Whiskey and Octopus Saturday
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Please enjoy this inappropriate octopus
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While Craig is touring the country with his pet giant squid, Kevin is resting on his publication laurels, Rick is saving coral reefs down in the South Pacific, and Holly & I are so buried in labwork that we will never see sunshine again, please enjoy this inappropriate octopus from Married to the Sea. Broadcast . . . → Read More: Please enjoy this inappropriate octopus

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Teach your kids about cephalopods really, really early
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What could possibly go wrong with teaching a baby to associate tentacles with food? Nothing! But if you’re worried, Handamade’s Etsy shop also has shark bottle cozies. (Via Aili & Morgan) Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}What could possibly go wrong with teaching a baby to associate tentacles with food? Nothing! But if you’re worried, Handamade’s Etsy shop also has shark bottle cozies. (Via Aili &…

Everybody Loves Cephalopods
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And Boing Boing’s science editor Maggie Koerth-Baker tells us why in a videocast! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}And Boing Boing’s science editor Maggie Koerth-Baker tells us why in a videocast! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

TGIF: Molluscs for Home Decor
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Are you into interior molluscan design? Then decorate with a molluscan interior. Amazing plush molluscan anatomy, complete with plus key, from Jessica Polka. This is the bivalve, but she’s also got a scaphopod and a laterally viewed chiton. Check out her shop on Etsy. Or if you’re looking for a mollusc to help you with . . . → Read More: TGIF: Molluscs for Home Decor

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Gingerbread Under The Sea
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Bioephemera pointed us to this lovely undersea gingerbread house created by Karen Portaleo at Highland Bakery in Atlanta, GA. It was made for the Georgia Aquarium – Al, did you get to taste any chocolatey ocean goodness? Also, a 200 pound giant octopus cake. BEST CAKE EVER. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Bioephemera pointed us to this . . . → Read More: Gingerbread Under The Sea

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Conspiracy Shrouds Paul the Octopus’ Untimely Death
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Ghostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopus
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This ghostly-looking orange cirrate octopus was observed with the MBARI’s ROV Doc Ricketts on my recent research cruise to the Taney Seamounts.  These finned octopuses belong to an order of animals called Cirrata named for the presence of hair-like structures called ‘cirri’ which may aid these animals in the capture of food. via YouTube – Ghostly critters . . . → Read More: Ghostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopus

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Something Old Is New Again
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In this case a discarded rice cooker or crock pot on the abyss finds a new use as an octopus den! Note the dangling egg cases. Video from the Ocean Drilling Program. Text from their youtube page below: 18 May 2010: At ODP 889 (1256m below the sea surface), we happened upon an abandoned rice . . . → Read More: Something Old Is New Again

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Paul the Psychic Octopus
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I have to post about this so that I can get it out of my system. Has anyone else been obsessed with “Paul the psychic octopus”? It’s the only reason I paid any attention to the World Cup hoopla (no offence to the football/soccer fans). I don’t think I watched any actual games during these . . . → Read More: Paul the Psychic Octopus

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