Walking octopuses

[Eevee]

Researcher reported two species of octopus walking with two of its eight arms along the seafloor!!! :eek: Check out the quicktime video!

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/misc/hp_jumps/octopus/index.html

The underwater world is amazing! :cool:

[ravenvii]

I, for one, welcome our new Octopus Overlords.

[aricher]

Is it Octopuses or Octopi? Either way that's darn creepy.

[Eevee]

Raven VII, I'm ready to welcome them, too.

aricher, good point, did you take Latin in high school? I did, but forgot everything except "Et tu Brute?"

[aricher]

No Latin for me but my Mom was always a stickler for proper grammar.

[emw]

apparently use the remaining six arms for camouflage

I can see all the predators now...

"Geezus Bob, I wish there was a tasty octopus around here to eat."

"Don't you know it Tom, so do I. Unfortunately, there's just that walking something or other over there with 6 arms. Guess we better move on."

Whew.

[Eevee]

I can see all the predators now...

"Geezus Bob, I wish there was a tasty octopus around here to eat."

"Don't you know it Tom, so do I. Unfortunately, there's just that walking something or other over there with 6 arms. Guess we better move on."

Whew.

Sponge Bob? Good one... :)

[scem0]

sea creatures were already nasty, and now they are creepy too. :P

scem0

[Thomas Veil]

Holy crap.

You know how you watch those weird monster get-ups on Lost in Space -- things that look like bipedal cabbages -- and you think, "How outlandish"?

Wellllllll...not so much anymore. :eek:

[Mr. Anderson]

That's just plain creepy.....

I wonder if its a learned behavior or something that all of them do...

D

[Lacero]

I, for one, welcome our new Octopus Overlords.

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these... :p

[joetronic]

Is it Octopuses or Octopi? Either way that's darn creepy.

Its Octopi.

Anyway, thats amazing.

[apple2991]

I, for one, welcome our new Octopus Overlords.

I, for one, welcome the day this joke dies on message boards.

[MacRy]

I saw that last week and just loved it. Go on little fella run for your life..... :D

[neut]

that's like running with our tongue!

crazy, octopi ... we need more tongues! :)

cool ****; thanks for the link.


peace | neut

[Jon'sLightBulbs]

I, for one, welcome the day this joke dies on message boards.

Explain. Is this a repost? If you found it on another board, it's still new to us. Why pejoratively mirror his "I, for one" construction?

[yellow]

I, for one, welcome our new Octopus Overlords.

LOL! :D

Well, this poster was... possibly a little hasty earlier and would like to reaffirm his allegiance to this country and its human president. It may not be perfect, but it's the best government we have.... For now.

[yellow]

Explain. Is this a repost? If you found it on another board, it's still new to us. Why pejoratively mirror his "I, for one" construction?

Seriously?

It's a quote from The Simpsons, Season 5, Episode: Deep Space Homer.

[Lord Blackadder]

Awesome.

We get Science at work, so I'm looking forward to reading the article.

[neut]

Seriously?

It's a quote from The Simpsons, Season 5, Episode: Deep Space Homer.

wow that's pretty geeky. didn't even have to think twice about that one did you? ;)

i like the Simpsons a lot, but i didn't catch that one either.

we need some video of octopi climbing out of their aquariums to match this thread. :)


peace.

[yellow]

didn't even have to think twice about that one did you?

Nope. It also happens to be one of my favorite episodes of all time. :)

[Eevee]

I, for one, welcome our new Octopus Overlords.

Potential DOOM 4 game featuring Octopus Overlords? That'll be cool! Imagine the game having marines in the deep seas fighting walking octopi!

An Octopus overlord holding a variety of weapons with it's 6 arms , "Join us or die!" and chasing you with the other two arms.

Sorry, been playing way too...many video games. :D

[Doctor Q]

Does anybody besides me like the silly "Bear City" skit on Saturday Night Live? I was just imagining those octopi reading newspapers, driving cars, and trying to talk to each other in English without success. But I guess it'll take a few more weeks of evolution before we meet them on the street corner.