when I "go to there" I want to go in this
The second one in the lineup is what I take to get to here. And if the title makes no sense, try saying it out loud while imagining what I’m drinking while being driven around in that.
pacific tree octopus blossoms by liz wolfe
We’ve previously covered the tragic decline of the noble Pacific Tree Octopus, once a monarch of the temperate rainforest, now sadly reduced to a furtive, shadowy band of cedar-crawling hobos, frantically fleeing from chainsaw-wielding lumberjacks. In this shocking image, Artist Liz Wolfe has managed to capture a cluster of them in mid-orgy. Never before have the cavortings of the Pacific Tree Octopus been captured on film. Truly a breathtaking sight.
And, for those of you looking for something a little earthier, here is a video of two octopuses having sex, from the Vancouver Aquarium.
From the notes:
Within minutes of introducing the male to a female octopus – sex happened… The whole process took roughly four hours.
Four hours? No wonder he got lucky so fast!
Bored Collie is bored
Yes, border collies do it better, no matter what “it” is. Proof: this border collie plays Yahtzee better than you. Let’s see a Chihuahua top that!
Afghani kids play in the Kart e Sakhi cemetery
And now, a little something from the Wayback Machine: a 1928 film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher.
snot that important, really
So apparently the Snot Otter, aka Hellbender aka Devil Dog is endangered. “Very little reproduction has taken place in recent years.” Well, looking at one, I can believe it; he’s totally let himself go. Get that salamander to a gym, give him a good skin care routine and equip him with a few dance moves and next stop: PlentyOfFish!
This was an addendum to a research post about hipsters linked to by Gawker, but thank god for once I read right to the bottom. It is possibly the most interesting research notation I’ve read since the Journal of Irreproducible Results posted the Psychology of the Necronaut.
From Miller-McCune Magazine:
“Dr. Agnew and Dr. Carleton’s expertise and equipment were invaluable in helping us validate and document the results of our initial cryopreservation trials with the hellbender semen.” — Sally Nofs of the Nashville Zoo, on efforts to develop conservation techniques to sample and freeze sperm from the last surviving hellbender salamanders — the largest kind in North America — which are also affectionately known as “snot otters” or “devil dogs.” Note: We made none of this up.
I believe you.
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