Ever found yourself wondering what an invisible cephalopod looks like?

[poprock]

Pretty amazing. I wouldn’t seriously say that cephalopods are smarter than we are, but your average wee squid or octopus is at least as intelligent as a cat, maybe even a chimp when you’re talking about the larger species. Once you get to the giant scale, who knows how smart the fuckers could be?

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by poprock

Pretty amazing. I wouldn’t seriously say that cephalopods are smarter than we are, but your average wee squid or octopus is at least as intelligent as a cat, maybe even a chimp when you’re talking about the larger species. Once you get to the giant scale, who knows how smart the fuckers could be?

They don't have a brain, which is weird.

[poprock]

Did you know that they have giant nerve fibres, too? The axon of an average squid is 1,000x wider than that of a human. That’s why neuroscientists use squid for their experiments—much less fiddly to work with.

Basically, electrical signals pass through a squid’s nervous system many, many times faster than ours do.

[Frankie LiDeo]

Yes.

Middle-class white kids with dreads don a blanket and, insisting on being considered a traveller rather than a tourist, 'venture off the beaten track... see the parts of Bangkok no-one else goes to' in order to find themselves.

Wondering what an invisible cephalopod looks like works for me.

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by poprock

Did you know that they have giant nerve fibres, too? The axon of an average squid is 1,000x wider than that of a human. That’s why neuroscientists use squid for their experiments—much less fiddly to work with.

Basically, electrical signals pass through a squid’s nervous system many, many times faster than ours do.

The squid giant axon. Do you know how many times this is mentioned during an physiology course? Sick of hearing about the fuckers. Electrophysiologists really get off on the giant axon.

[Will_Couper]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Electrophysiologists really get off on the giant axon.

Kinky bastards.





Will

[Bunnylingus]

God, that video was terrifying!

Did they ever find out why the octopus did it? Its not like they eat them is it?

[Dyno]

Originally Posted by Bunnylingus

God, that video was terrifying!

Did they ever find out why the octopus did it? Its not like they eat them is it?

Uhm...I would imagine that the thing ate them.

[Bunnylingus]

Well, Poprock said they found the dead sharks, which is why I figured it wasnt eating them.

[poprock]

It didn’t eat them, no. It was in captivity and well fed. My theory is that it knew sharks could be dangerous and was trying to minimize risk to itself by eliminate the perceived threat. Either that or it was simply territorial.

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by poprock

It didn’t eat them, no. It was in captivity and well fed. My theory is that it knew sharks could be dangerous and was trying to minimize risk to itself by eliminate the perceived threat. Either that or it was simply territorial.

Or fucking crazy.
Maybe it was just a lunatic. The Michael Ryan of betentacled sea-dwelling creatures.

[poprock]

That’s another strong possibility. Living in captivity drove the thing apeshit. It had impulse control and anger management issues. Plus those feckin’ sharks kept lookin’ at it funny.

[cinamon*spider*]

Originally Posted by faerie_child

he works in the aquaculture dept in stirling uni. they had a room full of tanks of fish and one tank with a squid in it. end of the day came, denny locked everything up and went home. arrived the next day to find all the fish gone and one very fat, very happy squid. it had broken out of its own tank, into every other tank in the room (there were loads) and eaten all the fish, then got back into its tank. but it had done it in such a way that it didn't look as if had left the tank, it looked like the fish had all been beamed up by aliens or something.

how the hell did it go from tank to tank?! jump?

[Largest of Gregs]

Originally Posted by poprock

It didn’t eat them, no.

hmm, the video did say they found shark carcuses

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by cinamon*spider*

how the hell did it go from tank to tank?! jump?

Teleported. They can do that.