Rich Ross

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Love, Octopus-ly – Science Friday covers the Secret Home Lab

From Science Friday

Full-time biologist—part-time cephalopod matchmaker, Richard Ross invites us into his secret home lab where he studies the mating rituals of the lesser Pacific striped Octopus.

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Tumblr answer time

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National Geographic Magazine – What’s Odd About That Octopus? It’s Mating Beak to Beak.

Penn’s Sunday School

This Week In Science – we talk about the larger pacific striped octopus

Discovery News: Understanding The Weird Anatomy Of An Octopus

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Octopus Ask Me Anything

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How male octopuses avoid being eaten by hungry females

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Collection, Transport and Husbandry of the Coconut Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, from the Philippines

2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition Summary

Look At That! Look At That! It’s Cephalopod Sunday! – Penn’s Sunday School

Designer Clownfish as feeder fish

A demanding pet with 8 legs and personality

Cephalopods – Octopuses and Cuttlefishes for the Home Aquarium

Rare Kissing Octopus Unveiled For the First Time

Larger Pacific Octopus coverage: SFChronicle, GiantCuttlefishSF Gate, Sci-News, Reef Builders, Advanced Aquarist

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Squid inseminates Korean Lady’s mouth

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Opportunistic mimicry by a Jawfish

Fascinating Flamboyants

Release the kraken?

Nerd Nite SF: “Boneless Sex: How Cephalopods Make Sweet, Sweet Love” by Richard Ross, 7/20/11

Coconut Octopus grows and opens jars

Commensal fish and Mimic Octopus? Science in action!

Mimic Octopus Cartoon

Sepia latimanus are 6 months old and flashing colors like adults

A video update of some cephalopods at the California Academy of Sciences including: hunting Coconut Octopus, mating Dwarf Cuttlefish, hunting hatchling Flamboyant Cuttlefish and feeding Broadclub cuttlefish.

Coconut Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, on display at Steinhart Aquarium

Things to think about before you buy a cephalopod

Diving on the Moon – Coconut Octopus and more

Sepia latimanus are about 3 months old

Packing and Shipping cephs

O. vulgaris hatchlings still alive and S. latimanus are cute

a bagillion little octo’s

Display, Husbandry and Breeding of Dwarf Cuttle, Sepia bandensis, at the California Academy of Sciences

Aquarium Invertebrates: Metasepia pfefferi – the aptly named Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Aquarium Invertebrates: Octopus chierchiae – The Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus

This is why an octopus is more awesome than your mom

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Small rare sea creature generates a lot of interest

Sepia bandensis: husbandry and breeding (from TFH)

The Ballet of the Wunderpus

Welcome Ceph Overlords – from UltraMarine

Wunderpus markings are unique and allow for photoidentificatio

Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Keeping and Breeding the dwarf cuttlefish Sepia bandensis

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Secret Home Lab on Adam Savage’s Tested

Adam Savage says nice things about Rich

Love, Octopus-ly – Science Friday covers the Secret Home Lab

Search for the Flapjack Octopus

Designer clownfish as feeder fish

Tumblr answer time

What Would Inky Think: Is It OK to Cage an Octopus?

National Geographic Magazine – What’s Odd About That Octopus? It’s Mating Beak to Beak.

Penn’s Sunday School

This Week In Science – we talk about the larger pacific striped octopus

Discovery News: Understanding The Weird Anatomy Of An Octopus

Cohabitating with an eight-legged bigfoot

Octopus Ask Me Anything

Science Friday: The Strangely Social Life of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

Behavior and Body Patterns of the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

Penn’s Sunday School: Octopodes and the Cephs, and Laws Make Weasels

How male octopuses avoid being eaten by hungry females

Social Octopus Species Shatters Beliefs About Ocean Dwellers

Collection, Transport and Husbandry of the Coconut Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, from the Philippines

2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition Summary

Look At That! Look At That! It’s Cephalopod Sunday! – Penn’s Sunday School

Designer Clownfish as feeder fish

A demanding pet with 8 legs and personality

Cephalopods – Octopuses and Cuttlefishes for the Home Aquarium

Rare Kissing Octopus Unveiled For the First Time

Larger Pacific Octopus coverage: SFChronicle, GiantCuttlefishSF Gate, Sci-News, Reef Builders, Advanced Aquarist

Penn’s Sunday School – Blow it out your squid funnel

Penn’s Sunday School – Who Is More Libertarian, Glenn Beck or a Colossal Squid?

Wonderful Wunderpus

Penn’s Sunday School – Squid Sperm and Gilbert Gottfried

Squid inseminates Korean Lady’s mouth

Penn’ Sunday School – Squid Sperm Sunday

Opportunistic mimicry by a Jawfish

Fascinating Flamboyants

Release the kraken?

Nerd Nite SF: “Boneless Sex: How Cephalopods Make Sweet, Sweet Love” by Richard Ross, 7/20/11

Coconut Octopus grows and opens jars

Commensal fish and Mimic Octopus? Science in action!

Mimic Octopus Cartoon

Sepia latimanus are 6 months old and flashing colors like adults

A video update of some cephalopods at the California Academy of Sciences including: hunting Coconut Octopus, mating Dwarf Cuttlefish, hunting hatchling Flamboyant Cuttlefish and feeding Broadclub cuttlefish.

Coconut Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, on display at Steinhart Aquarium

Things to think about before you buy a cephalopod

Diving on the Moon – Coconut Octopus and more

Sepia latimanus are about 3 months old

Packing and Shipping cephs

O. vulgaris hatchlings still alive and S. latimanus are cute

a bagillion little octo’s

Display, Husbandry and Breeding of Dwarf Cuttle, Sepia bandensis, at the California Academy of Sciences

Aquarium Invertebrates: Metasepia pfefferi – the aptly named Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Aquarium Invertebrates: Octopus chierchiae – The Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus

This is why an octopus is more awesome than your mom

More about cuttlefish at Steinhart (KQED Quest)

Small rare sea creature generates a lot of interest

Sepia bandensis: husbandry and breeding (from TFH)

The Ballet of the Wunderpus

Welcome Ceph Overlords – from UltraMarine

Wunderpus markings are unique and allow for photoidentificatio

Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Keeping and Breeding the dwarf cuttlefish Sepia bandensis