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This is honestly ridiculous.

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figsandtea:

keptonice:

wittyusernamed:

Let us take a moment to observe the awesomeness of octopus.

My buddy read an article about octopus intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler dumped some shrimp into an octopus’ tank. Then he went into another room and sat at his desk.

A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.

The octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker. Not only does this showcase their problem-solving capabilities, but also that it could have escaped at any time. It just broke out this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at its handler. That’s not just intelligence, that’s a human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder exactly how smart these guys can be…

I read somewhere that if octopi had longer lifespans they would have formed civilisations by now.

OKAY SO LIKE I went to Wikipedia to look into the actual lifespan of octopi (as little as 6 months,as long as 5 years) BUT THEN I FOUND THIS GEM;

[Female octopus] neglect to eat during the (roughly) one-month period spent taking care of their unhatched eggs, eventually dying of starvation. In a scientific experiment, removal of both optic glands after spawning was found to result in cessation of broodiness, resumption of feeding, increased growth, and greatly extended lifespans

I MEAN. On the one hand, experimentally removing body parts from animals is kind of sketch, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, 

DARK SILENT CITIES UNDER DEEP WATER, BLIND FORMS MOVING AMONG SOARING ROCK STRUCTURES THE PURPOSE OF WHICH WE COULD ONLY GUESS AT. AN ANCIENT MATRIARCHY WHICH OVERSEES THE RITUAL SACRIFICE OF A YOUNG OCTOPUS’ EYES. A COMING OF AGE THAT MEANS NOT ENTERING YOUR PRIME PERIOD OF REPRODUCTION, BUT RATHER LEAVING IT BEHIND. THE IDEA THAT A SPECIES CAN THRIVE BETTER BEYOND ITS REPRODUCTIVE YEARS. I MEAN THE OCEAN IS PRETTY HUGE YOU GUYS IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THEY FIGURED OUT THIS EYE THING FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE QUIETLY TAKING OVER THE OCEAN DEEP BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE PACIFIC OCEAN REALLY.

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official-nhl:

The 2014 Canadian Olympic Roster

Mixed emotions.

Sharpy!! though

cornelluniversity:

Cornell University through your eyes. A snapshot of life on the hill from the Cornell community during December 2013. Share your own photos of Cornell by using ‪#‎Cornell‬ on Instagram!

I miss this. But not enough to do it again.

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sheercompulsion:

_{► “I’ve been banned from every podium in Chicago.”}

wetheurban:

SPOTLIGHT: Visual Artist Brock Davis

Brock Davis is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist and creative director with a knack for creating ground-breaking work.

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puckling:

mylittleblackhawk:

so one of the biggest NHL stories this week wasn’t bobby ryan getting snubbed in the Olympic roster or the winter classic getting record breaking rating, it’s that Hoppy is moving to Buffalo! Pony Moulson and PegaOtts are very excited about meeting him! i’m sure they mildly care about Konopka-corn too. 

MLB: Covering what really matters. 

whyyyyyyy

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vincecartersisgone-deactivated2:

collections that are raw as fuck ➝ ziad ghanem f/w 2011-12


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