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Tastes great…less filling!

Indie Squid Kid — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:14:13 +0000

Filmed in Blairgowrie, Victoria. Not sure what species this is.

Everybody Loves Cephalopods, a.k.a. Preaching To The Choir

Indie Squid Kid — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:50:22 +0000

If you are reading this blog, you already know that cephalopods are awesome…and why they are awesome. (And that is why YOU are awesome!) However, it is always nice when someone, such as BoingBoing contributor Maggie Koerth-Baker, expertly summarizes the amazing features of our squishy friends. This pithy video is the short version of “Those Fabulous Octopus Brains,” a 30 min presentation she gave last August for a University of New Mexico IGERT symposium.

If you want to see the original full-length presentation, you can find it here.

Via Laughing Squid and BoingBoing.

I know I’ve let this blog languish a bit recently, and I thank you for sticking with me. Over the past few months I have collected literally hundreds of links to cool examples of cephalopod art, photography, and miscellaneous awesomeness. Over the next week or so, I plan to flood your RSS reader with a veritable swarm of new posts (although I guess “shoal” might be a more biologically apt term). I also haven’t forgotten about the Architeuthis Across America project…I just need to get my house in order first.

The elegant “Dumbo”

Indie Squid Kid — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:13:59 +0000

Another gem from rhamphotheca (which is a fabulous Tumblr blog that features fascinating animals of all kinds), this video is of the deep-sea cirrate octopus Grimpoteuthis bathynectes. It is known as the “Dumbo Octopus” because of its superficially ear-like fins, but, in my opinion, that name doesn’t come close to doing justice to this beautiful and ghostly animal.

The squid never stood a chance…

Indie Squid Kid — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:37:15 +0000

This amazing animation showing how Physeter macrocephalus uses echolocation to hunt, is from the Whales Tahora exhibit now at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The Sperm Whale starts out hunting boring old fish, but don’t worry, he meets an delicious Architeuthis by the end of the clip!

(Via rhamphotheca)

Eagle Vs Octopus!

Indie Squid Kid — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:32:19 +0000

Victory Through Air Power is a WWII propaganda film made by Disney in 1943. This clip of the film’s final sequence shows American forces, represented by an eagle, fighting (and defeating) Imperial Japan, which is depicted as a giant evil octopus.

(via Vulgar Army)

So that’s where I left my rice cooker!

Indie Squid Kid — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:38:44 +0000

via sacredsquid, via thedailywhat:

Well This Is Something You Don’t See Every Day of the Day: Who lives in an abandoned rice cooker guarded by a large crab 1256m below the sea surface?

Kraki the Octopus.

[fark.]

Maybe the crab and octopus are going to raise the babies together? More likely that crab is going to end up being Kraki’s lunch…you know, with a little rice!

What’s the plural of octopus? Ask the editor!

Indie Squid Kid — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:07:21 +0000

I’ve previously addressed the issue of the proper pluralization of “octopus,” but it’s good to see independent confirmation from no less than the editorial staff of Mirriam-Webster!

Sighted by Able.

Flickr Friday: Mimic on the move!

Indie Squid Kid — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:16:16 +0000

Mimic Octopus at Aer_Parang, originally uploaded by Stephen Childs.

The fascinating Thaumoctopus mimicus, filmed at Aer Parang (Indonesia?).

Sharktopus!

Indie Squid Kid — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:08:35 +0000

And here I didn’t think it would be possible to top Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus…

(via Deep-Sea News)

Mike deGruy on TED

Indie Squid Kid — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:33:12 +0000

(via Southern Fried Science)