a cephalopodiatrist

this is my cephalopods side blog all the tentacles you could ever want main blog here

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arge octopus floor mosaic at Gumalimba Park, Roatan, Honduras

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Octohandy by Richard A. Moore III

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Just look at her, isn’t she magnificent?!

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Yes, she sure is!

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Dear God in heaven

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And then there are heroes 

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“RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!”

One of our awesome volunteers brought in this submarine as enrichment for the octos, and this little sea monster has had a fantastic time sinking the ship, causing chaos, and finding food while doing so! I love the simplicity of this little vessel as a form of enrichment, and the potential it holds for more complicated activities.

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Giant squids might be even bigger than we realized

According to research from Charles Paxton, fisheries ecologist and statistician at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, published in the Journal of Zoology this month, the giant squid could grow to reach as much as 65 feet. But even that is a “conservative analysis,” as size could protect against their #1 predator.

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My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.

A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.

The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…

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OH MY GOD

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I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour and we walked past the octopus tank and it was duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was like. “Well, we had a problem before because these fish were disappearing randomly at night and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus had memorised the night guards rounds and would creep out of its tank, crawl across the floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be back in its own tank with the lid shut before the guard came back.” they are super smart

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I love octopuses so, so much.

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@_@

I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.

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Once I went to the aquarium where they had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone there to work on a few real life sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and started sketching. The octopus didn’t mind, he sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing. I don’t know how other to explain it but he started curlung his tentacles in this really graceful way then wouldn’t move for a few minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker knew I was drawing him.

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Странное дело. Вот вроде Minsk Design Week должно быть большое и интересное событие, а узнал я о нем накануне последнего дня от @danuta_max, а она из заметки в новостях каких-то. Во всяком случае, успели посмотреть вот эту движуху на набережной возле Зыбицкой. Максимально ржавый и максимально стимпанковский осьминог мой фаворит. Паук ещё кайфовый, качели-полотна и кубическая беседка, где я сходу вогнал занозу. А было ещё что интересное?

#minsk #belarus #minskdesignweek2016 #octopus #steampunk #scrapmetalart #rust (at Зыбицкая)

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underwater friend

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Aww

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‘SELF ORGANIZATION’, AN OCTOPUS TYPEWRITER BY COURTNEY BROWN

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>_>

So, this seller on etsy has a ton of fleece and featherweight bedding which features tentacles. If, you know, that’s your thing.

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Octopus by Eky Glojor on Behance.

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I was doing some painting in my coloring book~ its still not done but I think it’s looking good~

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Oct. 8th is International Octopus Day!

Steampunk Octopus 

by Kris Dufay