Good Morning America put together a piece on Mucktopus's study of mating behavior in A. aculeatus. It was supposed to air this morning. Unfortunately, I had to teach, so I didn't get to see it. Did anyone catch it?

If you want to catch the glare of my bald head commenting on this study, AP did an interview.

http://video.ap.org/v/default.aspx?mk=en-ap&g=3834c216-22e4-425a-9419-9d3987fe4b6b&f=txhou&fg=email

Roy

I;m watching it now- still not on. We may have been bumped to make room for the painting Elephants in Thailand.

Enjoyed the interview and also seeing your labs!

Nancy

I;m watching it now- still not on. We may have been bumped to make room for the painting Elephants in Thailand.

This is vertebrate bigotry. But at least they chose one that's using an muscular hydrostat trunk...

Very interesting interview Roy, not something we've seen in ours, back in the dark ages I did a BSc in behavioural psychology, so anything like this always gets me listening. Wish we got these interviews down under!

J

Fantastic footage and behavior. Thank you both for your contributions to this community.

Good to see your face!

Wonderful footage in your interview Dr. Roy! I found mention of the study on GMA's website, but no video clip.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4576900

The piece that I liked the best was by The Times. The writer obviously read the Marine Biology article and did not just rely on the press release.

Roy

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3669640.ece

I am not sure if this link is included above but it was sent to me from the wife of the collector that found Octane. They have enjoyed my comentary on the octopus and are more aware of them since Octane came to live here. It looks like a lot more of the world is waking up to the ocean if the numbers of articles about the study is any indication.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/ts_nm/octopus_love_dc

Mucktopus was also interviewed on NPR today.

The Erotic Lives of Octopuses. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89377948)

Anyone else having trouble getting on the NPR site?

It's still working OK for me (I listened yesterday, as well)