.twitter.com/pyf2SnvUh1— Erin Biba (@erinbiba) July 26, 2021
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/travel/2022/09/lindblad-expeditions-national-geographic-to-explore-kimberley-and-beyond/
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 22 September 2022 17:53 (three years ago)
pouring one out for the other cephalopod thread, RIP to a real oneeven more squiddities and sepiidies of the schooling class - the other cephalopod thread
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 01:45 (three years ago)
Doh, I didn't see that thread! Will bookmark it now!
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 23 September 2022 04:00 (three years ago)
I was a bit tongue in cheek there, I don't think the cephalopod ILX traffic is so intense that we need two threads!
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 04:26 (three years ago)
excuse me this is a squid-exclusionary space by design, we absolutely do need two cephalopod threads
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 September 2022 07:13 (three years ago)
https://pbfcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PBF078-Nautical_Awards.jpg
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 23 September 2022 08:26 (three years ago)
splitter
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 September 2022 08:50 (three years ago)
Octopuses don't have tentacles, they have arms!
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, 23 September 2022 15:41 (three years ago)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/science/octopus-throwing-silt.html
https://vp.nyt.com/video/2022/11/08/104105_1_09tb-angry-octopus-silt02_wg_720p.mp4
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 21:20 (three years ago)
exasperation can lead to the deployment of projectiles as a potential manner of cephalopod conflict resolution
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 10 November 2022 07:21 (three years ago)
we shd quit eating these super-smart aliens imo
An Octopus riding an Eel to avoid being eaten. pic.twitter.com/3zH4GWaA0i— Weird and Terrifying (@weirdterrifying) December 23, 2022
― mark s, Saturday, 24 December 2022 14:16 (two years ago)
I have in almost everything. But takoyaki tho.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 24 December 2022 18:52 (two years ago)
If you mute the twee music, this is absolutely enchanting:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrc489USbM
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 05:23 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-tbidf5GY
― Baroque Obama (Leee), Thursday, 20 February 2025 05:04 (eight months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwRK3LBAFo
― Krustacean the Clown (Leee), Sunday, 8 June 2025 01:45 (five months ago)
Ah bummer, you'll javelin to click through to see an octopus impersonating a moray rel.
― Krustacean the Clown (Leee), Sunday, 8 June 2025 01:46 (five months ago)
Argonauts don't turn down free rides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhCmphuyocc
― Slow Loris Leachman (Leee), Tuesday, 7 October 2025 02:37 (one month ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWnQ7fYzwI
― Maresn3st, Friday, 7 November 2025 20:44 (three days ago)
<3
― nxd, Sunday, 9 November 2025 03:48 (yesterday)