Saturday, February 28, 2009

THOSE CRAZY CEPHALOPODS!

Curious goings on in California - could it be the reason for our own (O)CT(O)PUS' absence?

This innocent looking female octopus managed to open a valve above her tank allowing hundreds of gallons of sea water to overflow her tank and flooding the floor, probably doing a lot of damage at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Perhaps this explains the mysterious absence of 8pus - no doubt one of his offspring now in need of rescue!


And I wished I had learned about this curious creature before adopting my now familiar Rocky moniker. This new species was found in the waters of Indonesia. It is a type of frogfish with a beige body, peach colored stripes and blue eyes leading to its scientific name Histiophryne Pyschedelica and it bounces around on the sea floor on feet like fins.


How cool is that? Just call me Psychedelica!

6 comments:

  1. My cousin is a marine biologist. He swears that an octopus at Woods Hole figured out how to lure cockroaches within reach of its tank and ate them.

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  2. Sneak ...
    Sneak …
    (Practicing my camouflage)
    Now you see me …
    (O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
    (O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
    Now you don’t …
    (fade)

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  3. Rocky is a lot easier to spell than Psychedelica, although it does have a nice ring to it. I'd like to meet the scientist that named it.

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  4. LOL, Laura! How much you want to bet he/she went to someplace like Berkley and can tell you exactly what a magic mushroom is! :)

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  5. Wow. That frog creature thingy is very cool.

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  6. Yea, a strange little critter but I like it, too!

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