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Blanket octopus	[14 Mar 2008\|05:54pm]
[ mood \| busy ] This was posted in another of my LJ communities...I'd never even heard of a blanket octopus before!When threatened, this type of Tremoctopus, or blanket octopus (murasakidako in Japanese), unfurls a giant sheet of webbing that trails behind like a cape. The cape easily breaks apart when attacked — much like a lizard's tail — and it gets wrapped around the predator's face, allowing the octopus to flee.
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Blanket octopus

[14 Mar 2008|05:54pm]

[ mood | busy ] This was posted in another of my LJ communities...I'd never even heard of a blanket octopus before!When threatened, this type of Tremoctopus, or blanket octopus (murasakidako in Japanese), unfurls a giant sheet of webbing that trails behind like a cape. The cape easily breaks apart when attacked — much like a lizard's tail — and it gets wrapped around the predator's face, allowing the octopus to flee.

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What IS this!?	[30 Apr 2007\|04:43pm]
*What IS this!?*My friend sent this to me from West Virginia. They live near a river. I am one hundred percent stumped as to what this creature is. I talked it through with my other invert friend and he was as stumped as I am. Also, my hypothesis that it was the rotting top of a dandelion or some sort of flower like that was dismissed when she told me that the thing moved around and walked or squirmed or whatever.
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What IS this!?

[30 Apr 2007|04:43pm]

**What IS this!?**My friend sent this to me from West Virginia. They live near a river. I am one hundred percent stumped as to what this creature is. I talked it through with my other invert friend and he was as stumped as I am. Also, my hypothesis that it was the rotting top of a dandelion or some sort of flower like that was dismissed when she told me that the thing moved around and walked or squirmed or whatever.

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	[11 Jul 2006\|07:21pm]
Image ref: Cat1-16Submitted by: Alan KinnearImage location: NigeriaEntry format: jpg screen grabs Brief description of contents: A 'piglet squid' swimming around subsea equipment Submitted by: Michael Randall, USGS Image location: Gulf of MexicoEntry format: jpg Brief description of contents: Cirrate Octopod, Gulf of Mexico, DeSoto Canyon, 800m water depth.
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	[31 Mar 2006\|10:15pm]
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