Chordate cruelty!

Oh, no…it's a video of a sea lion brutalizing an innocent cephalopod.

It looks like this was made by attaching a camera to a sea lion. Am I wicked for thinking the next video I want to see is a sea lion slowed down by the clumsy gadgetry on its back, getting chewed on by a shark?

Yes, I am taking sides!

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Oh, the humanity!

Wait..

Oh, the huge manatee!

yeah... that's better.

By billygutter01 (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

billygutter01 #1
Puns are the lowest form of humour.
Except when they are funny.

His many-armed fate was sealed . . .

By Pareidolius (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

the sea lion isn't impressed by the 'ink' squirts

My condolences, PZ.

PZ: This video appear to load every time I open the Pharyngula home page or refresh it, which I usually do several times a day (many more if I'm following comments). I'll likely use up a fair chunk of my monthly bandwidth allocation before this entry drops off the page. Or I could go without for a week and face Pharyngula withdrawal symptoms. Can you do something about it please?

By Xenithrys (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

God made cephalopods out of tasty meat for a reason.

And I'm sticking with that, at least any time I want to eat calimari.

Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/mxaa3p

By Glen Davidson (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Did anybody else have the music from the opening of The Naked Gun going through their heads as the sea-lion coasted along the bottom?

By Tuxedo Cartman (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

he next video I want to see is a sea lion slowed down by the clumsy gadgetry on its back, getting chewed on by a shark?

They gat a few sharks down there, that's for sure.

By Sven DiMilo (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

That thing doesn't look anything like a lion. It should be called a fat ocean dog or something.

By scooterKPFT (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Am I wicked for thinking the next video I want to see is a sea lion slowed down by the clumsy gadgetry on its back, getting chewed on by a shark?

Yes!!! It's not the poor sea lion's fault some bozo packed a bunch of clumsy gadgetry on its back. And it didn't give the sea lion any unfair advantage over the octopus.

Now, if you wanted to see a shark chew an *unimpeded* sea lion then you aren't wicked. (just a little sick... well, maybe not...)

It should be called a fat ocean dog

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By Sven DiMilo (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Well, in the interest of fairness I tried to find a shark eating sea lion video but only got this killer whale eating sea lion one.

If I had to choose sides, I'd have to choose the side whose barking lulled me to sleep when I was a child though...

Thanks PZ (ref @ #6); much appreciated.

By Xenithrys (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

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Try the Flashblock plugin for Firefox

By speedweasel (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Ceviche de pulpo is really good, and I guess those Aussie sea lions know it.

By chuckgoecke (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Well, at least in not squid porn.

By jcmartz.myopenid.com (not verified) on 10 Apr 2010 #permalink

Don't worry PZ, those waters are shark infested. A few years ago a surfer got killed by not one, but 2 great whites.

Posted by: MolBio Author Profile Page | April 11, 2010 3:21 AM

Don't worry PZ, those waters are shark infested. A few years ago a surfer got killed by not one, but 2 great whites.

Jesus surfing? Thought he was supposed to walk on the water.
But then again, great whites aren't all that fussy.