Mocking, it, presumably? I like to think it’s making the Zoidberg noise at it runs off.
Amphioxsays
Actually it’s not entirely clear to me. Why is the octopus on the eel’s head in the first place? I don’t really get what’s happening.
Well, it could be coincidence, but I note that the Cephalopod is strategically positioned in the one place where the Chordate can’t grab it with its jaws.
Well yeah, but it could have just steered clear entirely.
Amphioxsays
Well yeah, but it could have just steered clear entirely.
Well, the animation doesn’t catch the beginning, and it vamoosed with the standard ink squirt at the end. Perhaps the eel tried to ambush it in close quarters at the beginning.
Grewgillssays
@cervantes #3
Morays eat octopi, so it is a safe bet the octopus is doing it’s level best to not make the choice between being eaten or having one of it’s arms eaten. There are a fair few octopi around here that have had to sacrifice an arm or two to morays.
Acolyte of Sagansays
As Dean Martin once (almost) sang;
“If it makes a great fuss
’bout a small octopus
That’s a moray”.
I’ll get my coat.
GenghisFaunsays
That’s a moray
Thank you, Acolyte! This made my night!
chigau (違う)says
AoS
teehee
chigau (違う)says
and
won’t someone think of the poor moray?
moray looked really distressed
Trebuchetsays
@8: Octopuses. Octopi is incorrect. (/nitpick)
Clearly, the octopus made the eight seconds and dismounted. 44 points for the rider, 42 for the bull moray, total 86.
Grewgillssays
Trebuchet,
To pick your nit back, octopi is also acceptable as are simply octopus and octopodes, though the last is a bit pedantic. I take it you come down on the prescriptive rather than descriptive side of the linguistic debate.
Saad says
That is simply awesome. And everything in that shot looks so colorful.
John Hattan says
Well now we know why yesterday’s Secular Humanist Octopus needed to have three of its arms free!
cervantes says
Actually it’s not entirely clear to me. Why is the octopus on the eel’s head in the first place? I don’t really get what’s happening.
Alex W. says
Mocking, it, presumably? I like to think it’s making the Zoidberg noise at it runs off.
Amphiox says
Well, it could be coincidence, but I note that the Cephalopod is strategically positioned in the one place where the Chordate can’t grab it with its jaws.
cervantes says
Well yeah, but it could have just steered clear entirely.
Amphiox says
Well, the animation doesn’t catch the beginning, and it vamoosed with the standard ink squirt at the end. Perhaps the eel tried to ambush it in close quarters at the beginning.
Grewgills says
@cervantes #3
Morays eat octopi, so it is a safe bet the octopus is doing it’s level best to not make the choice between being eaten or having one of it’s arms eaten. There are a fair few octopi around here that have had to sacrifice an arm or two to morays.
Acolyte of Sagan says
As Dean Martin once (almost) sang;
“If it makes a great fuss
’bout a small octopus
That’s a moray”.
I’ll get my coat.
GenghisFaun says
That’s a moray
Thank you, Acolyte! This made my night!
chigau (違う) says
AoS
teehee
chigau (違う) says
and
won’t someone think of the poor moray?
moray looked really distressed
Trebuchet says
@8: Octopuses. Octopi is incorrect. (/nitpick)
Clearly, the octopus made the eight seconds and dismounted. 44 points for the rider, 42 for the
bullmoray, total 86.Grewgills says
Trebuchet,
To pick your nit back, octopi is also acceptable as are simply octopus and octopodes, though the last is a bit pedantic. I take it you come down on the prescriptive rather than descriptive side of the linguistic debate.
chigau (違う) says
octopuses!,!!
Ths is murica!!M!