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Members of the Octopod family that won't cause carnage...


HerNameIsBuffy

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I made a comment in response to @Maggie Mae on my last post detailing some of the horrors of the giant squid.  Those who know me weren't surprised - I work those facts into a surprising number of conversations.

But there are adorable members of the octopod family that would never eat you alive.  Let's meet them...

The Dumbo Octopus

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Most species are 20-30 cm (7.9-12 in) length. The largest Dumbo octopus was 1.8 m (6 ft 32in) length and weighed in 5.9 kg (13 lb)

Their penises grow out of one of their arms

The Piglet Squid

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The average size of adult  is 100 mm (3.9 in)

  • [mating] between the male and female squid doesn't last long, it takes around 15 seconds.
  • The males long arms carry packets of sperm
  • These squids prefer to spawn in groups.

I wouldn't think 15 seconds of sweet fellowship would warrant going to the trouble of assembling a group...but then they don't judge my proclivities so I'll extend them the same courtesy.

Someone should look into making these guys little tote bags - it's gotta be rough hauling those sperm packets around in their arms all the time.

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HerNameIsBuffy

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Just now, Curious said:

You scare me.  That is all

I'm here to teach.

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HerNameIsBuffy

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I'm sorry you view the physical expression of love shared between squid (or groups thereof) as disturbing.  I find it a beautiful and sacred act. 

 

 

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Myrtille

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I love octopii! Even the big ones! :) There's another adorable member of the octopus family you forgot: the pac-man ghost octopus (not sure that is its common name, or even if it has one, but that's what it looks like and how I remember it). It's tiny and so cute that the proposed scientific name has "adorable" in it (Opisthoteuthis adorabilis).

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HerNameIsBuffy

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3 hours ago, Myrtille said:

I love octopii! Even the big ones! :) There's another adorable member of the octopus family you forgot: the pac-man ghost octopus (not sure that is its common name, or even if it has one, but that's what it looks like and how I remember it). It's tiny and so cute that the proposed scientific name has "adorable" in it (Opisthoteuthis adorabilis).

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That is so,e cuteness right there!

4 minutes ago, blessalessi said:

Shouldn't a Dumbo Octopus have bigger ears?

No, because they don't have to fly.  

 

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blessalessi

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Your blog is the only one where I keep scrolling down the page and fail to notice that the blog comments have ended and the forum posts are now being previewed.  Because: joyful randomness. 

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HerNameIsBuffy

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7 minutes ago, blessalessi said:

Your blog is the only one where I keep scrolling down the page and fail to notice that the blog comments have ended and the forum posts are now being previewed.  Because: joyful randomness. 

When stuff starts making sense or is even remotely topical you know you've wandered off my blog.

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clueliss

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you have also wandered away from Buffy's blog when the meme's end.  

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HerNameIsBuffy

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5 minutes ago, clueliss said:

you have also wandered away from Buffy's blog when the meme's end.  

Usually - but yesterday all text because feeling super intellectual.  That's over now...

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Grimalkin

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      My son used to check out the same book about giant squids week after week from the library. It was one of those easy reader books.I read the damn thing to him every night for months. They never mentioned giant penises though.

        Did you know that octopus are quite smart? I read an account of an octopus at a lab that would squirt water at the same person every time they saw her. She left for two years and when she came back to visit the octopus recognized her and squirted her again.

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