Dogs’ sniffing powers have helped to detect bombs and smell signs of cancer. Now they’re being used to track down endangered wildlife — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A spider that preys on the malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted to the odour of sweaty socks, according to a study — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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We love Octopuses!! For those of you who love them too, here are 3 more just for you. We took this orange octopus and gave him a little more flair for our print in this listing, while offering him in a mod blue and another in black & gray in our shop as well! — via Etsy
Oil 11×17 in 2008 — via deviantART
Tentacle pendant is hand made using soft pink and pearl coloured polymer clay. This piece is sanded, buffed and polished giving it a smooth texture. The pendant is approximately 2″ wide — via Etsy
Plarchie is a 8 meter giant squid knitted from 162 plastic bags that was made by Deadly Knitshade for the Natural History Museum in London — via Laughing Squid
Whale sharks, the world’s biggest fish, could be even bigger than previously recorded, a new study reveals — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I got a lot of help on this one from the good people at ConceptArt.org. So anything good in it is due to them 😉 Coloring (on the octopus, anyway) was inspired by Klimt — via deviantART
My fave octopus. One day I want a tattoo that looks like this. Letraset markers & fine liner — via deviantART
Illustrator CS3, blends, brushes and the pen tool — via deviantART
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dr Roy Caldwell has shared some astonishing photos of two mating A. aculeatus. Note that these images are very rare and the quality is high — via TONMO
Larger version size of one of the backgrounds you can use for your aquarium in Gaia’s aquarium Facebook app, Ocean Party — via deviantART
Scientists have identified a pheromone produced by female squid that triggers immediate and dramatic fighting in male squid that come into contact with it. The aggression-producing pheromone, believed to be the first of its kind discovered in any marine animal, belongs to a family of proteins found in vertebrates, including humans. Results of the study appear in the February 10th issue of Current Biology — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Unique hedgehog-like mammals have been filmed using their quills to communicate.
A BBC film crew captured footage of the streaked tenrecs in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar.
By rubbing together specialised quills on their backs, the tenrecs made high pitch ultrasound calls to each other in the forest undergrowth.
The footage is the first of a mammal communicating in this way, a technique called stridulation
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Britons are famously devoted to their pets but a new survey ahead of Valentine’s Day shows their furry friends may be standing in the way of love — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tentacle pendant is hand made using soft pink and black polymer clay. This piece is sanded, buffed and polished giving it a smooth texture — via Etsy
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