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Octopus development, balloon animal version

Category: CephalopodsHumor
Posted on: December 4, 2007 10:02 AM, by PZ Myers

Why do I have this urge to send this to Stuart Pivar?

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#1

Posted by: Ryan F Stello | December 4, 2007 10:06 AM

Because he has a great sense of humor?

Oh, wait.....never mind.

#2

Posted by: CalGeorge | December 4, 2007 10:18 AM

Intelligent design!

#3

Posted by: Brian | December 4, 2007 10:52 AM

I really enjoy all the balloon lingo in this. I'm going to get a bunch of nine inch rounds for my next party.

#4

Posted by: Rey Fox | December 4, 2007 11:32 AM

Because you're a big meanie?

#5

Posted by: darkmojo | December 4, 2007 11:33 AM

Add another head and it would look a lot like the flying spaghetti monster!

#6

Posted by: Damian | December 4, 2007 11:34 AM

I've just watched the new TED talk on youtube, by Robert Full (it is probably from a year or two ago). I won't patronize PZ by asking if he has seen the bipedal octopus disguised as a rolling coconut while 'running' along the sea floor, and another as floating algae, but I recommend that others check it out. It is actually a talk called, "Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ascql_RoeBU

#7

Posted by: Inoculated Mind | December 4, 2007 1:10 PM

Send it!

#8

Posted by: Sven DiMilo | December 4, 2007 1:33 PM

Damian, thanks for the link. Very interesting talk by Full.
The cephalopods referenced show up at about 5:30 and are definitely worth the price of admission!

#9

Posted by: Tessa | December 4, 2007 8:38 PM

Awesome! Now I want to try to make an octopus.

It brought back memories. I remember taking my kids to a family restaurant when they were little that had a clown who made balloon animals. The kids loved it. The clown made a variety of balloon animals but never octopi though.

#10

Posted by: Pyre | December 4, 2007 11:41 PM

Does it have ten tentacles?

I only ask because of that diagram explaining how spiders developed with ten legs.

#11

Posted by: ing | December 5, 2007 12:04 AM

That'd be easy enough. Just add another 260.

#12

Posted by: cm | December 5, 2007 12:34 AM

There must be a video suite earlier in this series in which he spends at least 5 hours walking you through how to tie balloons around each other at near relativistic effect speeds. If not, this man is the worst teacher who has ever lived.

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