remember how I’ve literally never posted a video
well this is just too amazing
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June 5, 2011
June 4, 2011
Reasons why octopuses in general are really weird:
- some have three hearts
- and venomous saliva
- and a hidden parrot-like beak
- they can change the color and texture of their skin with incredible ease and speed (they are much better at it than chameleons)
- they have “intelligent arms” that don’t seem to need instructions from the brain to perform certain actions
(this is a giant pacific octopus.)
June 4, 2011
Reasons why the blanket octopus is really weird:
The female is 40,000 times heavier than the male. The male is only 2.4 cms along and leads an almost planktonic lifestyle while the female is big, spectacular and over than 2 meters long.
When it feels threatened, the female can also extend a cape-like membrane between its arms that makes her look bigger and badder than she really is.
The blanket octopus is immune to the deadly Portuguese Man’O War “jellyfish;” as self defense, the clever octopus often tears off some Man’O War tentacles and uses them as a weapon.
April 26, 2011
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