2009 Octopus Calendar on Etsy.com

What better way to ring in the new year than with a little octopus lovin'? Check out this cute Calendar I found from MateoAndIsabel on Etsy.com. You can get your daily octopus fix 365 days a year!



Product Description
Mateo and Isabel love octopuses, who doesn't?

This 2009 calendar measures 5.5 by 8.5 inches and is printed on recycled chip board with a Gocco printer. Enjoy this cute green octopus all year long or gift it to someone you love.

P.S.
Every one is a little different, it's the charm of Gocco!

$6 each.

They also have this funky little octopus "spoke card" available. If you no longer ride a bike, I'm sure you could find some other nifty use for it. $2 each.

More Octopus Tattoos

Here are a few more inked ceph-lovers I found recently on BMEZine.com.

Beautiful detail on this upper-arm octopus. I love how the texturing on the skin is so lifelike. The depth of the tentacles and detailed work around the eye is entrancing! I can't stop staring at it!


The colors in this little octopus really pop. It's simple, yet quite eye catching.



I know, I know...this is a little bit questionable under the title of "Octopus Tattoos", but hey, it's kinda' cool. This ceph-lover just happens to love his with a little rice and seaweed. It's a fun and unique design!

Happy Holidays, Cephalophiles!

Happy Christmas from Death by Divas and Everything Octopus!!!

Octopus Greeting Cards on Etsy.com

I just found a new "favorite seller" on Etsy.com - SmackofJellyfish. In my hunt for great octopus stationary, I came across her shop, which features a stellar collection of greeting cards, and yes, there is an octopus option.





Product Description
Show someone the depth of your love with this lovely little card. "If you were an octopus..." it reads on the outside; the inside continues: "I would grow eight arms to hold you."

Great earth tones and a charcoal sketch of an octopus adorn the front of the card. The back includes fantastic facts about the smartest known invertebrate!

This card is 4.875" square, and comes with a 5" square envelope.

There are more to come in this series of love card

Giant Pacific Octopus Tried to Eat Sub

This is an oldie, but goodie!

From: Dailyrecod.co.uk, January 16, 2006

Written by: Cara Page

Giant octopus tries to devour a submarine

A GIANT octopus almost ate a submarine when the £75,000 craft invaded its territory.

The 18-foot sea monster wrapped its tentacles around the remote-controlled sub's cable and hauled itself towards it.

Then it grabbed the vehicle and tried to bite through its metal skin.

The sub's amazed controllers used its thrusters to fire sand and grit from the seabed at the octopus, forcing it to let go.

And when they got the vehicle to the surface, they found two pieces of tentacle, each as thick as a man's arm, still attached to it.

The 80lb octopus pounced as the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) tried to move a cable on the seabed.

Chris Tarmy, whose company supplied the sub, said yesterday: "The octopus was obviously irritated by the ROV. It was a terrifying sight as it came galloping along the cable to attack.

"These creatures have terrific jaws and the sub's surface pilot was very worried that we could have lost it. But as the octopus engulfed the ROV with its tentacles, the pilot slammed its thrusters into reverse.

"Luckily, after a bit of a battle, the octopus let go.

"When we got the ROV back to the surface, it had these two big bits of tentacle stuck to it."

The 110lb, four-foot sub, supplied by Hampshire firm Seaeye, was working off Vancouver Island in Canada when it was attacked.

It suffered no major damage and experts say the octopus's lost tentacles will grow back.

The Giant Pacific Octopus can grow as big as 600lb. The creature is known for its intelligence and can unscrew jars to get at food.

Chris joked: "Perhaps the octopus" fancied the ROV. I suppose it can get lonely down there."