Heres something you don’t see everyday, an octopus with 85 tentacles! It’s very uncommon to find octopi with more than 8 tentacles, which makes this creature extremely rare.
If that doesn’t impress you, how about one with 96 tentacles?
via Pink Tenticle
In September 2004, off the shores of Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, local scientists captured the first ever recorded images of a live Giant Squid (Architeuthis). Scientists used Sperm Whales, known predators of the giant squid, as their guides for pinpointing areas where the giant squid may reside. Previously, scientists have only been able to study carcasses of giant squids that washed up on shore or were caught by fishermen.
Scientists attracted the 25 feet (8 meters) long Cephalopod with a baited fishing line at depth 2,950 feet (900 meters). Along with a tentacle that was severed during the squids fight to free itself from the line the sequence of images offer a great deal of information on the behaviour of these behemoths. According to scientists if the tentacle was not severed at the base, as they believe, the squid could have been significantly longer than estimated.
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Clive Mathias (6 hours 54 minutes)I’m sworn to secrecy! (ginger oath)
Jonathon Marshall (8 hours 16 minutes)Indeed. I will definitely be throwing some of these this year!
Jonathon Marshall (8 hours 16 minutes)cbiegel, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it mid-season.
cbiegel (8 hours 26 minutes)I’ve got that floro on two of my reels this season.
cbiegel (8 hours 27 minutes)Those look great and are set at a much more reasonable price point than most swimbaits.
Stephen (8 hours 38 minutes)I really wish I could be there. Can’t wait for more posts!
chris (19 hours 14 minutes)me: “That is one ugly monkey!’ him: ‘Its a fish.’ me: ‘I was talking to the fish.’
Jonathon Marshall (19 hours 19 minutes)How did you kiss her with your back? This must be some strange ginger mating ritual..
Clive Mathias (19 hours 40 minutes)Thats what happens after too many beer, you don’t know front from back!
Jonathon Marshall (19 hours 51 minutes)“she actually kissed my back!” She kissed your back eh?
