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Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: spacemanspiff on March 24, 2005, 02:46:36 PM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20050324/ap_on_sc/walking_octopuses

not only can they change color to camoflage, they can 'imitate' algae'.

all i can think of is the Mad magazines Spy vs Spy.

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: grampster on March 24, 2005, 03:30:50 PM

Hmmm.  That photo looks like an old girlfriend...................

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: brimic on March 24, 2005, 04:04:48 PM

Saw on the news tonight a film clip of the octopuses walking  on the bottom of the ocean using bipedal-like motion. Ninja-esque indeed!

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: seeker_two on March 24, 2005, 06:08:54 PM

Nah.  Everyone knows that skunks are ninjas of the animal world...

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Antibubba on March 25, 2005, 01:11:51 AM

So what is the "Mall Ninja" of the animal world?

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Penman on March 25, 2005, 12:13:17 PM

All that video needed was the "Pink Panther" music.

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Chuck Jennings on March 25, 2005, 11:00:39 PM

very tactical!

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: El Tejon on March 26, 2005, 03:24:38 AM

Imagine an octopus could shoot 6 pistols at once, 7 if it worked on its balance!

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Risasi on March 26, 2005, 12:15:33 PM

Bah!! You got that whole opposable thumb problem, Tejon. They could probably get away with using three guns though, if they used three of their appendages in place of the opposable thumb.

As for what is the animal most like the "mall ninja"? I'm not sure, but I think it's the crow:

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050119/Note3.asp

He just hasn't got around to mounting a flashlight or aimpoint on that stick yet...

You might ask Skunkabilly about that one.

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Post by: Antibubba on March 26, 2005, 06:03:25 PM

If you think crows are bright, you should see the studies they've done on ravens.Uncannily smart.

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Risasi on March 27, 2005, 05:12:01 PM

Go get some chamomile tea, HA!! That's a good one...

Yeah, I believe ya. Crows, ravens, they can't be that much different can they? I saw them down south when I used to travel. Other than being larger, and having that demonic sounding "Kraakk" what's the difference?

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Post by: Azrael256 on March 27, 2005, 06:11:32 PM

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Bah!! You got that whole opposable thumb problem, Tejon

You, sir, need to watch more cartoons.  An octopus can wrap a tentacle all the way around the grip several times, and then work the trigger with the end.

Title: octopus might be the most 'Ninja' species?
Post by: Risasi on March 28, 2005, 04:34:45 AM

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Bah!! You got that whole opposable thumb problem, Tejon

You, sir, need to watch more cartoons.  An octopus can wrap a tentacle all the way around the grip several times, and then work the trigger with the end.

I stand corrected. I am so humiliated...humiliated I tell you!!!