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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:04 PM Original message |
Video: Octopus crawls out of water and walks on dry land |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cephalopods are awesome. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. don't watch it! evolution is a lie I tell you, a lie! nt |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. At least... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was reading about the octopus in a recent article in Science Magazine... |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That means an octopus has 8 times as many brains as all |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. LOL! |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Fantastic. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Perhaps not that unique. I've heard that rush limbaugh can do that, too. nt |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Please don't insult the octopi. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. What they say |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Very cool. Thanks for posting. n/t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's the debbil |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Our future humanoid inhabitants. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. That is why I don't eat them |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for sharing! n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I, for one, welcome our new, cephalopod overlords. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. A science fiction book that frightened me as a kid |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. We are all Cephalopodians now. |
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razorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. The books looks interesting. I just requested that it be made available on Kindle. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I doubt that will happen unless Andre Norton or her literary executor |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. LOL! Comment from video: "While this one was crawling about.... |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Haa! How cute! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ocean intellectuals not unlike our own Octafish! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. They have been walking on land long before humans. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Another video... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Only tried to have some snacks, none to be had! Floors spotless! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well he snuck in in a shrimp trap, I think... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. According to the description, the octopus actually unscrewed the jar! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. When humans have moved on... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Tee hee. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. "it's the octopus that crawled back to the sea..." |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Straight Story |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Octopuses are incredibly smart. As are cuttlefish. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. He was trying to occupy! Thank gawd nobody gassed him. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. Amazing video! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. A comment from that page: |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Anyone else read "The Sea Raiders" by H.G. Wells? N.T. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Disgusting. |
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