Friday Cephalopod: Incredible Octopus Talent #382: Wearing bright orange with dignity

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   Glen Davidson

   20 January 2012 at 9:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Yet at the risk of being hollowed out, carved, and having a candle placed in it.

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   chigau (同じ)

   20 January 2012 at 9:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Glen Davidson
   I don’t recommend it.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wrestling

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   eric

   20 January 2012 at 9:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   The dignity is all in the eyes. That half-closed look says ‘I’m comfortable being who I am.’ Or perhaps, ‘your complaints about my fashion choice are putting me to sleep.’

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   cicely, Destroyer of Mint

   20 January 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Now there is a ‘pod who is clearly saying, “I do not follow fashion; I lead it.”
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   Glen Davidson

   20 January 2012 at 10:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Hm, wrestling with calamari as a possible result, chigau. Seems less pointless than the usual kind…

   Glen Davidson

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   leel

   20 January 2012 at 12:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Wearing bright orange with superciliousness, I would have said.

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   jblilie

   20 January 2012 at 1:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Orange, with knobs on! And probably knobs turned up to 11 …

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   anuran

   20 January 2012 at 1:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Nice lighting and a dab hand with the filters. The rest of the photographer’s gallery is well worth checking out.

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   Happiestsadist

   20 January 2012 at 1:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Hmm. You know, I think I might go for the vivid copper eye makeup today. Thank you, Octopus, for being a fashion inspiration!

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    generallerong

    20 January 2012 at 3:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Too right, anuran – don’t miss the rest of the site, it’s…well, amazing, actually.

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    evilDoug

    20 January 2012 at 6:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    The photo reminds me of the line from the poem about Albert Ramsbottom and the lion:

    He lay in a somnolent posture

    Do octopuses purr?

    http://allpoetry.com/poem/8503267-The_Lion_and_Albert-by-Marriott_Edgar

    There are some truly fabulous photos on that site!

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    skmc

    20 January 2012 at 6:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Nice. That is some excellent photography.

    I actually wear those shades of orange myself with no loss of dignity, but they are not for every human, that’s for sure.

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    DLC

    20 January 2012 at 7:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Now there’s a look that just screams “notice me!”

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    davem

    21 January 2012 at 5:27 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Found off Guantanamo Bay?