(from the TONMO page on Cephalopod Ethics)
Category Archive: Cephalopods
Apr 09 2013
This is just disgusting and wrong
This cocktail, called “The Kraken” by its purveyors at the Whitehouse-Crawford restaurant in Walla Walla, WA, is one of the worst abominations I’ve ever seen. Here’s the description by the restaurateurs: spicy, dirty vodka martini with tentacles In other words, they take an innocent little cephalopod and mercilessly plunk it into a so-called “martini” made …
Apr 05 2013
Friday Cephalopod: Reach!
(via the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Hey, I just realized that it’s been about 25 years since I’ve been to Monterey Bay…I should go again.)
Mar 29 2013
Friday Cephalopod: Our cunning plan exposed
This pretty pink photo that accompanied the article has nothing at all to do with the contents; this can’t be the species involved. But that’s appropriate to the devious nature of the story. A squid was caught in China that had swallowed a three pound bomb — a live explosive that was later detonated by …
Mar 22 2013
Friday Cephalopod: So…many…squid…
(Found on a site called The Cephalopodiatrist. I wish I’d thought of that name.)
Mar 08 2013
Friday Cephalopod: Fecund & Flashy
Last year, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium caught a paper nautilus that survived long enough to lay a few tens of thousands of hatchlings. It must be nice to be a member of a species that’s beautiful at every stage of life, rather than none.
Feb 22 2013
Friday Cephalopod: Octophotography!
You’d think with all those arms they’d have at least one free to focus and set the exposure. This is a picture taken by an octopus who stole a divers’ camera. The diver chased it and got the camera back. Otherwise, we’d be waiting for the octopus to get online and upload the pictures to …
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