Nursery, sweet nursery, it looks like. I assume those are egg cases?
Artorsays
I was born in a poor cinderblock house, the middle kid in a family of 1500…
Menyambal --- inesteemablesays
I thought the white stuff was snow, and PZ had just found an octopus living under his garage.
Markita Lynda—threadruptsays
I wonder if that’s part of an artificial reef, sunk on purpose, or just random rubble. The ocean is generally so barren of shelter that even a piece of floating wood will accumulate fish sheltering under it.
Trebuchetsays
@4: According to a comment on the linked site, it’s in a tank.
David Marjanovićsays
Like a kitteh in a box. ^_^
lornsays
Beside the general aesthetic benefits, and staying i the good graces of His Tentacled Highness, why would you want an octopus in an armored vehicle?
Trebuchetsays
It’s quite a sad picture, in a way. That octopus has eaten her last meal, and will die soon after the eggs hatch. And most of them won’t survive either.
On the other hand, perhaps it’s a good thing cephalopods have such short lives. If they had human lifespans they’d be our masters.
Nursery, sweet nursery, it looks like. I assume those are egg cases?
I was born in a poor cinderblock house, the middle kid in a family of 1500…
I thought the white stuff was snow, and PZ had just found an octopus living under his garage.
I wonder if that’s part of an artificial reef, sunk on purpose, or just random rubble. The ocean is generally so barren of shelter that even a piece of floating wood will accumulate fish sheltering under it.
@4: According to a comment on the linked site, it’s in a tank.
Like a kitteh in a box. ^_^
Beside the general aesthetic benefits, and staying i the good graces of His Tentacled Highness, why would you want an octopus in an armored vehicle?
It’s quite a sad picture, in a way. That octopus has eaten her last meal, and will die soon after the eggs hatch. And most of them won’t survive either.
On the other hand, perhaps it’s a good thing cephalopods have such short lives. If they had human lifespans they’d be our masters.
@Menyambal
So that’s where tree octopuses go to hibernate!
The first thing I noticed was that it’s spelling “OZ”.
@7: I took me reading that for the third time, in three different visits, to get it.