How sweet: this octopus got a Mr Potato Head for Christmas, and now he won't let anyone take it away.
Hasbro really must come out with a new line of Mr Potato Head features that includes beaks and suckers and tentacles, and then they'll have the cephalopod market completely locked up.
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Louis the Octopus loves Mr. Potato Head because he has learned to suck out the food stuffed into the little hatch in the back. That food represents Mr. Potato Head's brains. Yes! Brains!
Louis has made a new friend!
Perhaps this could be a new trend.
but once it's begun
it won't stop the fun
for reasons we can't comprehend.
For all of this octopus' charm,
I've heard that he will cause you harm.
I know that they're right,
I found out last night,
and I type limericks with only one arm.
You ask why he won't let it be,
why he reacts so violently?
The answer's the grin
on that plasticine chin
that screams so loud so silently.
Maybe next time, they should give him a Rubik's Cube... that will really stimulate him!
As Disney and Pixar have so often told us,
The ultimate goal of a toy
Is to live in the sweet, unconditional love
Of a cute-as-a-bug girl or boy
But the truth is, the love of a boy or a girl,
Though I'm sure that it must have its charms
Could never compete with the story of Louis
Who hugs with all eight of his arms!
Don't these people know that Mr. Potato Head is a bundle of choking hazards?
I, for one, would love to see what an octopus does with one of these:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/rubiks-cube-for-the-blind-155779.php
I'm sorry but that's just plain cute.
Awww, how sweet.
I will name him George and I will hug him and squeeze him and pet him and pat him...
1. He loves to dig out food that has been hidden inside Mr. Potato Head's back compartment.
2. He gets aggressive whenever anyone tries to remove Mr. Potato Head from his tank.
3. He's big.
4. Then how exactly does anyone obtain the Mr. Potato Head in order to hide food inside, and what did they have to do wrong in order to be chosen to be the one to do it?
Of possible interest: Inflatable Cthulu!
http://i.somethingawful.com/u/russ/goldmine39/cthulu.jpg
Amazing what you can do with photoshop.
It's not photoshop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7179368.stm
"Louis regularly plays with the Mr Potato Head figure which was given to him as part of an enrichment project at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium."
Why Mister Potato Head and not Mrs. Potato Head?
OMG! The Louis the Octopus is teh ghey!
(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
That's not just any Potato Head, there. That's Optimash Prime. Awesome.
#10-- In a related article in the Telegraph (or was it the Mirror?) it was stated that Louis plays with the toy for about an hour each day before moving on. presumably, it is after that hour of Potato-Head playtime that the toy is fished out to be stuffed with food the next day.
I Has a Potato
Noooo they be stealin' my Potato
Screw Mr. Potato Head. Just get me some heads of those creationists trying to change the laws around here. Now, THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!
I would totally buy a Mr. Potato Squid!
And his bucket of fun!
I hope there is a video follow-up to this story, or at least more pictures.
"Hasbro really must come out with a new line of Mr Potato Head features that includes beaks and suckers and tentacles"
You mean you've forgotten already, PZ?
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/07/coincidenceor_fate.php
A friend gave me the DVD of not such a good Korean film "Old Boy", and here is a scene with octopus that may well shock you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSoNa2-Tqh8&feature=related
The "behind the scenes" video is also very interesting.