Posts tagged octopus.

An oldie, but by far one of the best TEDs ever recorded. At 5 minutes, the speaker doesn’t pontificate condescendingly, wear weird adornments to draw attention, or abuse dramatic pause. He gets to his points and dazzles the audience with the ocean’s magnificence. It’s the only TED (I recall) that ends with a standing ovation.

Our planet is fantastic.

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Underwater Astonishments

#oceans  #TED  #video  #animals  #octopus  #bioluminescence  #biomimicry  #squid  #behavior  #environment  
∞  01/17/13 at 02:49pm via insteadofwatchingtv
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“This photo comes from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It show a school (?) of nautiluses devouring some chicken. Allen owns a large yacht called the Octopus, which has a couple of ROVs on board. This photo was taken by one of the ROVs at a depth of 876 feet, near the Pacific island of Palau.” Cool shot of very focused Nautiluses munching on chicken seen from Octopus ROV at a depth of 876 feet off Palau. http://pic.twitter.com/8l33KOxY Via BoingBoing HIGH RES

“This photo comes from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It show a school (?) of nautiluses devouring some chicken. Allen owns a large yacht called the Octopus, which has a couple of ROVs on board. This photo was taken by one of the ROVs at a depth of 876 feet, near the Pacific island of Palau.”

Cool shot of very focused Nautiluses munching on chicken seen from Octopus ROV at a depth of 876 feet off Palau. http://pic.twitter.com/8l33KOxY

Via BoingBoing

#paul allen  #nautilus  #palau  #octopus  #yacht  #diving  #scuba  #microsoft  #chicken  #feeding frenzy  #pacific islands  
∞  04/01/12 at 05:07pm via twitter.com
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Cool video of an octopus walking on land. Definitely mute the sound though.

#octopus  #video  #braiker  #ocean  #habitat  
∞  11/22/11 at 12:38pm via braiker
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