As if that’s not cool enough, these critters can anticipate the direction in which a tasty morsel of prey will flee and have their jaws positioned and open at just the right moment . . . snap! (I seem to recall some other specie that has that talent; must have been a couple of years ago that I read a description of another aquatic predator that could do so. Just can’t recall just now.)
Life continues to amaze me every day.
Ogvorbis: broken and cynicalsays
From Crudely Wrott’s linky:
. . . after four years of unsuccessful breeding attempts . . .
So, if the snakes could use the internet, and get past all of the parental controls, would they have had four years of unsuccessful breeding attempts? Or with some copies of Playsnake?
blfsays
Playsnake
Right. I just lost it completely and wound up on the floor giggling.
(Worrying thing is everyone seemed to think that was normal…)
Ogvorbis: broken and cynicalsays
Right. I just lost it completely and wound up on the floor giggling.
No, no, no! With Playsnake, you should be on the floor wriggling. Not giggling. See, that is why it took four years.
Crudely Wrottsays
Looking at those tentacles, Ogvorbis, positioned as they are in the snakes field of view, they just might be able to navigate the InnerTubes. Even if not, turning magazine pages doesn’t seem out of the question.
Ogvorbis: broken and cynicalsays
META
I wonder if PZed is ever surprised at where we, the Commentariat, take some of his posts? I mean, here he is, giving us a photo of an incredibly cute cephalopod (I just had to add that to Chrome’s spellcheck dictionary), and we end up making jokes about cute snakes.
How many facepalms has this blog given you, PZed?
Crudely Wrottsays
Like the wild goose, the Horde will go where it will.
Its wisdom is beyond reckoning, its ways impenetrable.
Crudely Wrott says
Adorably short little tentacles. Like my toes when I was born.
But, speaking of tentacles, there are a few more in the world today, and they are not where you might think.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49751794/ns/technology_and_science-science/
As if that’s not cool enough, these critters can anticipate the direction in which a tasty morsel of prey will flee and have their jaws positioned and open at just the right moment . . . snap! (I seem to recall some other specie that has that talent; must have been a couple of years ago that I read a description of another aquatic predator that could do so. Just can’t recall just now.)
Life continues to amaze me every day.
Ogvorbis: broken and cynical says
From Crudely Wrott’s linky:
So, if the snakes could use the internet, and get past all of the parental controls, would they have had four years of unsuccessful breeding attempts? Or with some copies of Playsnake?
blf says
Right. I just lost it completely and wound up on the floor giggling.
(Worrying thing is everyone seemed to think that was normal…)
Ogvorbis: broken and cynical says
No, no, no! With Playsnake, you should be on the floor wriggling. Not giggling. See, that is why it took four years.
Crudely Wrott says
Looking at those tentacles, Ogvorbis, positioned as they are in the snakes field of view, they just might be able to navigate the InnerTubes. Even if not, turning magazine pages doesn’t seem out of the question.
Ogvorbis: broken and cynical says
META
I wonder if PZed is ever surprised at where we, the Commentariat, take some of his posts? I mean, here he is, giving us a photo of an incredibly cute cephalopod (I just had to add that to Chrome’s spellcheck dictionary), and we end up making jokes about cute snakes.
How many facepalms has this blog given you, PZed?
Crudely Wrott says
Like the wild goose, the Horde will go where it will.
Its wisdom is beyond reckoning, its ways impenetrable.
chigau (棒や石) says
Yup.
You can’t eff the Horde.
Marcus Ranum says
Needs a top hat.
embertine says
Are you saying that Cuttlefish is going to Skepticon????!!!111elebenty
IN DISGUISE???
cicely says
Tomorrow!!!
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Christoph Burschka says
Top hat, cane, monocle.
“I say, good sir.”
Menyambal --- Sambal's Little Helper says
My wife thought he was a cute little cephalopod. So did I.