That looks like the thing I blew out of my nose this morning. Excapt mine didn’t move. Wait a minute…
shouldbeworkingsays
Until it can climb over the Rockie Mountains, crawl, slither or whatever, through the snow, survive an Alberta winter, and then defeat the ferocious guard cat my daughter calls Fluffy, I’m not gonna worry (much).
How fast can it move across land?
julietdefargesays
What should I do if I encounter such a beastie out of water? I worry that it would be easy prey on the beach.
=8)-DXsays
Just a note, the two video recommendations shown at the end of the video were about eating baby octupusses. I think that pretty easily debunks all this invasion nonsense – we are after all at the top of the food chain.
shouldbeworkingsays
Yes we are at the top of the food chain, but we’re not alone. Polar bears, tigers, sharks and mosquitoes all consider us food sources.
Tethyssays
I watched the video and was all squeee its so cute! Then I stupidly clicked on the related Octopus and soy sauce video that came up after the OP video ended. Arrgh! It adds a whole new unwanted dimension to the phrase “Don’t play with your food”.
*shudder*
shouldbeworkingsays
PZ’s Golden Rule: eat them before they eat you!
Gregory Greenwoodsays
I for one welcome our adorable tentacled overlords…
chigau (違う)says
There is no such place as “top of the food chain”.
I hope for the sake of that guy that this wasn’t filmed in Australia.
DLCsays
Ghost of Steve Irwin: “Crikey! he’ll latch on with his tentacles, slam down with the beak and you’ll bleed out in seconds! . . . “
wormmansays
My first thought was “That’s exactly what people tend to do just as the tetrodotoxin kicks in”. The beauty of it is that the neurotoxic properties mean you don’t even feel the bite.
captainchaos says
So can they actually breathe out of the water?
littlejohn says
That looks like the thing I blew out of my nose this morning. Excapt mine didn’t move. Wait a minute…
shouldbeworking says
Until it can climb over the Rockie Mountains, crawl, slither or whatever, through the snow, survive an Alberta winter, and then defeat the ferocious guard cat my daughter calls Fluffy, I’m not gonna worry (much).
How fast can it move across land?
julietdefarge says
What should I do if I encounter such a beastie out of water? I worry that it would be easy prey on the beach.
=8)-DX says
Just a note, the two video recommendations shown at the end of the video were about eating baby octupusses. I think that pretty easily debunks all this invasion nonsense – we are after all at the top of the food chain.
shouldbeworking says
Yes we are at the top of the food chain, but we’re not alone. Polar bears, tigers, sharks and mosquitoes all consider us food sources.
Tethys says
I watched the video and was all squeee its so cute! Then I stupidly clicked on the related Octopus and soy sauce video that came up after the OP video ended. Arrgh! It adds a whole new unwanted dimension to the phrase “Don’t play with your food”.
*shudder*
shouldbeworking says
PZ’s Golden Rule: eat them before they eat you!
Gregory Greenwood says
I for one welcome our adorable tentacled overlords…
chigau (違う) says
There is no such place as “top of the food chain”.
Zinc Avenger says
First the sea. Then the land.
Begin phase III:
The air.
Glen Davidson says
Baby’s first steps are always so adorable.
Now to climb the Empire State Building on all eightses.
Glen Davidson
grahameward says
I hope for the sake of that guy that this wasn’t filmed in Australia.
DLC says
Ghost of Steve Irwin: “Crikey! he’ll latch on with his tentacles, slam down with the beak and you’ll bleed out in seconds! . . . “
wormman says
My first thought was “That’s exactly what people tend to do just as the tetrodotoxin kicks in”. The beauty of it is that the neurotoxic properties mean you don’t even feel the bite.
walkingmap says
A suggested video for the “Endless Thread”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mUu31VH6U&feature=colike
Forgive me I have yet to learn HTML, but old fashioned cut and paste works
walkingmap says
Oh it worked as a link DOH!
andyo says
Sure, but we are hard at work fixing 3 of those problems.
Troy Britain says
“Oh, look at the pretty blue circles it has on its skin… Ack! [Collapses to ground]
sneakdograpist says
how long would an occy like that have out of the water, and what does a gasping octopus look like?
Also, speaking of of not feeling the tetradoxin … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLPXpluXnFE&feature=related