Comments on: Celebrate Cephalopod Awareness Days!

By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:03:00 +0000

More qwantz, please!

By: semiotix

semiotix — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:28:00 +0000

These are cuttlefish. They appeared around the same time as sharks, 400 million years ago.

To clarify, they’re not saying cuttlefish evolved into their present form 400 million years ago. They’re saying that the cuttlefish on the screen are the mysterious and presumably alien life forms that came to our planet then.

I, for one, welcome our nigh-invulnerable shapeshifting overlords, and would like to remind them that as a trusted internet commenter, I can be useful in helping round up other humans.

By: Johnny Farnen

Johnny Farnen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000

C”thu’lhu for President!

By: Stephen Schenck

Stephen Schenck — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:12:00 +0000

What, no raccoons?

By: Incipient Madness

Incipient Madness — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Uploading the Greek titled edition without the Greek dub was the only way to avoid a DMCA takedown.

Just a guess.

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:43:00 +0000

Cuttlefish bone walks into a bar …ZAP!
Ouch. I had no idea the new site design had added electrical enforcement measures. Next time, I’ll play by the rules.

On topic: I know a guy that started breeding cuttlefish in home aquaria about 6 or 7 years ago, to some success. Most of the experts told him he was crazy. The biggest challenge, like many marine animals, is providing the right food source for the larval and juvenile stages. It’s not that uncommon anymore. Like their octopus cousins, they live, reproduce and die in a year or two. It’s like having an interplanetary visitor stay with you for an extended vacation. Personally, I prefer visiting them, though, even though you don’t get as much quality time with them.

By: Nash Rambler

Nash Rambler — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:36:00 +0000

I must call “bait-and-switch” here. If you show me a shot of a Youtube video with a cuttlefish over a checkerboard pattern, comment on cuttlefish being “famous for their ability to produce moving patterns on their own skin,” I’m going to want to see some checkerboard cuttlefish.

Which I don’t get. No, a crude reproduction of a couple white squares doesn’t count.Now, I’m not too upset, because the video was cool and informative, and I am better for having seen it. However, I lump such shenanigans in the same category as that doctor who told me I could have as much ice cream as I could eat after my tonsilectomy.

By: Hugh Johnson

Hugh Johnson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:10:00 +0000

The color changing and moving patterns on your skin would be the best attribute to transplant to humans, no?
“Hey baby, check this out!”

Yowza.

By: Steve Collins

Steve Collins — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:07:00 +0000

Oh man, cuttlefish are some freakin’ sweet! Also, what’s with the Greek titles, but English narrative and English-speaking talking heads?

By: Marya

Marya — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:07:00 +0000

Oh, FTLOG— I didn’t know, and went and bought squid for dinner!

By: mmrtnt

mmrtnt — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Cephalopods you say?

Got ‘em, says I.

(Or at least a tentacle or two)

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:02:00 +0000

Hooray for cephalopods!