Squid and Octopus spotting
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When Neal and I get down that way you have to promise to take us there for a drink 
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What happens if you take a single one-foot-square piece of butcher paper and incredible skill and patience, and then begin folding? No cutting, no tearing allowed ... could you come up with this?
It is from this website. There are many more wonderful works in the same post, from an exquisite stag beetle to an alligator to three warriors from Middle Earth.
It is from this website. There are many more wonderful works in the same post, from an exquisite stag beetle to an alligator to three warriors from Middle Earth.
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From the current Wereldmuseum (Rotterdam) samurai expo.... Amazing stuff.
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This cute little octopus is the subject of some caption confusion.
The caption (from here) reads: "As you can see, this baby red octopus is tiny. So tiny, in fact, that it made its way into the Monterey Bay Aquarium and stayed there for a year before being discovered."
One has to wonder: The implication is that the octopus in the picture is more than one year old (it isn't, of course; O. rubescens would have arms tens of centimeters in span by that time) or that by some circumstance, it was photographed (on someone's finger!) a year before it was "discovered."
The picture and caption provide no further clues. Upon digging around, I discovered that the Monterey Bay Aquarium staff had caught the "fist-sized" creature back in June (crawling across the floor in the middle of the night), and it somehow wound up being a November picture of the week.
It is definitely cute, though. The article and image on Tumblr have nearly 4,200 notes as of this writing.
The caption (from here) reads: "As you can see, this baby red octopus is tiny. So tiny, in fact, that it made its way into the Monterey Bay Aquarium and stayed there for a year before being discovered."
One has to wonder: The implication is that the octopus in the picture is more than one year old (it isn't, of course; O. rubescens would have arms tens of centimeters in span by that time) or that by some circumstance, it was photographed (on someone's finger!) a year before it was "discovered."
The picture and caption provide no further clues. Upon digging around, I discovered that the Monterey Bay Aquarium staff had caught the "fist-sized" creature back in June (crawling across the floor in the middle of the night), and it somehow wound up being a November picture of the week.
It is definitely cute, though. The article and image on Tumblr have nearly 4,200 notes as of this writing.
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I have nothing to say except "AWWW" (& thank you 
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I would say Roy Caldwell, Neogonodactylus, might know the full story. Thales also seems to be informed about the cephs over there....I'll put up the "Bat Signal" or "Ceph Signal" and make sure they see this thread.
Parody - Dread Cthulhu Leads His Cult to Milestone Year
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Dread Cthulhu Leads His Cutl to Milestone Year
If you are a fan of Scientology, this parody may be offensive:
Dread Cthulhu Leads His Cutl to Milestone Year
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I'm not putting this in Marketplace 'cause I doubt any of us could afford it. But.... WOW!!!
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PS: I'm routing for Haliphron or a baby Lusca for this one, rather than severed squid head
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