Cephalopod in a Half Shell!
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major_clangerNo, it's not Teenage Mutant Ninja Octopuses* - well, not quite.
New Scientist - Octopuses use coconut shells as portable shelters.
*From Wikipedia: 'Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.' Not that the latter would stop many of my friends...
An actual mutant octopus - well, if you are pedantic, a hexapus. Heroism or oriental martial arts prowess as yet undetermined, although he probably is relatively young.
New Scientist - Octopuses use coconut shells as portable shelters.
*From Wikipedia: 'Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.' Not that the latter would stop many of my friends...
An actual mutant octopus - well, if you are pedantic, a hexapus. Heroism or oriental martial arts prowess as yet undetermined, although he probably is relatively young.
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Date: 2009-12-16 12:22 am (UTC)