Nice Grimpoteuthis photo from MBARI

[tonmo]

I stumbled upon a couple of cool pics of Grimpoteuthis and thought I'd share:

Fourth and seventh image down

Keep looking, there are other cephs and additional amazing photos there.

 

[corw314]

I could use one of those machines very nicely! "Glowing Sucker Octopus" interesting! A deep sea creature I'm assuming? I see that is so on second look. Those are great pics!

 

[sorseress]

Spectacular!

 

[magikceph]

amazing, they look awesome!

 

[Michael Blue]

God, I LOVE deep sea photos, THANKS!

 

[Tintenfisch]

I could be wrong, but... the seventh one looks more like Luteuthis?

 

[monty]

this has some of the same pics, but I think some different ones as well. lots o' deep-sea weirdness: readigg.com

The spookfish looks implausibly like an owl. Andrea sent me the link as "this has to be photoshopped, right?" but I recognize some of the pics as real MBARI footage.

edit: actually, it looks like this is just some of the same pics, but they're all on one page, so they're easier to view...

 

[sorseress]

I love that site. Wouldn't it be fun to have one of those things? (and to live where you could use it.)

 

[OB]

I MUST have a ping-pong tree sponge in my new appartment! Do you think it's available in a 12 Volt edition, accepting halogen bulbs?

 

[octobot]

[News]: Mysteries to Behold in the Dark Down Deep - New York Times


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[Neogonodactylus]

"The Deep" is an absolutely must have book for anyone who loves cephalopods. The book is truly remarkable. After I received my copy and thumbed through it, my first comment to a colleague was that if I had seen this as a kid, I would not have spent my life chasing stomatopods.

Roy

 

[Nancy]

Roy, I took your advice and bought this book - Amazon.com offers it at a very reasonable price.

The photos are amazing - what's been posted onlline is just a glimpse of what this outstanding book has to offer. I'd think anyone interested in cephs and in marine life would enjoy owning The Deep.

Nancy

 

[DWhatley]

Nancy,
How did you get your's so fast? Mine's still on order and I ordered it the day Roy posted the recommendation! Nice to hear the second 5 star reference though.