And to think the inspiration came from
a little octopus!
This cute
little octopus (although, technically, it's just got six legs, so... sextopus?)
Like when the last boss chomped you to pieces or when
the little octopus looking thing would pop off your head and take over your body.
I seem to have gone
a little octopus - crazy recently.
Beyond boring, traditional night lights,
this little octopus transforms any room into a dazzling starry night sky to help your little ones drift off to sleep.
Then they moved to tables, where some of them painted paper octopuses, while others gingerly smelled, touched, and then dangled
little octopuses from a local fish market.
And they mentioned something else:
Little octopuses had followed their crab lines to the surface, as if fleeing inhospitable conditions below.»
Not exact matches
from
little ones to the big craziest
octopus - shaped radish, and we are very proud of it.
He's only ever eaten baby
octopus though, and when he saw these huge
octopus tentacles, he was a
little put off.
Grilling adds smokiness and a
little crunchy texture to this delicious appetizer and reminds me of one of my favorite
octopus dishes at Mediterranean restaurants.
With so
little previously known about the larger Pacific striped
octopus, the team hopes to continue studying the dietary needs of newly - hatched planktonic larvae to develop a captive breeding protocol and learn more about the animal's full life cycle.
«Rare
octopus shocks scientists with unusual mating and reproductive strategies: Scientists publish first behavioral study of
little - known cephalopod, validating long - dismissed observations.»
A remarkable yet
little - known species of
octopus is once again exciting the cephalopod community with its surprisingly social behavior, unconventional mating and reproductive habits, unusual predatory behavior, and unique body patterns, most of which have never before been observed among
octopuses.
Little could I have imagined when I started this blog in November 2011 that there would be so much amazing
octopus research to cover — and so many wonderful readers.
An
octopus can stand tall on its arms, squeeze through a hole
little bigger than one of its eyes, become a streamlined missile or fold itself to fit into a jar.
Little is known about this
octopus, which can grow to be 4 metres long and weigh 75 kilograms.
Another
little - known species of deep - sea dumbo
octopus, the largest of which can reach 5 - feet in length.
Octopus love: Make room for a
little kink Apparently the
octopus, once believed to be the loner of the deep, is actually the ocean's resident fetishist.
The fact that this rough intimacy can be part of non-lethal intercourse shows just how
little we know about
octopuses.
Most female
octopuses are quite aggressive towards males, and most observed mating has involved males performing the task of inserting sperm into the female as quickly (and with as
little contact) as possible.
Perhaps with a
little more time (and a
little more science) we'll eventually figure out that age old question — are you really smarter than an
octopus?
How did the
octopus, a solitary creature with
little social life, become so smart?
I suppose it's partially due to the fact that
octopi produce very
little ink... What ink they DO make is watery and ill - suited for cooking, as well... That said, I've heard that the flavor is not at all repugnant, eh wot?
I appreciated the post-modernism tucked away in that
little scene, as the pair of them wonder if the shark /
octopus going around is a prop for a film crew, creating a brainless popcorn flick.
Or do a
little online research about
octopuses ahead of time so you can better explain this interesting animal to your students.
I spy with my
little eye... a giant
octopus!
With infectious enthusiasm, the team searches for
octopuses with their dens, so the scientists can study their personalities and diet, of which
little is known.
Two blue ringed
octopus, several leaf fishes, squids, a giant sponge crab and heaps and heaps of
little shrimps in one dive — almost impossible to top!
Just put a
little piece of shrimp,
octopus or conch shell on your hook with a 1/4 oz weight and you're good to go.
For those who want to try something a
little different, some of the tour operators also offer night time tours to the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve and are often treated to creatures not often seen during the day such as
octopus and on occasion Hammerhead sharks!
In the shallow areas be sure to keep your eyes open for peacock flounders,
octopus, needlefish and turtles or drop down a
little deeper over dense coral growth to see puffers, moray eels, parrot fish, lobsters, and even sea horses.
A regular hotspot for turtles, also keep your eyes peeled for rays,
little reef sharks, giant clams and the odd
octopus passing by not to mention the many species of colourful resident fish.
There is so much out there to discover: small
little funky looking creatures like ghost pipe fish, mantis shrimp, pygmy seahorse, blue ringed
octopus, frogfish and a wide variety of nudibranches.
«We were up close and personal with
octopus, eel, stingrays, sea turtles and all sorts of colorful fish in this
little gem of a country that's renowned for diving and snorkeling.»
This action platformer - centered around a strange
little girl, guardian
octopus and whimsical rabbit - certainly has a colourful premise, but unfortunately, the same can not be said for the mechanics.
Nathan Jurevicius has managed to carve himself a nice
little empire with Scarygirl, a multimedia project about a young girl who was abandoned in a swamp only to be rescued and befriended by an
octopus.
You fly jets in the game, shoot
little mind controlling
octopuses on people brains (if you pre-ordered it), bring a Helicopter to a gun fight or even call in a team of AI re-enforcements.
Here, DiBenedetto goes full William Baziotes — channeling the great under - sung Abstract Expressionist who specialized in fuzzy fields and mythological - like beings contained in fields of flushed color — and gives us great fiery paintings colonized by creatures and forms with effluvia, faces, feet, head dresses, and resemble oxidizing coral reefs of original vision, with
little hints of curving helicopter blades and mollusk - like
octopus legs.
Here's a bit of a longer video without sound, showing you a
little more of how the
octopus moves around with it's
little mobile home.
Related on TreeHugger: • Watch these amazing
octopuses stand up on two legs and run (video) • Deep sea scientists capture footage of «googly eyed» purple squid • Inky the
octopus escapes from aquarium through a drainpipe to the sea • This
little animal can potentially live forever
These
octopuses use specialized muscles to open and close
little sacs of pigment in their skin called chromatophores — and this
little guy was probably responding to the black tabletop beneath its tank.
You can't be the same man who drove to South Australia with me, shared the most orgasmic scallops in soy butter at Bridgewater Mill, ate slow - cooked
octopus together at Maggie Beer's Pheasant Farm, and filled my Mazda 121 with 12 boxes of South Australian wine, like it was a
little yellow Tardis.
We've got amazing flock lamps, beautiful embellished textural cushions and lots of animal — esque things that really make you smile and feel happy; like
octopus tealight holders and incredibly
little wall hooks.
This
little house was designed and painted by my 8 year old for Ollie (his
little stuffed
octopus.)
But, last time I was on vacation, I saw the cutest
little white
octopus that changed colors as he slid over the coral of the reef.
In this case it's this
little gold
octopus from HomeGoods.
I fondly recall post-work visits to a funky
little Italian place in Surry Hills for gnocchi gorgonzola; amazing meals on wine holidays in South Australia, including scallops in butter and soy at Bridgewater Mill and
octopus hotpot at Stephanie Alexander's lakeside restaurant in the Barossa Valley; and a glorious lunch beside the river during Fins infancy, marvelling over the Portuguese seafood stew.