Nerd Nite SF: “Boneless Sex: How Cephalopods Make Sweet, Sweet Love” by Richard Ross, 7/20/11
From SF Nerd Nite http://vimeo.com/28031082 “Boneless Sex: How Cephalopods Make Sweet, Sweet Love” by Richard Ross Octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus, and squid are not just smart, not just masters of camouflage, but also masters of reproduction! This talk, which amounts to ceph porn, is packed with dirty pictures and dirty video of your favorite 8-armed animals […]
Coconut Octopus grows and opens jars
http://vimeo.com/28020083 In the three months since we put an Amphiocotpus marginatus we collected in the Philippines on display at the Steinhart Aquarium, the octopus, named Fontenelle, has been engaging visitors to the aquarium. Fontenelle is in plain sight 95% of the time, often in interesting ‘lookout’ poses, playing with toy squid and toy octopus, or […]
Commensal fish and Mimic Octopus? Science in action!
From Advanced Aquarist blog and TONMO Last week Godehard Kopp posted the video above of a Mimic Octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus, and an un identifiable fish swimming amongst its arms at the divesite Jahir in the famous muck diving area of Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi Indonesia (the video of the octopus and fish starts at about. :44). Kopp followed the […]
Mimic Octopus Cartoon
From xkcd
Sepia latimanus are 6 months old and flashing colors like adults
From TONMO and Reefbuilders http://vimeo.com/26347872 The Sepia latimanus, the broad club cuttlefish, at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences are six months old and are really starting to show the behaviors of adults. Sometimes known as the Giant Cuttlefish, S. latimanus is reported to reach 50cm in length and weigh up to 10kg (though […]