You might (or might not) know by now that I’m a HUGE cephalopod fan. I’m fascinated by these super-intelligent gorgeous aliens on earth. (I probably wouldn’t be all that surprised … Continue readingCephalopod spotlight: The flamboyant cuttlefish lives up to it’s name
Sometimes YouTube coughs up an old, but lovely, video that has somehow managed to escape my notice for years. Such was the case today when I stumbled across this underwater … Continue readingBeautiful octopus ballet is…well…beautiful…
If you’ve visited Skyblue-pink before you probably know that there are a couple things I obsess over just a bit. (And by a bit I do, of course, mean a … Continue readingThe magic of octopus camouflage…
…Meg Lyman for her unimaginably fabulous re-imagining of Jacques-Louis David’s classic painting, “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” … Continue readingAnd today’s stumble across it octopus illustration love goes to…
I mean it’s not like this octopus-out-of-water thing is actually anything new. Apparently, according to octopus owners, ventures outside of the tank are not that uncommon of a battle to … Continue readingSo apparently octopuses hanging out outside of water is a new “thing”…
I’m so in love with this story I could practically explode.
According to paleontologist Mark McMenamin from Mount Holyoke College not only is their a very real possibility that the mythological kraken once DID roam the seas, but at least one of the cephalopods may have even been self aware enough to have actually created the earliest known self portrait. … Continue readingKrakens not only were real they might have been artists!