Monday, June 30, 2008

Outstanding Octopi!



Octopodes are so cool.

We just found a great youtube viddy of an octopus doing its thang.

Check it out, it's pretty impressive:



Here are a few other impressive facts:

"Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body."

"When under attack, some octopuses can detach their own limbs, in a similar manner to the way skinks and other lizards detach their tails. The crawling arm serves as a distraction to would-be predators; this ability is also used in mating."

"There are three forms of the plural of octopus; namely, octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, octopuses is the most common form in the UK as well as the US; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objected to."

Interesting, no?

Happy Monday!

-Team SuperForest

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