#cephalopods – @ifshehadwings on Tumblr

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saintawesome

choko-lates-choka

ritasv

He’s gone walkabout....

pennie-dreadful

Look can cephalapods pick a later time to start evolving into land animals, we've got enough going on right now.

gothiccharmschool

Personally, I think cephalopods taking over the land is possibly better than what’s going on now. They’re certainly not going to make things WORSE, right?

kedreeva

why would you say that

why would you curse us with having said that

have we learned nothing as a species

#cephalopods #octopus #friend!!#clipping queue puns

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rainbowslinkyy

thelatestkate

You aren’t a failure because you’re unwell again. Sh*t. Happens. It just so happens that sometimes the sh*t is our brains. This storm will pass. I promise. And there are lots of us out here fighting against it right alongside you. Besides me (hi), I recently found this video to be very validating and helpful. °˖✧*• Shop, Patreon, Book, Mailing List *•. ✧˖°`

#this is so nice!!#positivity #art #cephalopods #mental health #clipping queue puns

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veliseraptor

knithacker

Demi Octopus Pattern by Jennifer Wang - Get the Pattern Free! https://wp.me/pjlln-2er 🐙

ifshehadwings

@k8monster I just ... feel you should be aware of this

#cephalopods #knitting #crafts

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jane-anon

horreurscopes

a few fun octopus facts:

their arms are similar to our tongues in that their muscle fibers are oriented in three different directions
octopuses are disconcertingly strong (anecdotal evidence says that a 15 inch wide octopus was as strong as the scientist handling it)
on that note that same scientist said that when her octopuses escaped she would have to run behind them, “like cats” (paraphrased from sy montgomery’s the soul of an octopus)
aquariums have “octopus enriching programs” so they don’t get bored and fuck shit up in their tanks
they are crazy smart like. really. really fucking smart
but we can’t compare their intelligence to ours because our evolution branched from the same common ancestor so long ago we cannot comprehend how they think
it’s believed that their intelligence evolved when they lost their shell, and had to adapt to predict how countless of different prey and predators would act, how to avoid them, distract them, lure them or trick them
they visualize how other creatures are going to act, which means they have have awareness that others are individuals which is a type of consciousness but i can’t remember what it’s called right now
like, they use tools
they have distinct personalities
aquarium octopuses are socialized from a very young age and even though in the wild they are solitary creatures they become extremely friendly with enough human exposure
sometimes they dislike people for no apparent reason and will shoot water at them
they have three hearts
each of their arms has a tiny brain that controls movement and sensory input on its own i shit you not
they are color blind and yet they can camouflage their color and nobody knows how
they can change the color and texture of their skin faster than human eyes can keep up with it
great pacific octopuses are white when they are peaceful, and red when they’re excited
aquarium octopus have escaped their tanks and slithered down pipes into the ocean
escaped their tanks to eat the fish in other tanks
escaped their tanks to go fight other octopuses cuz they were bored
octopus fight club
learned how to take photographs
cost thousands of dollars by flooding new floors
they can feel, taste, and smell with their suckers and all of their skin
they enjoy tasting their food by slowly moving it through their suckers instead of shoving it in their beaks
they can rewrite their rna. no, really
the only reason why they haven’t evolved to take over as the next dominant race is because they’re doing pretty well in the ocean so there’s no need for them to adapt further
there’s a ton more but i’m so overwhelmed by love i can’ think of any at the moment i’m going to cry
read the soul of an octopus by sy mongomery no she didn’t pay me i just love octopuses so much

#octopi #cephalopods #clipping queue puns

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magicalrocketships

brilliantlyhorrid

I’m not about to kinkshame a whole aquarium but

wizzard890

carry me into the sunset, my cephalopod prince

theshmaylor

friends, you don’t understand. This ad campaign was goddamn HUGE. They bought out the entirety of multiple train stations in Boston with these. There are so many more, and they’re all this same beautiful combination of questionable/amazing.