http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwOi7HpHtQ These videos are old news, but well worth revisiting in my opinion. Today I bring you True Facts about Cephalopods, courtesy of one of my favorite voices of nature education (second only to Sir David Attenborough), Ze Frank....
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Monday Archives: Is the “Floppy Floppy Spider of the Sea” Too Smart For Consumption?
Hold on there, Cowboy, put down your fork/chopsticks/fingers (I know you eat with your fingers, you animal) and let's really mull over the cephalopod we're about to consume. Sure, it's pretty damn delicious. Tender, mild and delicious fried - just don't over cook it,...
Monday Archives: This Is Why I Love Technology – The Reactive Reef Project
One of many reasons, that is. Somewhere around Ofu Island in American Samoa, during the torrid days of the 2013 summer, an interdisciplinary coral reef imaging and mapping project was underway. The results were striking. Vivid, gorgeous panoramic images of what...
Monday Archives: What a Trooper – Octopus Broods Eggs for Record 4 1/2 Years Before Dying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFCQltYMLQk The Monterey Bay Aquarium published a paper to the Public Library of Science on Wednesday detailing their findings of a deep sea female Graneledone boreopacifica octopus found with a clutch of eggs in May of 2007....
Monday Archives: “Spineless” – Susan Middleton Delivers Painstakingly Intimate Imagery of Marine Invertebrates
No, this isn't an Idiot's Guide to the Coward. In her new book, 'Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, The Backbone of Life', San Francisco based photographer Susan Middleton captures more than 250 photographs of the fragile critters across the Pacific...
Monday Archives: The Most Tragically Unlucky Sex Lives of the Deep
Being that it's the eve of the oh-so-wonderful holiday filled with gushy romance and flowers and chocolate that is Valentine's Day, and this eve is falling on the most unluckiest of days (according to western superstition) that is Friday the 13th, why not relish in...
Monday Archives: Light The Way For Me, Beautiful
So this lovely creature crawled onto my Facebook feed tonight and I immediately had to have it! Aside from my love of the incredible octopus, I have an affinity for all things beautiful, and the fine detailing on the piece doesn't disappoint. His adorable little arms...
Monday Archives: Life After Death In The Deep
Ever wonder what would happen to your corpse if you were submerged roughly 300 feet under the sea? Yea, me neither. Keeping with my spooky theme in anticipation of Halloween, I bring to you a cadaverous investigation of carcass decomposition. While there's a decent...
Monday Archives: Reefs In Art: Incredible Human Canvas Edition
It's really astounding how much time, patience and talent goes into this sort of work on all sides. The artist, the models, the photographer. It looks excruciatingly tedious for everyone involved. Body artist Emma Fay, commended for her dedication to detail in these...
Monday Archives: Reefs In Art: Exhibition For Octopuses
No, that's not a typo. This is an accumulation of art put together by Brighton Sea Life Centre with the intent of entertaining and stimulating the ever-curious, brilliant mind of their resident octopuses. Displayed in five tanks, the art is designed to play into their...