very revealing article on octopi - worth an unrushed read.

[dale]

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

(and a video of an octopus crawling out of the water and taking a stroll
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/video-octopus-crawls-water-walks-dry-land-150510810.html)

[Donna]

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

(and a video of an octopus crawling out of the water and taking a stroll
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/video-octopus-crawls-water-walks-dry-land-150510810.html)

Now "THAT"S wild! Thanks.

[Patti from Kentucky]

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

(and a video of an octopus crawling out of the water and taking a stroll
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/video-octopus-crawls-water-walks-dry-land-150510810.html)

I pulled the article to a new tab that I can read when I am unrushed (after Thanksgiving dinner number 2 today)...but the video was way cool.

[dale]

...but the video was way cool.

you want way cool? check out this video which includes the most astounding morphs and camouflage moves

Octopus camouflage

or this quickie:

The Octopus and the Beer Bottle

[Annette]

Amazing videos! 

[Wing Goose]

What a great article!  I was not going to read all of it ('cause I thought it was too long).  But before I knew it I had finished the article. It was a great read. I have a new healthy respect for octopus (pi?).

                                   
                                                      Lola

[Kris G.]

Great article and video!

[Patti from Kentucky]

Hmmm...a scene from one of those videos was featured in Science Friday's video pick of the week some time ago...it's rare that a video from Science Friday goes viral, but that one did (or perhaps I just have geeky friends, but more than one of my facebook friends posted it).

Here's the Science Friday version:
http://sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10397

[dale]

Hmmm...a scene from one of those videos was featured in Science Friday's video pick of the week

incredible. thanks!

[Tokira]

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6474

(and a video of an octopus crawling out of the water and taking a stroll
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/video-octopus-crawls-water-walks-dry-land-150510810.html)

Well there went a quick hour...  Fascinating creatures!
Carol
WV

[dale]

Well there went a quick hour...

and another; there's a follow-up article on the author's observations of the octopus that succeeded Athena:
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/newsfrom187/entry/6591/

She has also written a book about the New Zealand Kakapo, titled, "Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot"