Comments on: Montage of awesome cephalopod camouflage clips http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sheryl http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1234480 Sheryl Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1234480 One of the many many reasons I love cephalopods. I also need that xkcd mimic octopus comic as a poster. One of the many many reasons I love cephalopods. I also need that xkcd mimic octopus comic as a poster.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1234308 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1234308 You can edit your comments. You can edit your comments.

]]> By: Jason Frankish http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1234285 Jason Frankish Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1234285 err, oops, 'Cephalopod' err, oops, ‘Cephalopod’

]]> By: Jason Frankish http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1234284 Jason Frankish Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1234284 I love you little Cephalod, come home with me.... wait, where'd you go? .... I love you little Cephalod, come home with me…. wait, where’d you go? ….

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233522 noah django Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233522 Neat! Neat!

]]> By: NoBSSEO http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233507 NoBSSEO Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233507 Scott Rhodie tweeted this earlier and frankly it has to be one of the most amazing clips I have ever seen. Things really aren't as we see them at all. Scott Rhodie tweeted this earlier and frankly it has to be one of the most amazing clips I have ever seen. Things really aren’t as we see them at all.

]]> By: keithfulkerson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233501 keithfulkerson Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233501 PBS has a show called "Kings of Camouflage" with some great footage of cuttlefish doing their stuff:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/kings-of-camouflage.html PBS has a show called “Kings of Camouflage” with some great footage of cuttlefish doing their stuff:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/kings-of-camouflage.html

]]> By: Jed Goldstone http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233493 Jed Goldstone Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233493 Maggie- You've had this great series of Woods Hole stories - were you just here as a journalism fellow? Maggie-
You’ve had this great series of Woods Hole stories – were you just here as a journalism fellow?

]]> By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233433 NelC Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233433 When you can find an octopus with a video connector? When you can find an octopus with a video connector?

]]> By: Basil R. Lee http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233428 Basil R. Lee Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233428 Other obligatory XKCD:  http://xkcd.com/520/ Other obligatory XKCD:  http://xkcd.com/520/

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233287 Brainspore Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233287 I went on an expedition looking for Mimic Octopus once. We were disappointed that we never found any, but I did notice that we came back with one more scuba diver than we set out with. I went on an expedition looking for Mimic Octopus once. We were disappointed that we never found any, but I did notice that we came back with one more scuba diver than we set out with.

]]> By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233233 CLamb Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233233 So when can we use cephalopod technology for a display? So when can we use cephalopod technology for a display?

]]> By: Slightly Askew http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233184 Slightly Askew Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233184 For the extremely time challenged, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyGazPZmmM0 and press "2". For the extremely time challenged, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyGazPZmmM0 and press “2″.

]]> By: Jellodyne http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233153 Jellodyne Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233153 Obligatory xkcd http://xkcd.com/928/ Obligatory xkcd
http://xkcd.com/928/

]]> By: Oliver Schmieding http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233145 Oliver Schmieding Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233145 yup. after all, it is written that "in my time of trouble HE will hide me"   :) yup. after all, it is written that
“in my time of trouble HE will hide me”   :)

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233089 cymk Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233089 Cephalopods, they're awesomely delicious! Cephalopods, they’re awesomely delicious!

]]> By: mtdna http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233064 mtdna Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233064 Suck on it evolutionary biologists! Suck on it evolutionary biologists!

]]> By: pushmonk http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1233028 pushmonk Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1233028 Song about the mimic octopus by Steve Burns (the guy from Blue's Clues) and Steven Drozd (the guy from the Flaming Lips). http://www.myspace.com/steveburnsstevendrozd/music/songs/mimic-octopus-secret-wizard-of-the-sea-44004782 Song about the mimic octopus by Steve Burns (the guy from Blue’s Clues) and Steven Drozd (the guy from the Flaming Lips).

http://www.myspace.com/steveburnsstevendrozd/music/songs/mimic-octopus-secret-wizard-of-the-sea-44004782

]]> By: travis http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1232998 travis Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1232998 interesting interesting

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1232997 miasm Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1232997 ...they appear to have developed an evolutionary strategy for auto-clone stamping. …they appear to have developed an evolutionary strategy for auto-clone stamping.

]]> By: jbum http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1232961 jbum Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1232961 Think I've seen this before... Think I’ve seen this before…

]]> By: Hugh Johnson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1232932 Hugh Johnson Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1232932 Chromatophores would be one of the best gene-hacks ever. Think about it... "Hey baby, check this out!" Chromatophores would be one of the best gene-hacks ever. Think about it…
“Hey baby, check this out!”

]]> By: dayna http://boingboing.net/2011/10/03/montage-of-awesome-cephalopod-camouflage-clips.html#comment-1232904 dayna Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121536#comment-1232904 Cephalopods, how do they work? Cephalopods, how do they work?

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