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Here’s something a little different and a bit astonishing • Researchers have been exploring the Phoenix Islands Archipelago, also known as Rawaki.
On one dive in particular, the team spotted an extremely rare, clear animal known as a glass octopus. The octopus was spotted at 651 meters (2132 feet) at a seamount in the Winslow reef complex on Tokelau Ridge. They’re not a huge creature, reaching 18 inches from tip of the mantle to the tips of the tentacles. It’s one of the least studied cephalopods in the world.
Same thing happened in my city. Ironically, it was a white asshole kid - I’m guessing one of the Anarchists who happily show up to any conflict - and it was two black protestors who stopped him and took away the skateboard he was about to lay out against the back of the officer’s head. Yeah, that “Police Lives Matter!” chant from the Nazis is cruel and ironic at this point.
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My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.
A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…
OH MY GOD
I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour and we walked past the octopus tank and it was duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was like. “Well, we had a problem before because these fish were disappearing randomly at night and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus had memorised the night guards rounds and would creep out of its tank, crawl across the floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be back in its own tank with the lid shut before the guard came back.” they are super smart
I love octopuses so, so much.
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I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
Once I went to the aquarium where they had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone there to work on a few real life sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and started sketching. The octopus didn’t mind, he sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing. I don’t know how other to explain it but he started curlung his tentacles in this really graceful way then wouldn’t move for a few minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Also in my Soviet history class we’re reading the diaries of this teenage girl growing up in the 1930s during the height of Stalinist terror and it just strikes me how like…all teenage girls are exactly the same. No matter what time no matter what culture. I understand her because I am her
“Yesterday is heavy. Put it down” - an anonymous six word story
And let it go
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As a thank you, I want to do another art giveaway. This time it’ll be at least 3 original drawings from my sketchbook:
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