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This is just sweet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped a picture of Victoria Crater and has captured the Mars rover Opportunity.
(HT to Bad Astronomy Blog)
Today, small, simple, pale white, and dare I say it, almost virginal. But soon, red, swollen and sweet on the tongue.
Yes, we're talking Rosaceae fragaria, strawberries. This particular cultivar is an everbearing variety called Berry Basket. About a half dozen plants sit in two long window boxes…
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Very sweet indeed, but one of your Designated Minions beat you to it.
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
You can't get cuter than French animated cephalopods. Good one, PZ.
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.
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Sooo cute!
What a wonderful piece! The 'look' on their faces while hugging was worth the artists trouble.
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!
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/
This one was worth a double-post anyway :)
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?).
Never knew they had mad ninja skills...
Although there are no cephalopods in this one, Big Buck Bunny http://drawn.ca/2008/08/14/big-buck-bunny/ is also fantastic.
I never got the other video to work, either, so this one was much appreciated.
You should see squidbillies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidbillies. It's loads of fun, and they even have an episode about evolution :)
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
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.
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
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...
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.
God, that makes me want to go back to Greece.
And eat octopus, I'm ashamed to say.
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.
I'm reminded of the joke about the three-legged pig. That's the sort of cephalopod you don't eat all at once.
Thats really cute and so you PZ! :P
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 ...)
Super double-plus luuuuv it!