Woohoo, if I were in Second Life, I’d be rich. I’ve gotten virtual hugs (*raises eyebrow*), virtual booze, and virtual cephalopods galore.
As faithful readers of the ol’ raincoaster blog know, we’re all about the cephalopods. Sometimes, however, we are torn: are we more octapussian or more squidilicious? Oh, how to decide, how to decide…
But now, thanks to some intrepid and possibly-mad scientists off Hawaii (their big project is vacuuming up random animals from the deeps) and the hard legwork of Frontier Former Editor, I can have the best of both worlds! Presenting the Squidoctopus/Octosquid! Ain’t she a beauty?
It’s a squid, it’s an octopus, it’s … a mystery from the deep.
What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahole Point on the Big Island remains unidentified today and could possibly be a new species, said local biologists.
The specimen was found caught in a filter in one of Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority’s deep-sea water pipelines last week. The pipeline, which runs 3,000 feet deep, sucks up cold, deep-sea water for the tenants of the natural energy lab…“It’s a beautiful squid. It’s a gorgeous ruby red color,” Kelley said. “We really enjoy these little mysteries that come up.”
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Why, it’s half eight-armed deep sea creature and half . . . . eight-armed deep sea creature!
Eight armed and two tentacled!
it’s pretty..it’s scary…it’s pretty damn scary!
Sign up for Second Life, Rain.
My name is Sloe Whorfin.
Happy Birthday, old girl!
I would sing but I like you so………..
Phoebs
Oh, yeah . . . happy birthday
She’s a hot looking little number, for sure. ;)
For you, Raincoaster:
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070711/2007_07_11t021018_450x338_us_australia_squid.jpg?x=380&y=285&sig=dhNXdm8.pm8NUcxxHlEX7A–
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070711/sc_nm/australia_squid_dc
Imagine what this will do to the world of fried calamari . . .
~m
Second Life? I’m still working on my first one. I might do it, might not. no promises. Thanks for the invite anyway.
Phoebie, thanks for dropping by. One day I’ll figure out how to do MSN on my new compy and we’ll chat.
TT, she’s got the pins eh?
~m, perish the thought. In raincoasterland, Calamari eats YOU!
I shall look forward to catching up.
Make sure you have plenty of time for tales from Nutter central. : )
Phoebs
Sounds fun. Give me till the end of the weekend at least.