Behold! It came from the sky…erm…sea…. Whatever, just Behold!
Ogvorbis: brokensays
It’s wearing a T-shirt. With text. Anybody fluent in Cephalopodese?
The translation is in comment #2.
Cuttlefishsays
– 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…
fredslocombesays
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.
Larrysays
Capes are cool. Its what all the fashionable sea creatures will be wearing this year.
blfsays
I didn’t know there was a ready supply of phoneboxes in the sea (needed to change into your cape).
TonyJsays
Wow! I gotta show this to my 7-year-old son.
bbgunnsays
And my first thought is Edna Mode saying “No capes!”
That was incredibly amusing!
feedmybrainsays
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
feedmybrainsays
That was a terribly phrased sentence. I blame my boss walking around behind me…
hiho2gosays
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.
unclefrogysays
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.
a3kr0nsays
It rips off Man o’ War tentacles, and goes around whipping things with them? Awesome!
Ambleburysays
Poetry in motion.
Jonquil of Marssays
Lady GaGa’s designers really need to rethink the tiny blue cap.
Ragutissays
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_notsays
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.
And my first thought is Edna Mode saying “No capes!”
Cthulhu has returned11!!1one!!
It’s wearing a T-shirt. With text. Anybody fluent in Cephalopodese?
Behold! It came from the sky…erm…sea…. Whatever, just Behold!
The translation is in comment #2.
– 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…
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.
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.
Capes are cool. Its what all the fashionable sea creatures will be wearing this year.
I didn’t know there was a ready supply of phoneboxes in the sea (needed to change into your cape).
Wow! I gotta show this to my 7-year-old son.
That was incredibly amusing!
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
That was a terribly phrased sentence. I blame my boss walking around behind me…
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.
My mind keeps wanting to make words, printing of the markings on the “cape” what language is it?
uncle frogy
Okay let’s get the original by John Williams ups here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g&feature=related
She is lovely, reminds me of the Diva Plavalaguna
in The Fifth Element.
It rips off Man o’ War tentacles, and goes around whipping things with them? Awesome!
Poetry in motion.
Lady GaGa’s designers really need to rethink the tiny blue cap.
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.
It’s pretty!
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?
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.