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…
View More Ghostly critters of the deep sea: Cirrate octopusTag: Octopus
Something Old Is New Again
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…
View More Something Old Is New AgainPaul the Psychic Octopus
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…
View More Paul the Psychic OctopusThe Awesomesauce That is SHARKTOPUS, the SyFy Original Movie!
So bad its gotta be good!
View More The Awesomesauce That is SHARKTOPUS, the SyFy Original Movie!Crittercam Reveals the Vile Secret Truth of Sea Lions
This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though,…
View More Crittercam Reveals the Vile Secret Truth of Sea LionsFriday Cephalocomics
Apparently Batman + Lightsaber vs. Shark was just the start of an oceanic comics avalanche. Please enjoy 20,000 Leagues of DANGER!!! from the excellent comic…
View More Friday CephalocomicsTGIF: Clever Octopus
From Matt’s Marine Music Medley.
View More TGIF: Clever OctopusOctopus Just Trying to Catch Some Zzz’s
So here I was, just minding my own business under this rock-type thing and some freakish looking thing from Poseidon-knows-where started kicking up dirt and…
View More Octopus Just Trying to Catch Some Zzz’sOctopods On Blow
In December 2007, Portuguese police confiscated 9.4 tons of cocaine in a shipment of frozen octopus from Venezuela. “I suppose it’s possible that someone defrosted the…
View More Octopods On BlowHave You Scrubbed Your Cephalopod This Morning?
Squidy by ~ced66 on deviantART Hat tip to @sevenbullsboy on Twitter.
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