Bomb in a Squid
In China hat man eine Bombe in einem Tintenfisch gefunden. Das ist die Rache für Calamari, die Verspeisung lebender Kopffüßler und Paul the psychic Octopus.
The squid, which was itself more than three feet-long, was caught in the shallow waters off Guangdong province, China, and taken to the fish market in Jiaoling county. […] “Perhaps he thought the bomb was his favourite food and gulped it down. He certainly had a big belly when he was caught,” he added.
The bomb weighed around three pounds and was shaped like an aubergine. Local police suggested it might have been dropped by a fighter jet but did not date it. Mr Huang said the police had arrived promptly after he called an emergency number and that they had taken it away and performed a controlled explosion.
Live bomb found in squid (via Reddit, Bild via Shutterstock)
My little Cephalopod

Twilight Sparkle und seine little Ponys als Kopffüßer von Deviant-Artist Mimblex. Macht mich sponton drölfmal mehr an, als bunte Pferde, but that’s just me. (via Neatorama)
Cypress Hill played through colorchanging Squid-Skin
Dailymotion Direkt, via Boing Boing
Die Backyard Brains haben ihren iPod an die Flosse eines Kalmars angeschlossen und Cypress Hills „Insane in the Membrane“ durchgejagt, das Ergebnis ist ein Tintenfisch-Graphic-Equalizer, im Video oben sieht man die Pigment-Zellen des Squids unter einem Mikroskop. Insane!

During experiments on the giant axons of the Longfin Inshore Squid (loligo pealei) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA; we were fascinated by the fast color-changing nature of the squid’s skin. Squids (like many other cephalopods) can quickly control pigmented cells called chromatophores to reflect light. The Longfin Inshore has 3 different chromatophore colors: Brown, Red, and Yellow. Each chromatophore has tiny muscles along the circumference of the cell that can contract to reveal the pigment underneath.
We tested our cockroach leg stimulus protocol on the squid’s chromatophores. We used a suction electrode to attach to the squid’s fin nerve, then connected the electrode to an iPod nano as our stimulator. The results were both interesting and beautiful.
Woman gets pregnant with Baby-Squid from eating Calamari
Eine Dame in Korea hat in ihrem Mund 12 Babykraken geboren, nachdem sie eine Portion Calamari gegessen hat. Die Originalquelle ist die Daily Mail, das Paper im National Center for Biotechnology Information gibt es allerdings wirklich und hat ‘nen tollen Namen: Penetration of the oral mucosa by parasite-like sperm bags of squid: a case report in a Korean woman. Jetzt hab’ ich Hunger (tatsächlich).
A 63-year-old woman became ‘pregnant’ with 12 baby squid after eating calamari, according to a claim in a bio-tech report. The real-life ‘octo-mum’, from South Korea, was eating a portion of cooked whole squid when she felt a sharp pain in her mouth. The bizarre claim has been made in a scientific paper from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland. The lady told doctors that she could feel something in her mouth which they described as ‘bug-like organisms’.
When examined, the doctors found ‘baby cephalopods’ attached to her mouth. These are small pods, covered in a cement-like material to make them stick. Inside the pods is an ‘ejaculatory apparatus’ and sperm – with the apparatus expelling the sperm quite forcefully. After the victim of the ‘attack’ was hospitalised, doctors removed the baby cephalopods from her gums, tongue and cheek. It was only then that the pods were formally identified as ‘squid spermatophores.’ The Center’s paper says: ‘She did not swallow the portion, but spat it out immediately.
Woman, 63, ‘becomes PREGNANT in the mouth’ with baby squid after eating calamari (via Arbroath)
Gentlemans Tentacle Scarf

Chocolate Milk Squid Scarf: „A gentleman’s squidscot. Or would you call it a hen-tie?“ (via Lovecraftsman)
Paul the psychic Octopus predicts a Geekwars-Winner

Paul, the psychic Octopus, hat nach einer sekundenlangen Sitzung endlich den Gewinner des jahrzehntelangen Streits zwischen Trekkies und Jedis ermittelt. Binnen einiger Sekundenbruchteile entschied sich der mächtigte Paul für Lichtschwerter und die coolere Seite der Nerds, mampfte ein paar Midichlorianermuscheln und zeigte den enttäuschten 7of9-Fans in roten Deadshirts den mittleren Saugnapf. So sieht das aus.
Five More Rivalries We Need Paul the Psychic Octopus to Settle
Octopus Jewelry

Im Etsyshop OctopusMe gibt’s haufenweise Tentakelschmuck und da ich Cthulhus Kinder ja nach wie vor liebe, überlege ich tatsächlich ernsthaft, mir obigen Ring zuzulegen. Ist zwar nicht billig, aber handgemacht und dafür wiederum nicht zu teuer. Hmm.
Octopus Interference

Time and Space and Mathematics brainfucked by Paul, the psychic Octopus, in the Year 2010. w00t! (via Reddit)
Related: Angelika Express verschenken ihren (alten) Track „Paul muss sterben“. (Alles Spaß, Paul. Da musste jetzt durch, oller Kopffüßler, selber schuld.)
Spanish Braised Octopus in Paprika Sauce
Aus gegebenem Anlaß hier das Rezept für geschmorten Oktopus spanischer Art in Paprikasauce.
When the octopus is tender and still warm, cut into chunks, put into a large bowl and toss with the sauce. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into the bowl and toss to combine.
Serve warm or at room temperature with slices of lemon.
Paul, the psychic Octopus, predicts… SPAIN!
(Youtube Direktpaul, via Printmonster)

Paul, der Krake, hat in einem Anflug von Blindheit einen Sieg von Spanien im morgigen Halbfinale vorausgesagt. Ich gehe schwer von Korruption (womit besticht man einen Kraken eigentlich am besten? Mit Rubiks Cubes?) oder Drogen aus, jedenfalls: FUCK!
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Paul, the psychic Octopus, predicts Germany victory over Argentinia
Paul, the psychic Octopus, predicts Germany victory over England
Space and Time and Mathematics sez: „Deutschland wird Weltmeister“
Octopus Chandeliers

Die Octopus Chandeliers von Adam Wallacavage sind wohl die einzigen ihrer Art, die ich mir so in die Bude hängen würde. Also: Kronleuchter meine ich, Octopusse kommen mir ja sowieso in allen Farben und Formen ins Haus. (Und wer keine Lust auf Wallacavages [was ist das überhaupt für ein Name? Wallacavage! Jeez…] nervige Flashsite hat: Honki hat sich ein paar der Bilder für eine kleine Galerie abgegriffen.)
Paul, the psychic Octopus, predicts Germany victory over England
(Youtube Direktpaul, via Geekosystem)
Wenn ein Hellseher-Kraken einen Sieg über England voraussagt, kann ja nix mehr schief gehen, würde ich mal behaupten. Snip von BBC:
A “psychic” octopus is said by its aquarium owners to have predicted the country’s football team will knock England out of the World Cup.
When consulted, Paul the octopus chose a mussel from a jar with the German flag on it ahead of one in a similar jar bearing the cross of St George.
The two-year-old cephalopod has a record of predicting past German results in this manner, his owners say.
Paul has so far correctly predicted all of Germany’s results in South Africa.
Kraken Prints

Martin verkauft diese sehr schönen Siebdrucke seiner Kraken-Illu. Die sind mit 80 Euro nicht ganz billig, dafür aber handgemacht: „Handgedruckt aus drei Sieben auf Werkdruckpapier (140g/qm, ca. 30 x 80 cm) in zwei Farbvarianten (orange/rot) mit einer Auflage von jeweils 14 Stück, signiert und nummeriert.“
Octocam!

Das Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport hat seinem Octopus Tank eine Webcam verpasst und jetzt kann man 24 Stunden am Tag Octopussys Garden beobachten. Ich bin sowas von süchtig.
An icon and celebrity of the central Oregon coast – albeit a rather slimy, freaky one – is now a bit more famous as it shows up live on a computer near you.
Everyone who’s ever been to the Hatfield remembers him. And now they can check him out 24 hours a day.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport just opened its octopus tank to the world by streaming live video of their giant Pacific Octopus – seen at http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/visitor/octocam
There are two web cams being utilized: one is outside the tank and slightly above, and the other inside. Their famed resident cephalopod can be seen interacting with tank mates and visitors to the center peering in. The funky feature skirts in and out of various nooks and crannies in the tank, sometimes disappearing out of view of the camera for a time. There is an addictive quality to this, as you see this remarkable creature curl up into strange shapes and wander around his habitat. You definitely wonder what’s on his mind.
OctoCam! (via Everything Octopus)
Octopus klaut eine Kamera und dreht damit ‘nen Film
(Vimeo Direkttentacles, via Doobybrain)
Ich glaube ja, Octopi sind tatsächlich ziemliche Arschgeigen. Ich hatte mal hier irgendwo eine Story von einem Octopus namens Otto (kein Scheiß), der das Licht im Aquarium ausgeschossen hat und auch sonst nur Bockmist baute, und zwar weil es ihm zu hell war. Arschloch.
Und jetzt das hier: Ein Octopus findet die Kamera von Victor Huang super, klaut sie, während sie weiterläuft und dreht einen Film. Ja, okay, den letzten Teil habe ich ein bisschen aufgesext, aber der Rest stimmt. Jetzt mal ehrlich: Was muss man denn bitte für ‘ne egoistische, achtarmige Drecksau sein, um ‘nem Taucher die Kamera wegzuklauen?
while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashes towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter.
Noch mehr Tentakelaction: Unterwasserfilmer Mike deGruy erzählt auf der Mission Blue Voyage über seine Faszination mit Octopi, nicht ganz so WTF wie klauende Kraken, aber immer noch toll.
Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission Blue to share his awe and excitement — and his fears — about the blue heart of our planet. (Recorded on the Mission Blue Voyage, April 2010 on the National Geographic Endeavor, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Duration: 16:10)
Hooked by an octopus: Mike deGruy on TED.com. Und hier noch der Link zu: Otto the octopus wreaks havoc.
A octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp.
The squid, which was itself more than three feet-long, was caught in the shallow waters off Guangdong province, China, and taken to the fish market in Jiaoling county. […] “Perhaps he thought the bomb was his favourite food and gulped it down. He certainly had a big belly when he was caught,” he added.
A 63-year-old woman became ‘pregnant’ with 12 baby squid after eating calamari, according to a claim in a bio-tech report. The real-life ‘octo-mum’, from South Korea, was eating a portion of cooked whole squid when she felt a sharp pain in her mouth. The bizarre claim has been made in a scientific paper from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland. The lady told doctors that she could feel something in her mouth which they described as ‘bug-like organisms’.
When the octopus is tender and still warm, cut into chunks, put into a large bowl and toss with the sauce. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into the bowl and toss to combine.

