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News Mystery science photo: guess right, win - OCRegister

octobot — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:07:31 GMT

Mystery science photo: guess right, win
OCRegister
... if you'd prefer, "Here There Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid," by HP Newquist. The first reader to correctly identify this photo ...

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News HERE'S looking at you, squid! - South Wales Evening Post

octobot — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:07:31 GMT

HERE'S looking at you, squid!
South Wales Evening Post
Actually this is a rare sighting of a lesser, or curled octopus, which was found among rocks at Oxwich Bay. The marine enthusiasts who found it were stunned ...

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News TV review Nature Shock Killer Squid | The Deep - Scotsman

octobot — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:07:31 GMT

TV review Nature Shock Killer Squid | The Deep
Scotsman
Giant squid! e Godzilla sense of a mutated radiation monster coming to eat Toyko, just your basic giant squid, which only reach about six feet in length. ...

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Article: Death from entanglement of bottlenose dolphin in new type of fishing twine

cuttlegirl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:03:01 GMT

I didn't know that there was a journal on marine pollution, sad state of affairs this world is in...

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...f&searchtype=a

Looking for some specific pictures.....

Phil1078 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:32:00 GMT

Hello,

As I make my way through this delightful book, I am curious about some things that are not pictured. First, could anyone provide a picture of a Nautilus out of its shell? Furthermore, does anyone have a live (or at least not preserved) picture of Spirula spirula? All the pictures I have seen are of a dead and preserved organism. Also, although I haven't gotten to this point in the book, but a male argonaut would be nice to see.

I hope this is an appropriate forum for this topic. Let me know if it would go better somewhere else.

Cheers

Octopus Macropus

Reef Geek — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:54:42 GMT

So I'm going with Octopus Macropus based on the info provided in my "Blue Spots!" ID thread. I'm trying to find more info on the Macropus and read as much as I can.

But to track progress and behavior I figured I'd start this thread. Oh, and I've figured out my camera (got some good pics of my cuttles) so when I catch Digmar out in the open, I'll get some good pics. I like the name Digmar. Found it with a brief search for Nicaraguan names and since he loves to dig, it seems fitting. But my kids still call him Squishy, which is just lazy if you ask me!

So I have noticed a pattern developing. Digmar stays safely hidden under the rocks most all the time, but when he gets hungry he'll come out and start searching for food. This seems to happen around 7am. I never see him out in the afternoon or evenings. Nor when I wake up at night sometimes like 2am - 4am time-frame. Once I give him a piece of shrimp he hangs out for a couple of seconds then goes right back under his rocks.

His temperment seems completely different than Squishy (my first O. Briarius) in that he's not aggressive and doesn't get agitated when I touch his arms. I haven't tried touching the mantel yet, still taking it slow. And when I feed him, always in the same spot at the top of the tank, he casually takes the offered food and seems very laid-back about the whole thing. Squishy would snatch it away from you and if you touched him he tried to pull you in the tank too!

I'm hoping as things progress I can get Digmar out in the open more often and trained a bit as I've read some of you others have done. Either way, very cool pet and awesome learning experience.

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