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Category: Cephalopods • Humor
Posted on: August 18, 2008 4:43 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Vidar | August 18, 2008 4:54 PM
Hey, you read the email I sent you!
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | August 18, 2008 4:59 PM
Very sweet indeed, but one of your Designated Minions beat you to it.
Posted by: Glen Davidson | August 18, 2008 4:59 PM
Just not the post that already showed this cartoon, evidently.
Well anyhow, it can't hurt to let those who missed it to see it now.
Glen Davidson
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Naon Tiotami | August 18, 2008 5:00 PM
You can't get cuter than French animated cephalopods. Good one, PZ.
Posted by: Azdak | August 18, 2008 5:03 PM
Actually, the link to the .mov never really worked for me, anyway (video would stop loading after a few seconds), so the YouTube link was most appreciated.
Posted by: PZ Myers | August 18, 2008 5:13 PM
Oops. I'm still working my way through the comments; I still have 4000 to go. Nothing like being stuck in a boring airport to help get the tedious job of culling spam done.
Posted by: Doubting Foo | August 18, 2008 5:17 PM
Sooo cute!
Posted by: Patricia | August 18, 2008 5:40 PM
What a wonderful piece! The 'look' on their faces while hugging was worth the artists trouble.
Posted by: Rheinhard | August 18, 2008 5:53 PM
Actually I like the angry look on the face of the female (more pink == female in Octopi, right?) when she's preparing to catapult off to f**k up that seagull.
Octopus knock you out!
Posted by: Irene Delse | August 18, 2008 5:54 PM
Cutest of cute! Thanks!
BTW, this animation short is made by students from Gobelins l'Ecole de l'Image, a visual arts school in Paris. You might want to check the website, though it's flash-heavy:
http://www.gobelins.fr/
Posted by: Gerry | August 18, 2008 5:56 PM
This one was worth a double-post anyway :)
Posted by: Noadi | August 18, 2008 6:25 PM
I downloaded this a few days ago, it was posted on an illustration blog I follow. I've watched it at least a dozen times now, it's just so cute, the animation is great, and it's got octopus (anyone else notice they only have 6 arms?).
Posted by: JRY | August 18, 2008 6:34 PM
Never knew they had mad ninja skills...
Posted by: Sui Generis | August 18, 2008 7:01 PM
Although there are no cephalopods in this one, Big Buck Bunny http://drawn.ca/2008/08/14/big-buck-bunny/ is also fantastic.
Posted by: Jackal | August 18, 2008 7:40 PM
I never got the other video to work, either, so this one was much appreciated.
Posted by: Richbank | August 18, 2008 7:45 PM
You should see squidbillies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidbillies. It's loads of fun, and they even have an episode about evolution :)
Posted by: Mena | August 18, 2008 8:40 PM
But you did remember to set your Tivo to record "Boneless Horror" on Monster Quest, right? ;^)
http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=339212&action=detail
Posted by: Amplexus | August 18, 2008 9:13 PM
So some squid reproduce by ejaculating on their arms then breaking it off and stuffing it inside of females while holding them down
That's like some sort of internet fetish greatest hits.
It combines amputation fetish with bukakke with fisting and bondage.
The natural world is far more kinky than we can possibly imagine.
Posted by: LaTomate | August 18, 2008 10:00 PM
I just got back from Siggraph 2008 in LA where it was shown on big screen at the Nokia Theatre (I think it won a prize actually).
One of my favorite presentations this year!! And of course, first thing I thought of was the Friday Cephalopod :p
Posted by: Qwerty | August 18, 2008 10:54 PM
I didn't notice until my second viewing that the squids were spitting ink at the driver when he caught them.
All that work; then, the bastard gull shows up.
Oh, well, if the French chef doesn't get you...
Posted by: Amber | August 18, 2008 11:03 PM
I'm glad for the repost. I couldn't get the video in the original post to play so I would have missed this. Excellent animation and a Pixar quality story short.
Posted by: Jack Rawlinson | August 18, 2008 11:44 PM
God, that makes me want to go back to Greece.
And eat octopus, I'm ashamed to say.
Posted by: Lana | August 19, 2008 9:17 AM
That was adorable and I love the ending. It allowed me to imagine the seagull getting hit, dropping its dinner and the lovers falling into the sea.
Posted by: Randy | August 19, 2008 10:30 AM
I'm reminded of the joke about the three-legged pig. That's the sort of cephalopod you don't eat all at once.
Posted by: GirBoBytons | August 19, 2008 11:33 AM
Thats really cute and so you PZ! :P
Posted by: Sili | August 19, 2008 11:42 AM
Aw+
I'm glad it got reposted. All the links were dead by the time I saw Danio's post (I read too slowly - perhaps I should try http://www.spreeder.com/ in earnest ...)
Posted by: BonzoGal | August 19, 2008 3:37 PM
Super double-plus luuuuv it!