Behold! It came from the sky…erm…sea…. Whatever, just Behold!
Ogvorbis: broken:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am
It’s wearing a T-shirt. With text. Anybody fluent in Cephalopodese?
The translation is in comment #2.
Cuttlefish:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am
- René@#3–
Yes, of course, naturally. It’s nothing that you vertebrates need worry about. Really. Honest. Trust me. Just go about your business as usual.
Hehehehe…
fredslocombe:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:48 am
Amazing evolutionary adaptation! We should keep our eyes open for more animals of the sea who disguise themselves by adapting their appearance to their surroundings consisting of our garbage. This animal looks like a fisherman from “Deadliest Catch” fell overboard.
We should keep our eyes open for more animals of the sea who disguise themselves by adapting their appearance to their surroundings consisting of our garbage.
What? No.
First, our garbage hasn’t been around long enough to produce that kind of adaptation– do most population changes happen in under 100 years? And second, according to the link, she has no ink to squirt, so the “blanket” acts as a defense mechanism, making her look larger than she is. It’s hidden when the octopus isn’t in danger and unfurls when she’s threatened to scare off predators.
Larry:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:02 am
Capes are cool. Its what all the fashionable sea creatures will be wearing this year.
blf:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:03 am
I didn’t know there was a ready supply of phoneboxes in the sea (needed to change into your cape).
TonyJ:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:13 am
Wow! I gotta show this to my 7-year-old son.
bbgunn:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:46 am
And my first thought is Edna Mode saying “No capes!”
That was incredibly amusing!
feedmybrain:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:52 am
I love it! Especially the stinger trick.
Poor males though. Maybe this is the future for men that MRAs are worried about should the feminists’ plan to turn us into sperm factories comes to fruition
feedmybrain:
August 31st, 2012 at 10:01 am
That was a terribly phrased sentence. I blame my boss walking around behind me…
hiho2go:
August 31st, 2012 at 11:56 am
I will be renaming my niece’s ratty old baby blanket to the “Security Blanket of DOOM!” Maybe if she sees this photo she’ll let me sew an octopus head to it.
unclefrogy:
August 31st, 2012 at 12:10 pm
My mind keeps wanting to make words, printing of the markings on the “cape” what language is it?
She is lovely, reminds me of the Diva Plavalaguna
in The Fifth Element.
a3kr0n:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:38 pm
It rips off Man o’ War tentacles, and goes around whipping things with them? Awesome!
Amblebury:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Poetry in motion.
Jonquil of Mars:
August 31st, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Lady GaGa’s designers really need to rethink the tiny blue cap.
Ragutis:
September 1st, 2012 at 12:33 am
Those things are so cool. Up there with the fish with the see-through head.
It’s probably been mentioned before (possibly even by me) but everyone here knows about bjornstar’s site, right? It’s not all invertebrates all the time, but he digs up some of the coolest (and weirdest) cephalopod related art, photos, tattoos and other stuff out there.
Because I’m easily amused, I’ll point out that, once again, you’ve just pulled an uncredited image from somewhere else and put it here, still uncredited. OK, you mention that it’s pulled from Real Monstrosities… but they aren’t the source of the image and don’t mention anything about where it came from or who took it! So, where’s it from? Here:
And a translation from translate.google.com of the associated text:
Filename: 007.jpg Tremoctopus
Legend: DISCOVERY OF A NEW SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN NEVER photographed
TREMOCTOPUS GRACILIS
family Tremoctopodidae
This octopus deep-lives between 120 and 750 meters deep.
Tremoctopus are the champions of sexual dimorphism with a mass ratio of up to 1:40.000.
Here, a female photographed in the vicinity of the Mediterranean island of Ponza, Italy.
Distribution: Mediterranean Sea – Indian Ocean – Pacific Ocean
Photographer: Marcello Conticelli / UWPRESS.com
So, maybe you should stick a little “Marcello Conticelli / UWPRESS.com” under the image?
I'm_not:
September 2nd, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Either there’s an evolutionary advantage for a squid to look like an Eastern orthodox Bishop at Easter, or, alternatively, the Bishops have chosen to look like this squid.
Nathaniel Frein:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:06 am
And my first thought is Edna Mode saying “No capes!”
marcus:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:11 am
Cthulhu has returned11!!1one!!
René:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:15 am
It’s wearing a T-shirt. With text. Anybody fluent in Cephalopodese?
Ye Olde Blacksmith - Spocktopus cuddler:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:37 am
Behold! It came from the sky…erm…sea…. Whatever, just Behold!
Ogvorbis: broken:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am
The translation is in comment #2.
Cuttlefish:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am
- René@#3–
Yes, of course, naturally. It’s nothing that you vertebrates need worry about. Really. Honest. Trust me. Just go about your business as usual.
Hehehehe…
fredslocombe:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:48 am
Amazing evolutionary adaptation! We should keep our eyes open for more animals of the sea who disguise themselves by adapting their appearance to their surroundings consisting of our garbage. This animal looks like a fisherman from “Deadliest Catch” fell overboard.
Audley Z. Darkheart, the joke killer:
August 31st, 2012 at 8:53 am
Fred:
What? No.
First, our garbage hasn’t been around long enough to produce that kind of adaptation– do most population changes happen in under 100 years? And second, according to the link, she has no ink to squirt, so the “blanket” acts as a defense mechanism, making her look larger than she is. It’s hidden when the octopus isn’t in danger and unfurls when she’s threatened to scare off predators.
Larry:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:02 am
Capes are cool. Its what all the fashionable sea creatures will be wearing this year.
blf:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:03 am
I didn’t know there was a ready supply of phoneboxes in the sea (needed to change into your cape).
TonyJ:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:13 am
Wow! I gotta show this to my 7-year-old son.
bbgunn:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:46 am
That was incredibly amusing!
feedmybrain:
August 31st, 2012 at 9:52 am
I love it! Especially the stinger trick.
Poor males though. Maybe this is the future for men that MRAs are worried about should the feminists’ plan to turn us into sperm factories comes to fruition
feedmybrain:
August 31st, 2012 at 10:01 am
That was a terribly phrased sentence. I blame my boss walking around behind me…
hiho2go:
August 31st, 2012 at 11:56 am
I will be renaming my niece’s ratty old baby blanket to the “Security Blanket of DOOM!” Maybe if she sees this photo she’ll let me sew an octopus head to it.
unclefrogy:
August 31st, 2012 at 12:10 pm
My mind keeps wanting to make words, printing of the markings on the “cape” what language is it?
uncle frogy
Rando:
August 31st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Okay let’s get the original by John Williams ups here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g&feature=related
Tethys:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:07 pm
She is lovely, reminds me of the Diva Plavalaguna
in The Fifth Element.
a3kr0n:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:38 pm
It rips off Man o’ War tentacles, and goes around whipping things with them? Awesome!
Amblebury:
August 31st, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Poetry in motion.
Jonquil of Mars:
August 31st, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Lady GaGa’s designers really need to rethink the tiny blue cap.
Ragutis:
September 1st, 2012 at 12:33 am
Those things are so cool. Up there with the fish with the see-through head.
It’s probably been mentioned before (possibly even by me) but everyone here knows about bjornstar’s site, right? It’s not all invertebrates all the time, but he digs up some of the coolest (and weirdest) cephalopod related art, photos, tattoos and other stuff out there.
A couple of my recent favorites:
http://bjornstar.com/post/29761424139/alone-on-the-hill
http://bjornstar.com/post/29978431517/big-back
The Octo-labra is super cool too. There was a spiffy tentacled lamp a couple of weeks ago also.
It’s not TV Tropes, but don’t be surprised if you spend a while there going back through his posts.
WMDKitty (Always growing and learning):
September 1st, 2012 at 2:00 am
It’s pretty!
aspidoscelis:
September 1st, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Because I’m easily amused, I’ll point out that, once again, you’ve just pulled an uncredited image from somewhere else and put it here, still uncredited. OK, you mention that it’s pulled from Real Monstrosities… but they aren’t the source of the image and don’t mention anything about where it came from or who took it! So, where’s it from? Here:
http://uwpresse.com/SERVER/reportages/MARINE_LIFE/TREMOCTOPUS/ppages/ppage7.html
And a translation from translate.google.com of the associated text:
So, maybe you should stick a little “Marcello Conticelli / UWPRESS.com” under the image?
I'm_not:
September 2nd, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Either there’s an evolutionary advantage for a squid to look like an Eastern orthodox Bishop at Easter, or, alternatively, the Bishops have chosen to look like this squid.