It's Even Worse Than I Thought

Guys. Oh god. Guys. This is terrible.

Horrible, really.

There are octopuses out there with more than 8 arms. In fact, they have a specimen with 96 tentacles




96!

This monstrosity even reproduced, though I am relieved to report that all of her fiendish spawn not only died, they had the normal amount of legs.

But imagine, just imagine, that horrible, sticking, wet sensation as an octopus grabs onto your leg to drag you to the inky depths. Now imagine it times 12! There would be no escape. No time to scream, to call for help or even to send one last, hard telepathic thought of love and warmth to your dear ones.

There would only be the hideous grapple. Then cold death on the bottom of the ocean. She would suck out your eyes and each tentacle would grow stronger and she would wait for her next victim.

Nature is a cruel beast.

We must study their habits

The better we prepare ourselves the better we'll be able to defend ourselves.

"They favor their first left tentacles, boys, you know where to slash!"

via bOINGbOING

Next? A Bumblebee

MORE reasons that Octopuses are terrifying.

This one Mimics stuff to trick th'animals around it. The video shows flounder, sea snake and lion fish as well as some basic octopus evasion techniques.

If you see a man walking strangely up the street, not saying anything and perhaps gasping a bit as though out of breath, I recommend you waste no time and attack! For if you don't, the octopus will surely be revealed and you will just as surely be dead.