Are...are that cat's toenails painted with nail polish?
Also, I want to say that your kitty is doing a really good job of looking genuinely remorseful concerning his recent escape.
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Are...are that cat's toenails painted with nail polish?
Also, I want to say that your kitty is doing a really good job of looking genuinely remorseful concerning his recent escape.
Lol. Good to hear he came back and all is well.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
You could try a lead/leash. My cats would scratch the hell outta me if I tried, but it might be something to consider. :confused:
Man I'd love a cat. My wife just won't let me. Real nice cat pics there guys, they look lovely.
I totally called it:Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
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Originally Posted by Yharnamresident
But nonetheless, its good to hear good news.
Get her a cute baby kitten for her birthday, if she turns that down... tell her you've lost the receipt.Quote:
Originally Posted by cleeg
Been doing more random Wikipedia research about animals.
Did you know octopuses and squids are exceptionally intelligent? Their intelligence is comparable to dogs or eagles. Its strange because most highly intelligent animals are mammals or closely related to mammals, but octopuses and squids are very distantly related.
Heres an octopus opening a jar:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rew_cap_01.jpg
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Crabs, the staple food source of most octopus species, present significant challenges with their powerful pincers and their potential to exhaust the cephalopod's respiration system from a prolonged pursuit. In the face of these challenges, octopuses will instead seek out lobster traps and steal the bait inside. They are also known to climb aboard fishing boats and hide in the containers that hold dead or dying crabs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_intelligenceQuote:
Another example of cephalopod intelligence is the communication that takes place between the more social species of squid. Some cephalopods are capable of rapid changes in skin colour and pattern through nervous control of chromatophores. This ability almost certainly evolved primarily for camouflage, but squid use colour, patterns, and flashing to communicate with each other in various courtship rituals. Caribbean reef squid can send one message using colour patterns to a squid on their right, while they send another message to a squid on their left.
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Octopuses and their relatives (cuttlefish and squid) represent an island of mental complexity in the sea of invertebrate animals. Since my first encounters with these creatures about a decade ago, I have been intrigued by the powerful sense of engagement that is possible when interacting with them. Our most recent common ancestor is so distant—more than twice as ancient as the first dinosaurs—that they represent an entirely independent experiment in the evolution of large brains and complex behavior. If we can connect with them as sentient beings, it is not because of a shared history, not because of kinship, but because evolution built minds twice over. They are probably the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/s...EA0_source.jpgQuote:
In 2010 the late biologist Roland C. Anderson and his colleagues at the Seattle Aquarium tested recognition in giant Pacific octopuses in an experiment that involved a “nice” keeper who regularly fed eight animals and a “mean” keeper who touched them with a bristly stick. After two weeks, all the octopuses behaved differently toward the two keepers, confirming that they can distinguish among individual people, even when they wear identical uniforms.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...of-an-octopus/
http://slideplayer.com/9289021/28/im...resent+day.jpg
Mullusca(octopuses, squids, snails) and Chordata(mammals, fish, reptiles, birds).
I love mollusks.
Really love cats but this pic made me laugh.
https://i.imgur.com/SNg1Yal.jpg
Worst squid picture ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yharnamresident
Cool looking mock-up of a few years ago,
http://i65.tinypic.com/2hz7q5g.jpg
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yharnamresident
Sci Fi is not airing the annual 4th of July Twilight Zone marathon in favor of a NOES binge.
The largest squid ever recorded was about 30ft long, but I'm convinced there are far larger specimens out there in the depths.
Most of the ocean is still unexplored, so I'd bet you're right. Once they figure out a way to make so they don't get crushed like a tincan due to the pressure of going so far down, I bet we'll see it.