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Sybarite		2012-05-02 02:58:51 PM

From the comments:

"We saw an octopus near the same area in a death fight with a seal. The octopus appeared to be gaining the upper hand."

I really want to see that.

Marcus Aurelius		2012-05-02 03:13:40 PM

Shouldn't it be called "birding" instead of "fishing"?

pudding7		2012-05-02 03:14:57 PM

I have to be honest here, those are the second coolest photos of a giant Pacific octopus fishing for and eating a seagull I've seen today.

violentsalvation		2012-05-02 04:00:00 PM

I thought this one was better.
i798.photobucket.com

"Get the fark over here you damn octo. "

Rapmaster2000		2012-05-02 04:28:46 PM

Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom.

I have straight teeth because I'm a software engineer.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-05-02 04:31:46 PM

FTA: "Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom."

Wat?

Because People in power are Stupid		2012-05-02 04:50:45 PM

Lesbian Seagull by E. Humperdinck
To my little nest by the sea
With me that's where you belong with me
I know I can be strong when you're with me
She skims the water
At the new time to seek
Her fish and she emerges
With one squirming in her beak

She plays among the waves
And hides between the swells
She walks the beach at twilight

Searching for some shells
Come with me

The_Sponge		2012-05-02 05:00:26 PM

Because People in power are Stupid: Lesbian Seagull by E. Humperdinck
To my little nest by the sea
With me that's where you belong with me
I know I can be strong when you're with me
She skims the water
At the new time to seek
Her fish and she emerges
With one squirming in her beak

She plays among the waves
And hides between the swells
She walks the beach at twilight

Searching for some shells
Come with me

Damn you!

*Shaking my meaty fist*

/Soundtrack to Beavis and Butthead Do America is awesome.

Car_Ramrod		2012-05-02 05:01:31 PM

She initially wanted to intercede and save the bird because she didn't want to watch it die. But it was impossible to safely get down to the lower level of the breakwater.

Let nature run its course, dummy.

cgraves67		2012-05-02 05:12:44 PM

My virus protection software detected an attack when I opened that website.

blatz514		2012-05-02 05:14:32 PM

"Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stay at-home mom."

With the tv remote?

Klom Dark		2012-05-02 05:15:51 PM

Is that all the bigger a 'giant' octopus gets? I was pretty underwhelmed. I was expecting something that would put the fear of Cthulthu in me, not that dinky thing...

Jubeebee		2012-05-02 05:20:33 PM

Car_Ramrod: She initially wanted to intercede and save the bird because she didn't want to watch it die. But it was impossible to safely get down to the lower level of the breakwater.

Let nature run its course, dummy.

Octopi are a hell of a lot smarter than flying rat gulls, too. I have to give my sympathy to intelligence here and hope the octopus enjoyed its meal.

theMagni		2012-05-02 05:21:02 PM

Klom Dark: Is that all the bigger a 'giant' octopus gets? I was pretty underwhelmed. I was expecting something that would put the fear of Cthulthu in me, not that dinky thing...

Full grown they can reach nine feet across. They're the only thing in the waters here that have the ability to hurt a human.

I dive at that breakwater all the time, I've seen a fair number of them. Nothing this cool though.

/subby

max_pooper		2012-05-02 05:21:03 PM

Rapmaster2000: Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom.

I have straight teeth because I'm a software engineer.

I have scent free flatulence because I'm Batman.

Ghastly		2012-05-02 05:21:45 PM

violentsalvation: I thought this one was better.
[i798.photobucket.com image 620x400]
"Get the fark over here you damn octo. "

Good thing for the eagle that's a juvenile octopus or that eagle would be the om nom nom. I wonder if giant octopuses use their tentacles like bate to lure unsuspecting ~~schoolgirls~~ birds within eating distance?

Sticky Hands		2012-05-02 05:22:53 PM

Jubeebee: Car_Ramrod: She initially wanted to intercede and save the bird because she didn't want to watch it die. But it was impossible to safely get down to the lower level of the breakwater.

Let nature run its course, dummy.

Octopi are a hell of a lot smarter than flying rat gulls, too. I have to give my sympathy to intelligence here and hope the octopus enjoyed its meal.

If it enjoyed eating a rat gull it's not all that smart.

If it used the thing for crab bait OTHO......

luckcat		2012-05-02 05:24:07 PM

On one hand, I hate seagulls and think they are disgusting, filthy pests. On the other hand, I really enjoy eating octopus. Verdict: I would have a tough time eating an octopus I knew had eaten a seagull.

inelegy		2012-05-02 05:24:56 PM

Bf+		2012-05-02 05:25:23 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: FTA: "Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom."

Wat?

Apparently not all that fast on the dash key.

SirTanon		2012-05-02 05:28:11 PM

ShannonKW		2012-05-02 05:28:26 PM

Car_Ramrod: She initially wanted to intercede and save the bird because she didn't want to watch it die. But it was impossible to safely get down to the lower level of the breakwater.

Let nature run its course, dummy.

Coustou knew how to interfere with nature without sounding like a wussy soccer mom. I remember watching one of his documentaries as a kid. He was filming the classic mass hatching of baby sea turtles when, as always happens, a huge flock of gulls bent on massacre descended on the hapless turts. Coustou had his crew break out shotguns and blast the farkers out of the sky while the little fellows made their escape, much to my delight.

Sometimes ya gotta say, "Fark nature!" Those feathered poop dispensers will not be missed.

PapaChester		2012-05-02 05:30:35 PM

"At one stage, a flock of seagulls flew overhead as their friend was dying. They were waiting, I guess, for scraps."

Ahh, seagull friendships. I wonder what they do during playdates?

/sigh
//same species =/= friends

SwiftFox		2012-05-02 05:33:13 PM

inelegy: [chud.com image 400x267]

That was a wonderful film. Yep, nuclear submarines are the answer to anything! Lets buy some more!

TomD9938		2012-05-02 05:34:11 PM

Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom.

Why is she wasting her time strolling the shore in search of killer octopi then?

She should be tending net in the NHL.

whither_apophis		2012-05-02 05:36:25 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: FTA: "Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom."

Wat?

It's a Canadian thing, like saying "aboot" for about and watching The Red Green Show

/if she had duct tape she could've saved the gull

Sticky Hands		2012-05-02 05:38:10 PM

Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom.

Yep, only the quick and the dead can avoid the penis.
obviously she failed at least one before... but hey, even the dead don't always manage it.

Fluorescent Testicle		2012-05-02 05:38:16 PM

/"An giant"?
//Really, subby?

The_Sponge		2012-05-02 05:41:11 PM

theMagni: Full grown they can reach nine feet across. They're the only thing in the waters here that have the ability to hurt a human.

Great whites?

/Yes, I know that sightings are rare.

fusillade762		2012-05-02 05:42:19 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: FTA: "Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom."

Wat?

The only thing I can come up with is that her toddlers are racing around the house like pinballs and she has to be quick on her feet to keep them from hopping into the oven when she's not looking. Or something.

theMagni		2012-05-02 05:42:44 PM

Ghastly: violentsalvation: I thought this one was better.
[i798.photobucket.com image 620x400]
"Get the fark over here you damn octo. "

Good thing for the eagle that's a juvenile octopus or that eagle would be the om nom nom. I wonder if giant octopuses use their tentacles like bate to lure unsuspecting schoolgirls birds within eating distance?

I'm pretty sure that's what it was doing. It looks like the octo was sitting under the surface with one tentacle up looking like a delicious peckable thing. Seagull lands nearby, takes a nibble, and then, as the saying goes, we've seen enough hentai to know where that was going.

An octopus is clever. A herd of them is an unstoppable foe that shows no mercy.

theMagni		2012-05-02 05:47:12 PM

Fluorescent Testicle:

/"An giant"?
//Really, subby?

Huh, normally my grammar is better than that. Let me offer you a apology.

thesloppy		2012-05-02 05:48:03 PM

CitizenTed		2012-05-02 05:48:56 PM

"An octo ate my seagull."

theMagni		2012-05-02 05:50:42 PM

The_Sponge: theMagni: Full grown they can reach nine feet across. They're the only thing in the waters here that have the ability to hurt a human.

Great whites?

/Yes, I know that sightings are rare.

The waters here, in what you would call the Pacific Northwest. We do get some 6-gill sharks here, but they don't have very big mouths.

A GPO will take down and eat a GWS. Check out the youtube video for "shark vs. octopus".

I guess an orca could get you, but that would be intensely improbable.

dericwater		2012-05-02 05:51:49 PM

Hey, let's have chicken for dinner tonight!

Erix		2012-05-02 05:57:51 PM

theMagni: An octopus is clever. A herd of them is an unstoppable foe that shows no mercy.

I believe the proper term for a group of octopuses is hentai. A hentai of octopuses.

/although a hentai of octopi sounds better..

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash		2012-05-02 05:58:23 PM

ShannonKW: Coustou knew how to interfere with nature without sounding like a wussy soccer mom. I remember watching one of his documentaries as a kid. He was filming the classic mass hatching of baby sea turtles when, as always happens, a huge flock of gulls bent on massacre descended on the hapless turts. Coustou had his crew break out shotguns and blast the farkers out of the sky while the little fellows made their escape, much to my delight.

That's how it should be every time.

Smelly Pirate Hooker		2012-05-02 05:58:52 PM

Octopuses (octopi?) are just cool.

Sorry, seagull.

Lipspinach		2012-05-02 06:00:37 PM

theMagni: The_Sponge: theMagni: Full grown they can reach nine feet across. They're the only thing in the waters here that have the ability to hurt a human.

Great whites?

/Yes, I know that sightings are rare.

The waters here, in what you would call the Pacific Northwest. We do get some 6-gill sharks here, but they don't have very big mouths.

A GPO will take down and eat a GWS. Check out the youtube video for "shark vs. octopus".

I guess an orca could get you, but that would be intensely improbable.

Maybe you should ask the zombie Richard Harris about that, and/or Bo Derek.

Smelly Pirate Hooker		2012-05-02 06:01:35 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: FTA: "Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stayat-home mom."

Wat?

You know, the superpowers all women who have reproduced get automatically by virtue of having children. Ask one, they'll tell all about how fast, smart and overall superior to the rest of us non-super humans they are.

Mock26		2012-05-02 06:02:21 PM

Does that octopus know that it is a crime to intentionally harm bald eagles?

The_Sponge		2012-05-02 06:03:23 PM

theMagni: The waters here, in what you would call the Pacific Northwest. We do get some 6-gill sharks here, but they don't have very big mouths.

I know what you meant. I live just north of Seattle, and I've heard about Great White sightings in Puget Sound, so I could happen.

Russ1642		2012-05-02 06:05:36 PM

Just gull

Broktun		2012-05-02 06:08:05 PM

Noticeably F.A.T.		2012-05-02 06:08:23 PM

Sybarite: From the comments:

"We saw an octopus near the same area in a death fight with a seal. The octopus appeared to be gaining the upper hand."

I really want to see that.

I'm guessing it went down something like this

DerAppie		2012-05-02 06:15:36 PM

The_Sponge: theMagni: The waters here, in what you would call the Pacific Northwest. We do get some 6-gill sharks here, but they don't have very big mouths.

I know what you meant. I live just north of Seattle, and I've heard about Great White sightings in Puget Sound, so I could happen.

What an attack by a great white might look like

Oldiron_79		2012-05-02 06:17:45 PM

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

PYROY		2012-05-02 06:23:56 PM

Ideally, the octopus would have consumed the seagull, then the eagle would have consumed the octopus, then some lucky bastard would have baked eagullpus that night.