Eat it, of course: Does this mean that Cthulhu will not return until sperm whales are extinct? National Geographic has more pictures…
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Fossil Octopi from the Upper Cenomanian: Three New Species
Posted on March 17, 2009 by afarensis, FCD
The journal Paleontology has an interesting paper describing three new species of fossil octopi. The new fossils date to the Upper Cenomanian (the Cenomanian is part of the Cretaceous and dates to ~99-93 MYA). The paper can be found here.
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Has The Common Ancestor Of Deep Sea Octopi Been Found?
Posted on November 9, 2008 by afarensis, FCD
According to this BBC News article it has.
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Best Science Images for 2008: Long Finned Squid
Posted on September 26, 2008 by afarensis, FCD
National Geographic mentions that the winners in the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge have been announced and have some of the photos. My favorite is below the fold.
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Right Whale Bay of Fundy Blog
Posted on August 5, 2008 by
Like every blogger I accumulate more links to interesting blogs and websites than you can shake a stick at. I am also, like many bloggers, behind in updating my blogroll. Just today I received an email telling me about a fascinating blog called the Right Whale Bay of Fundy Blog. This is a blog by [...]
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Octopi Porn
Posted on April 26, 2008 by afarensis, FCD
National Geographic has an interesting video on the sex lives of octopi – apparently there is a certain amount of mimicry and guile involved…. The video is based on this article:
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Whales, Squid, and Echolocation
Posted on September 7, 2007 by afarensis, FCD
Science Daily has an interesting article up about the evolution of echolocation in toothed whales. The research behind the article was published in Lethaia.
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The Return of the Bottle Opening Octopus
Posted on May 4, 2007 by afarensis, FCD
PZ mentioned this, back on April 10th, now there is video. Apparently, the octopus likes to play with screwdrivers and squirt water at passersby as well…
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Octopus Video
Posted on February 11, 2007 by afarensis, FCD
I don’t know how I missed this, But National Geographic has a cute little octopus video…
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Baby Octopi Blogging: An Aurora Update
Posted on August 18, 2005 by afarensis, FCD
Regular readers of my blog may remember this post on Aurora the octopus. To refresh your memory: A month later, Aurora laid tens of thousands of eggs. Her sense of mothering was strong, despite the fact that her eggs didn’t appear to develop and aquarists eventually believed they were sterile. Day in and day out, [...]
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Baby Octopi for Aurora
Posted on April 14, 2005 by afarensis, FCD
Baby Octopus Baby Octopus Aurora, a giant pacific octopus, has – as of Wedneday – nine new babies. We Pick up the story from Yahoo : Aurora began her long march toward motherhood last May when she was introduced to J-1, a long-in-the-tentacle bachelor. To the delight of aquarists, the two hit it off, flashing [...]
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