Comments on: Weird, adorable Cirrate octopus swims through the ocean http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: grikdog http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916756 grikdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916756 Don't squids have internal supporting boney structures, like cuttlefish? Octopoda do not. Don’t squids have internal supporting boney structures, like cuttlefish? Octopoda do not.

]]> By: Josh P http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916764 Josh P Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916764 Even though i saw the 'C' (and ignored the extra 'r') I had never heard of Cirrate octopuses and was a teeny bit disappointed not to see an irate octopus. Nonetheless, a beautiful video. Even though i saw the ‘C’ (and ignored the extra ‘r’) I had never heard of Cirrate octopuses and was a teeny bit disappointed not to see an irate octopus.

Nonetheless, a beautiful video.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916782 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916782 I love that you first look at the fins and see them for what they are, fins, and then you see the location of the eyes, and finally recognize the fins for what they truly are: ridiculous flopping ears. I love that you first look at the fins and see them for what they are, fins, and then you see the location of the eyes, and finally recognize the fins for what they truly are: ridiculous flopping ears.

]]> By: sally599 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916541 sally599 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916541 What makes this an octopus and not a squid---it looks totally squid-like and beautiful. What makes this an octopus and not a squid—it looks totally squid-like and beautiful.

]]> By: odcarem http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916547 odcarem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916547 lovely and soothing video clip; makes me thing of Hayao Miyazaki's movies. lovely and soothing video clip; makes me thing of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies.

]]> By: fm http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916564 fm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916564 Oooh very pretty! But... only 15% of octopus species is "very rare"? Pigeons make up "only" 3% of bird species(300 pigeon species out of 10,000 bird species, according to wikipedia ;) ) Oooh very pretty!

But… only 15% of octopus species is “very rare”?
Pigeons make up “only” 3% of bird species(300 pigeon species out of 10,000 bird species, according to wikipedia ;) )

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916571 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916571 I like this octopus vs. squid comparison dealy. Presumably these guys have more of the Octopus characteristics than the squid characteristics. http://www.diffen.com/difference/Octopus_vs_Squid I like this octopus vs. squid comparison dealy. Presumably these guys have more of the Octopus characteristics than the squid characteristics.

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Octopus_vs_Squid

]]> By: Mark Crummett http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916836 Mark Crummett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916836 Creepy. Can we go back to bananas, please? Creepy. Can we go back to bananas, please?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916874 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916874 Minor correction: they're "cirri", not "cirra". Minor correction: they’re “cirri”, not “cirra”.

]]> By: kaek http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-917130 kaek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917130 ZOMG!!! squid-octopi missing link??? Flappy things seem to be morphologically more important than leg count. I refer back to the notion of walks like a duck... ZOMG!!! squid-octopi missing link??? Flappy things seem to be morphologically more important than leg count. I refer back to the notion of walks like a duck…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916636 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916636 Octopus = 8 legs Squid = 10 legs The malacologists use a taxonomy that categorises some of the legs as "arms" and some of them as "tentacles" but for rapid identification the number of legs works fine as a delineator. Octopus = 8 legs
Squid = 10 legs

The malacologists use a taxonomy that categorises some of the legs as “arms” and some of them as “tentacles” but for rapid identification the number of legs works fine as a delineator.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916893 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916893 Miyazaki is probably the greatest living animator. You should especially check out <i>My Neighbor Totoro</i>, <i>Spirited Away</i>, and <i>Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind</i>. Make sure you get the 2005 version of <i>Nausicaä</i>, and not the horribly butchered New World Pictures release. Not everyone's cup of tea; if you're into <i>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</i> and <i>Caligula</i> you will probably not like Miyazaki. His stuff is mostly what the industry likes to call "family friendly". Miyazaki is probably the greatest living animator. You should especially check out My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind. Make sure you get the 2005 version of Nausicaä, and not the horribly butchered New World Pictures release.

Not everyone’s cup of tea; if you’re into Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Caligula you will probably not like Miyazaki. His stuff is mostly what the industry likes to call “family friendly”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-917168 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-917168 A funny trend in biology is that the more morphologically important something is, the less important it is for classification. This is because whether you have fins or wings is something that is important to survival, so undergoes lots of natural selection, but exactly where the articulations are in bones doesn't matter, so rarely changes. A funny trend in biology is that the more morphologically important something is, the less important it is for classification. This is because whether you have fins or wings is something that is important to survival, so undergoes lots of natural selection, but exactly where the articulations are in bones doesn’t matter, so rarely changes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916919 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916919 Yup-Yup-Yup-Yup Uh-huh Uh-huh Yup-Yup-Yup-Yup
Uh-huh Uh-huh

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916684 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916684 I was going to say Jean Painleve's films. Now I have to check out Hayao Miyazaki! I was going to say Jean Painleve’s films. Now I have to check out Hayao Miyazaki!

]]> By: sally599 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916694 sally599 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916694 thanks thanks

]]> By: sally599 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916698 sally599 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916698 OK part of my confusion comes from my very favorite Vampire squid being misidentified as a squid. It looks like they are part of the same group. OK part of my confusion comes from my very favorite Vampire squid being misidentified as a squid. It looks like they are part of the same group.

]]> By: Dr.Gee http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916955 Dr.Gee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916955 Wonder how it tastes........ Wonder how it tastes……..

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2010/10/21/weird-adorable-cirra.html#comment-916962 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916962 OH MY GOD. You're right! It's a Yip Yip! OH MY GOD.

You’re right!

It’s a Yip Yip!

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