Octopusnuff part 2

The following paper may be inappropriate for people who think dolphins are kind and gentle creatures and/or people who really like octopuses and/or dolphins.

Things I did not know a few minutes ago:

1. Dolphins predate octopuses
2. There is a field of study called "prey handling" which is about how predators kill their prey
3. There have been observed cases where still kind of alive octopuses have suffocated dolphins trying to eat them.

Of course, there is some ecological analysis included about where (in more costal waters over sand, mud, and slit) and why dolphins are eating octopuses (likely because octopuses are the deadly kale of the marine world and because in the spring they are less equipped to fight back since they've been brooding).

And of course, this study took place in Australia.

Octopusnuff

Huh? It's hard to make up a word that nobody has used on a webpage, ever. But apparently I did. I assume if you try that link in a few days/weeks/months? this page will then show up. [I checked a little over an hour later and this page was already there! I didn't realize google searched the web so continuously]. Anywho. I apologize to all cephalopod lovers for putting up the first video. But I believe it helps make three points:
1) You'll appreciate the selection pressure that led to video 2.
2) The evolution of shells and external skeletons led to so called 'adaptive radiations' in certain groups as they, temporarily, escaped their predators. This video shows the problems of the unarmored.
3) Remember one of the advantages of group living was being able to prey on larger or more difficult prey? I rest my case.



This next one is for the cephalopod lovers. You may have seen it before but it amazes me how the octopus mimics not just the colors but also the texture of the algae.