Barnstorm
Mar 24th, 2005, 03:10pm
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7194
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View Full Version : Camouflaged octopuses 'walk' on two tentacles Barnstorm Mar 24th, 2005, 03:10pm http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7194 Melissa Mar 24th, 2005, 03:29pm Fascinating! Thanks for posting this. Steve O'Shea Mar 24th, 2005, 04:29pm Bit frustrating how they can never get the name of the university right, though. I've dealt with Emma many times ... and she's mixed something up each time. Auckland UNIVERSITY of Technology - not AIT. Neogonodactylus Mar 24th, 2005, 05:37pm The video of O. marginatus and O. aculeatus walking is now up on several sites. You can see it on our Berkeley page at: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/03/24_octopus.shtml It will be on the Science site tomorrow. Roy Steve O'Shea Mar 24th, 2005, 05:54pm Hi Neo; would you be one of the authors of this fine piece? um... Mar 24th, 2005, 06:54pm Is this Christine Huffard really TONMO.com member 'mucktopus'? Neogonodactylus Mar 24th, 2005, 06:55pm Crissy Huffard is my graduate student. My major contribution was finding O. aculeatus on Lizard Island and getting her there to film them. Steve O'Shea Mar 24th, 2005, 08:15pm Absolutely magic! Double nice to have the both of you aboard! Melissa Mar 24th, 2005, 08:23pm Here's the cite from Nature http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050321/full/050321-14.html Watch the video. Melissa Burstsovenergy24 Mar 24th, 2005, 10:16pm Hmm not working, anyone mind ripping it? joel_ang Mar 25th, 2005, 12:34am The one supposedly imitating the coconut looks odd... i can certainly see the deception, i was looking at the area of sand before i spotted the two "legs" tonmo Mar 26th, 2005, 10:59am Wow, that's a crazy video. Thanks for posting! BOE, sorry, not sure how to rip it. cthulhu77 Mar 26th, 2005, 06:02pm Wow, that's a crazy video. Thanks for posting! BOE, sorry, not sure how to rip it. Put your toes on the end of the board and lean slightly back... Jean Mar 26th, 2005, 11:26pm WOW What great footage! My Dad saw this on the TV the other night (and didn't tape it! :confused: ) I missed it! Welcome guys! more movies please! J mucktopus Mar 27th, 2005, 12:21am I'm glad you enjoy the video! I've posted other cephalopod videos on the "Walktopus" and "Video" links from my webpage: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~chuffard/ Enjoy! Burstsovenergy24 Mar 27th, 2005, 04:21pm Very cool mucktopus! :D GPO87 Mar 27th, 2005, 11:26pm I totally see why it looks like a cocoanut. Like Jean my parents saw it and didn't tape it. But now that I've seen the movies I feel much better. That's totally cool! Fujisawas Sake Mar 28th, 2005, 03:54am this is interesting... What other mimicry behaviours does it exhibit? John um... Mar 30th, 2005, 05:49pm From Discovery :canada:. (http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20050328-walking.asx) :thumbsup:, Crissy! |