False advertising, PZ. This cube will not stack. Also, it does not appear to contain a complete cephalopod, what with part of the mantle sticking out the back.
There’s actually a story behind this picture. The idea here is that the octopus is supposed to figure out a few different puzzles in order to get into first the outer box, and then a smaller box inside that one that has a crab or two in it.
Problem is, the octopus out smarted the test. There was a small hole in the box, so instead of messing with the puzzle, he just slipped his entire body through a hole no larger than a quarter. So, underneath him in that photo is another small box with a few really freaked out crabs.
Renésays
Holy shit. This calls for a new ISO unit: Suckers per sucker.
That should be dimensionless, shouldn’t it?
Deepsixsays
Reminds me of the bonsai kitten I once had.
That was my first thought.
Matthewsays
Remember that the Weighted Cephalopod Cube cannot speak. In the event that the Weighted Cephalopod Cube DOES speak, Aperture Science urges you to ignore its advice.
Gregory Greenwoodsays
Its the latest craze:- cephalopod-in-a-box! Like a jack-in-the-box, but with the added fun of tentacles!
Now I know what to get PZ for squidmass*.
* Oh teh noes! I said ‘squidmass’! Surely I have declared war on all that is good and pure. Doubtless teh baby jeebus is crying even now…
thunderbird5says
Beats Bonsai Kitten, anyway
thunderbird5says
Bugger, I’m late
Acronym Jimsays
You can get them in neatly stackable cubes now.
But getting them out, is an entirely different matter.
Drakensays
Seen at customs on Heathrow. “Would you please open that case, sir? Or on second thoughts… move on please.”
Zsays
Man, I thought I’d beat my Minecraft addition, and then you had to post a cubical octopus…
anuransays
Ah, a nice square meal
Samantha Vimes, Chalkboard Monitorsays
The outer cube masks the non-Euclidean geometries inside. Cthulu f’th’gan!
tlawrysays
I am no animal rightser but seeing an animal confined like that strikes me as cruel and grotesque. Maybe the octopus is dead, that would be all right then
Tsu Dho Nimhsays
@25 tlawry: The octopus voluntarily entered the cube, and one assumes left the cube when it ate all the crabs or got bored.
No one is going to wrestle an 8-foot Pacific octopus into anywhere it’s not willing to go.
I. Ron Butterflysays
Years ago I kept a few Octopus Briareus and they were fascinating animals. One in particular would come to the top of its tank at feeding time and extend a tentacle out of the water, waiting for her food.
emilysays
my friend has an octopus but it wont grow larger than 3 feet
False advertising, PZ. This cube will not stack. Also, it does not appear to contain a complete cephalopod, what with part of the mantle sticking out the back.
Long overdue! (Are spherical ones next?)
What a many-angled cephalopod.
@BaisBlackfingers
Looks like you could just turn it on its side and they’d stack quite nicely.
Square octopus? What next? Square eggs? Square watermelons? Square roots?
The red handle on top makes that cube non stackable. It is particularly important to not damage that handle, in fact …
Reminds me of the bonsai kitten I once had.
Quick! Someone make a Portal mod that alters the Companion Cube appearance!
It’s a physics equation. How many cephalopods can you fit into this aquarium?
“Assume the Cephalopod is a cube measuring…”
Take three liters of octopus, and pour it into a cube, or whatever container you prefer…
Glen Davidson
Klein bottles? oh, wait.
Actually on reflection I’d pay good money to see footage of a curious octopus investigating a glass klein bottle. Someone get on that.
Minecraft mania reaches the cephalopods.
There’s actually a story behind this picture. The idea here is that the octopus is supposed to figure out a few different puzzles in order to get into first the outer box, and then a smaller box inside that one that has a crab or two in it.
Problem is, the octopus out smarted the test. There was a small hole in the box, so instead of messing with the puzzle, he just slipped his entire body through a hole no larger than a quarter. So, underneath him in that photo is another small box with a few really freaked out crabs.
Holy shit. This calls for a new ISO unit: Suckers per sucker.
That should be dimensionless, shouldn’t it?
That was my first thought.
Remember that the Weighted Cephalopod Cube cannot speak. In the event that the Weighted Cephalopod Cube DOES speak, Aperture Science urges you to ignore its advice.
Its the latest craze:- cephalopod-in-a-box! Like a jack-in-the-box, but with the added fun of tentacles!
Now I know what to get PZ for squidmass*.
* Oh teh noes! I said ‘squidmass’! Surely I have declared war on all that is good and pure. Doubtless teh baby jeebus is crying even now…
Beats Bonsai Kitten, anyway
Bugger, I’m late
But getting them out, is an entirely different matter.
Seen at customs on Heathrow. “Would you please open that case, sir? Or on second thoughts… move on please.”
Man, I thought I’d beat my Minecraft addition, and then you had to post a cubical octopus…
Ah, a nice square meal
The outer cube masks the non-Euclidean geometries inside. Cthulu f’th’gan!
I am no animal rightser but seeing an animal confined like that strikes me as cruel and grotesque. Maybe the octopus is dead, that would be all right then
@25 tlawry: The octopus voluntarily entered the cube, and one assumes left the cube when it ate all the crabs or got bored.
No one is going to wrestle an 8-foot Pacific octopus into anywhere it’s not willing to go.
Years ago I kept a few Octopus Briareus and they were fascinating animals. One in particular would come to the top of its tank at feeding time and extend a tentacle out of the water, waiting for her food.
my friend has an octopus but it wont grow larger than 3 feet