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Chitin is Pretty Cool

Eek, sorry, I kinda disappeared for a few days. There was really good powder , what can I say? I can at least draw a tenuous connection between driving up to the mountains and today's blog topic! If you've ever tried to change altitude with a co ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Mar 2 2011 - 2:04pm - 0 attachments

What Was That Cephalopod I Just Ate?

... no attempt to get any more specific than "squid" or "octopus", and even those terms seem dubious when you realize how often people ... most commercial interest, such as squid, giant squid and octopus. . . . Currently, there is no such methodology for the genetic ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Feb 14 2011 - 3:30pm - 0 attachments

Humans Empathize with Boneless Inkers

... seen any fins at all in that footage, so I'm thinking octopus. (Some octopuses do have fins, but some don't. All squid have fins.) But what species of octopus? I'm a bit stuck. I don't know Atlantic cephs as well as Pacific cephs ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Feb 15 2011 - 8:17pm - 0 attachments

This Seems Weird

Has anyone else heard of a " massive 20ft. octopus" washing ashore in the Bahamas last week? I hadn't until this article , which also comments on a recent octopus stranding in Portugal (presumably the individual octopuses in this case ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Jan 25 2011 - 11:58pm - 0 attachments

Squid Counting And Comics

... to host a lively discussion, spurred by that coconut octopus story , of concepts like "tool use" and "intelligence". Everyone's got ... like this one because purple is one of the best colors an octopus can be, plus this octopus looks rather bored with its overly-muscled ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Jan 19 2010 - 12:10am - 0 attachments

Spirits From The Vasty Deep

Back in October I wrote on the subject of the Kraken , stating rather emphatically and cantankerously that w hales eat squid. It is a unidirectional ecological interaction. I received a very thoughtful response from one Daniel Rolph, who comme ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Dec 7 2010 - 6:06pm - 0 attachments

Multiple Personality Social Media

For those who have not entered the world of Twitter , it is hard to fathom why people feel compelled to stream their lives to strangers 140 characters at a time. And such non-Twitter folk are also unlikely to fathom the purpose of blogging, especia ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Feb 21 2010 - 11:03pm - 0 attachments

Squid Star in Droid Game

... has captured your cutesy, albeit deranged-looking octopus-self and locked you away in the attic of his mansion! Using your ... (don't forget, there  was once  an octopus who predicted soccer finalists ) and your two  prehensile, ... It's quite possible, but don't forget there was once an octopus who ate sharks for breakfast . And what's with the "octopus-self"? ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Dec 4 2010 - 1:25am - 0 attachments

Criticism Of A Paper In Support of Run III

The arxiv is featuring a new paper by Darien Wood , member and spokesperson of the DZERO experiment and a distinguished physicist with lots of experience in hadron collider physics. The paper is titled " The Physics Case for Extended Tevatron Running ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 22 2010 - 1:37am - 0 attachments

The Squid and the Whale: New Disney Flick?

I live in an academic bubble into which very little pop culture penetrates. I guess a few years ago there was a movie called The Squid and the Whale ? I have just learned of its existence. Disappointingly, it features no marine animals or underwater sc ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Nov 6 2009 - 6:24pm - 0 attachments