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  • The outer space octopus theory

    05/16/2018 11:08:47 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 48 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 8:41 pm on May 16, 2018 | Jazz Shaw
    Another scientific study has been released offering the controversial claim that there’s a decent chance the octopus (and the rest of the cephalopods) arrived on Earth in the form of frozen eggs 250 million years ago and actually evolved on another world. … This wasn’t the first group to suggest it. In 2015 another research group reached a similar conclusion. The more you read into it, the less crazy it sounds. As we’ve studied the various animals on the planet in ever deeper detail, the octopus really doesn’t seem to fit in with everything else. They’re an invertebrate, but they...
  • Octopus-Inspired Robots: Silicone Skin Can Change Texture for '3D Camouflage'

    10/13/2017 5:22:27 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 3 replies
    Live Science ^ | October 13, 2017 06:35am ET | Dan Robitzski,
    "Camouflaged robots may hide and be protected from animal attacks and may better approach animals for studying them in their natural habitats," Cecilia Laschi, a professor of biorobotics at the BioRobotics Institute of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, in Pisa, Italy, wrote in an accompanying article in the current issue of Science. "Of course, camouflage may also support military applications, where reducing a robot's visibility provides it with advantages in accessing dangerous areas," wrote Laschi, who wasn't involved in the current study. The researchers, led by James Pikul of the University of Pennsylvania and Robert Shepherd of Cornell University,...
  • Octopus and Seal Go Head-to-Head in Epic Fight to the Death

    06/23/2017 11:14:39 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 25 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 23, 2017
    A kayaking guide and a group of tourists witnessed an incredible life-and-death fight between a massive fur seal and a giant octopus in New Zealand earlier this week. The epic confrontation took place at South Bay, on New Zealand’s South Island, on June 20, the New Zealand Herald reports. Conner Stapley, a guide with Kaikoura Kayaks, saw thrashing on the surface of the water and soon realized the large male seal was attacking the octopus. Stapley and the three tourists he was accompanying got front-row seats to the gruesome battle, which was won by the hungry seal.
  • Finding Frank Norris in the Santa Cruz Mountains

    04/28/2017 6:09:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    Hill Tromper ^ | Ryan Masters
    A gargantuan spiderweb hangs across the steep dirt road. It shimmers, translucent in the sunlight, slack lines nearly imperceptible. As I duck the web and trudge further up the road's corkscrew turn, the thick brush, thistle, weeds and poison oak part, revealing an ancient looking stone bench on the shoulder above the road. Finally. More than a year after I first searched for it, I have found the mysterious, nearly forgotten memorial to legendary California novelist Frank Norris in this far corner of the Santa Cruz Mountains. A simple cross and a crooked, barren flag holder crown the semicircular, mission-style...
  • DIVING FOR DINNER: HOW TO HUNT AN OCTOPUS IN GREECE

    11/07/2016 6:44:41 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 25 replies
    Saveur ^ | KATHERINE WHITTAKER
    Trident gun fishing is only for the bold; we follow one young hunter on the path to catch the smartest prey in the seaMy friend Danai keeps all her fishing supplies in one corner of her beach house. There are things like flippers, snorkels, and masks; a buoy that you wear around your waist to alert incoming boats that you’re in the water; and...a trident gun? “What do you do with that?” I asked her. It was probably a stupid question, but was the gun even real? Was this some kind of staple for every Greek beach house, like the...
  • 5 women claim they were sexually assaulted by Donald Trump

    10/13/2016 2:09:41 AM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 166 replies
    nypost.com ^ | 10/13.16 | Joe Tacopino
    5 women claim they were sexually assaulted by Donald Trump A deluge of sexual-misconduct allegations hit Donald Trump on Wednesday as five women came forward with claims that he groped, kissed or leered at them. The accusations came just days after the Republican candidate denied at Sunday’s presidential debate that he had ever groped anyone inappropriately. Two women told The New York Times that Trump abused them. “He was like an octopus,” Jessica Leeds said. “His hands were everywhere.”
  • Swarms of Octopus Are Taking Over the Oceans

    05/23/2016 9:39:02 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 59 replies
    gizmodo ^ | Maddie Stone
    Something strange is happening to the oceans. As coral reefs wither and fisheries collapse, octopuses are multiplying like mad... cephalopods—squids, octopuses, cuttlefish—are booming, and scientists don’t know why. An analysis published today in Current Biology indicates that numerous species across the world’s oceans have increased in numbers since the 1950s. “The consistency was the biggest surprise,” said lead study author Zoë Doubleday of the University of Adelaide. “Cephalopods are notoriously variable, and population abundance can fluctuate wildly, both within and among species.”
  • That octopus is really squid, lawsuit against Goya claims

    05/13/2016 12:16:58 PM PDT · by StCloudMoose · 29 replies
    reuters ^ | 5/13/16
    A new lawsuit accuses Goya Foods Inc of cheating consumers by selling canned octopus products that actually contain cheaper, lower quality jumbo squid. "Independent DNA testing" confirmed that the largest Hispanic-owned U.S. food company made the switch, according to a complaint filed late Wednesday in the federal court in San Jose, California. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million of damages. Goya, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment. The plaintiff Luis Diego Zapata Fonseca, of Salinas, California, sued on behalf of purchasers nationwide and in California of Goya canned octopus...
  • Police: Toddler hospitalized with octopus in throat improving

    04/08/2016 10:11:14 AM PDT · by Morgana · 32 replies
    kansas.com ^ | April 7, 2016 | staff
    The 2-year-old boy brought to a Wichita hospital Tuesday night with a small octopus stuck in his throat has shown significant improvement, police said Thursday. He has been upgraded to good condition and so far doesn’t show signs of long-term injury caused by oxygen deprivation to the brain, Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza said. “There will be some more tests today” to assess the toddler’s responses, he said. The boy’s 21-year-old mother told investigators she returned home from work Tuesday night to find her 36-year-old boyfriend performing CPR on her son, police have said. The child was not breathing when...
  • Massive octopus in Seattle nearly crawls out of aquarium display

    03/07/2015 7:00:42 PM PST · by PROCON · 40 replies
    reuters ^ | March 7, 2015
    SEATTLE (Reuters) - A giant male octopus caught on cell phone video scaling his glass display tank at the Seattle Aquarium and reaching several tentacles over its open top has sparked Internet speculation that the massive mollusk was trying to mount an escape bid. But aquarium officials say the octopus, named Ink, was not attempting a jailbreak in the video, which has gone viral on the Internet, but simply learning to embrace his new home with all eight arms. "It was not an escape attempt," aquarium spokesman Tim Kuniholm said of the video, in which Ink inched his way...
  • Octopus jumps out of water and attacks huge crab

    02/21/2015 10:38:02 AM PST · by Enlightened1 · 70 replies
    Live Leak ^ | 2/21/15
    Who knew an octopus could do this?
  • THE REAL ENEMY: NANCY DUBUC

    12/21/2013 6:51:37 PM PST · by ealgeone · 65 replies
    LIBERTY NEWS ^ | 12/21/2013 | SELF
    of Americans are standing at the ready to throw A&E to the curb. We’re hearing thousands have dumped the channel from their TV packages, unliked their Facebook pages, removed their apps and taken back product purchases. But voting with the wallet may not be that easy. Turns out Nancy Dubuc, CEO of A&E Networks, is in charge of quite a web. Nancy Dubuc is President and Chief Executive Officer of A+E Networks, encompassing A&E®, Lifetime®, HISTORY®, LMN®, bio.®, H2™, HISTORY en Español™, Crime & Investigation Network®, Military HISTORY®, LRW™ channels, as well as A&E IndieFilms®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks...
  • NEW SPECIES PICTURES: Deep-Sea "Jumbo Dumbo," More

    12/01/2009 4:31:16 PM PST · by JoeProBono · 20 replies · 1,624+ views
    A newfound creature nicknamed "Dumbo" (pictured) may look like it's all ears--but the protrusions are actually fins that help propel the animal through the darkness 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) under the sea. Netted during a recent Census of Marine Life (CoML) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, this Dumbo is among the thousands of deep-sea creatures the census has documented so far that live without ever knowing sunlight. Reaching six feet (two meters) in length and weighing 13 pounds (6 kilograms), the jumbo Dumbo is the largest of the octopus-like animals ever found.
  • Octopus attacks aquabiking woman

    10/13/2012 9:18:57 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 55 replies
    upi ^ | Oct. 12, 2012
    BEAULIEU-SUR-MER, - A woman participating in an aquabike lesson in France said she was attacked by an octopus that immobilized her legs with its tentacles. The woman, whose name was not released, said she was aquabiking -- riding an exercise bike submerged in water -- in Beaulieu-sur-Mer when she felt something moving around her legs, The Local.fr reported Friday. The woman soon discovered an octopus had wrapped its tentacles around her legs, stopping her from pedaling. Experts said the octopus was likely attracted by the movement in the water.
  • Who’s up for lunch? A Gull-eating Octopus in Victoria, BC

    04/30/2012 5:14:59 PM PDT · by Theoria · 18 replies
    BirdFellow ^ | 27 April 2012 | Ann Nightingale
    One of the great things about being a nature lover is that your powers of observation seem to improve. While others are walking by, oblivious to the activities going on all around them, naturalists notice the creatures and the behaviors, especially if they are out of the ordinary.   The Ogden Point Breakwater is a popular spot with folks out for a weekend stroll. (Photo by Craig Spence, sourced online at Flickr.com) Such was the case on March 24, 2012, a sunny Saturday morning, when Ginger Morneau, her husband Ken, and brother Lou Baker were walking along the Ogden Point...
  • My Last Post

    04/06/2012 5:04:25 PM PDT · by Glenn · 161 replies
    I've been here a year or two.The demands of the fundraisers have gone up and up.While I have no dispute of Jim's numbers as up front, they have gone governmental.Look closely at the budget. Decide for yourself.
  • Video: Octopus crawls out of water and walks on dry land

    11/23/2011 8:16:19 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 15 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | Nov. 23, 2011 | Eric Pfeiffer
    Check out this video of an octopus literally crawling out of the water and dragging itself across dry land in pursuit of a meal. A family with a camera was lucky enough to be on the scene and captured the whole thing on video:
  • MUST SEE: Octopus Leaves Water, Walks on Land

    11/23/2011 10:21:16 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
    KSAT ^ | Nov 23 2011 | Nicole Perez
    An octopus surprised visitors to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve recently when it rose from the water and onto dry land. YouTube video becoming big hit Author: , nperez@ksat.com Published On: A person can be heard saying, "He might come out of the water, and it's okay." The octopus slithered across land for about two-and-a-half minutes before returning to the water. You can see the video here.
  • Psychic Octopus Search Undertaken By German Aquarium

    06/25/2011 11:45:02 PM PDT · by shibumi · 11 replies
    AOL/Weird News ^ | 6/21/2011 | David Moye
    It's not every day you meet a psychic octopus like the one that predicted eight World Cup wins in a row last summer, but that isn't stopping a German aquarium chain from trying. In honor of the Women's World Cup, which begins June 26 in Sinsheim, Germany, the Sea Life aquarium chain is looking for the next incarnation of Paul, the octopus who amazed the world by correctly predicting the results of Germany’s matches in the 2010 World Cup, according to TheLocal.de. Each of the country’s eight aquariums will have one of its octopuses predict the competition’s results by picking...
  • The U.S. Government vs. The Constitution

    01/06/2011 6:29:27 AM PST · by IbJensen · 9 replies
    Right Side News ^ | January 6, 2011 | J R Dieckman
    I have seen many articles since November 3 that make the point that this election was not a win for the Republican Party, but rather a win for the people. The voters dislike the Republican Party almost as much as they now dislike the Democrat Party. This was an election to stop the Soros-Obama socialist agenda and begin to restore American values and constitutional principals to the nation. Had the original 13 states been able to see where this federal government was headed, they would have never allowed it and the Constitution would have never been ratified. It is now...