:welcome: to all about CEPHALOPODS!!!

Well, that is why this site is called TONMO... :wink:

You can see a more Ceph pages like:

www.cephbase.tumb.edu
www.marinebio.org
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/octopus/

:lol: :hmm:

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
(Endangered)
Help Save The Tree Octopus From Extinction!

http:// http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html :rainbow: :mrgreen:

that tree octo sounds sooo cool. i want one ( i know its wrong )

Is it wrong to covet that early-20s tree octopus cloche for my wife? If I find a vintage one, it won't actually be contributing to the demise of the current tree octopus population, will it? I mean, this would probably come from a Hollywood Hills estate sale - there are still private collections from old movie royalty turning-up once in a while after being passed-down for a few generations. A friend managed to get a yeti-fur coat that once belonged to Zasu Pitts for quite a reasonable amount at auction a couple of years back...

I guess what I'm asking is, would a vintage tree octopus cloche encourage the current commercial exploitation of the species, or simply be a historical artifact? I remember reading that octopus chapeaus became all the rage in France the season following the publication of Victor Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea", but I believe they were embroidered, or made similar to silk or crepe paper flowers so they didn't actually cause any octopus fatalities. :confused:

i dont want a dead one theyd make great pets

The only problem with live ones is that they are jolly hard to keep out of the light fittings!

J