Tentacle Death Match

Meet the mantis shrimp, an animal so feisty that in Japan, they pit it against other creatures... like the octopus!



Reminds me of the great "Octopus vs. Shark" video that circulated a few years ago. Behold:



Mantis Shrimp Death Match via Japan Probe (last video). Octopus vs. Shark on Youtube.

Bejeweled Tentacles

Well, this is fancy. Platinum! Check out the rest of the jewelry in the slide show - it's all beautiful.


From FashionAndRunway.com. Exact Image here.

Stiched Tentacles

Manic Mansion Green Tentacle Crosstitch (Ed. Note - I don't really know what that means, but I do love the arms attached to the tentacle that he's using to play the piano.)

"kimberly sent in this sweet maniac mansion cross stitch. Before you get up in arms, she knows that the green tentacle played the drums…she just happens to know that the green tentacle is actually proficient in many instruments. and, to back her up, I happen to know that he is quite a singer…"

Originally via SpriteStitch

Tentacle Head

Yep.



Originally via Office Twenty Three, by Ralf Breitenbacher

Robotic, Imaginary Tentacles

While I'm not convinced these are tentacles, they're close enough.



If you ever wondered what the colorful creations born of EA's Spore gaming universe might look like in real-life robotic form, you need look no further than Yoichiro Kawaguchi's prototype robots designed to mimic the organic forms found in nature.

Far different from the geometrically sterile robots we're used to, Kawaguchi's robots are meant to function on a primitive/intuitive level, with biomimetic actuators like tentacles and claws used to move the robots through the real world. The current models are just the beginning, Kawaguchi's team hopes to have fully functional versions of these robots working in about two years.

Originally via Dvice.com

Tentacle Costumes

Next Saturday, I shall be attending an undersea/nautical themed party on a boat. I must devise some sort of tentacle costume, quickly! My friend Daniela spotted this lovely ensemble, but somehow I don't think it'll fit -

Originally at BoingBoing.net

TENTACULO ESPECTACULO!

I can only guess these squid belong at a restaurant in Buenos Aires, as that's where the friend who sent me them is currently vacationing. The caption, recaptured here in the blog headline, really makes the photo.

TENTACULO ESPECTACULO!


See the original on Flickr