Watching the diggnation podcast thingy ( http://digg.com/users/diggnation ) and came accross a video of an octopus owning a shark, pretty cool - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/octopus/media_players_blue/shark_hi.html
Oh its in rm, so you might need this http://qgl.org/tissue

Its also in the diggnation video http://www.gamearena.com.au/files/details/html/18249 at about the 22 min mark.

Holy s***!!

That was f***ing cool.

pass the tissues, this vid sounds awesome
but its awesomeness is totally offset by the unawesomeness that is realplayer

aparently octupus can open a screwtop lid of a container filled with food and droped into their tank.

There are stories out there of them escaping their tank (they can escape through a 1cm hole becauyse they dont have any bones), crawling across to another fish tank, taking some fish for dinner and going back to their tank while the owner sleeps.

Big thread on OCAU about it !

Spook is correct. Real player is crudy.

Real Player is awesome. It streams stuff alot better than media player does.

perhaps if u used xp rev, your media player would stream better eh?

That is true. But other than streaming, i wouldn't use it.

QT & WMP > RP.

I love watching video at 1 frame every 10 seconds... Real Player is the biggest pos on the intarweb.

so anyway im pretty stupid, ive got an ipod and itunes but when i click on podcasts in itunes nothing happens

just get real alternative you f***ING DUMB c***S!
fyi it ran fine.

lol @ podcast. What a stupid word.

I think Maddox says it best. =D

The following is taken from here:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish

Podcast: Someone had the revolutionary idea of taking a compressed audio file and putting it online. Yeah, doesn't sound so sexy when I describe it for what it is, does it you morons? It would have been a great idea if streaming audio wasn't already around for over a decade before the word "podcast" entered the lexicon. Man, I can't stand the word "lexicon." Talking about all these s***ty words has made me start using s***ty words. I'm so pissed, I just slammed the door shut on some kid's nuts.

Podcasting: It's snob for "streaming audio."

So true. haha.

Apart from the 1/2 an hour of waffle by those two nerds. The video was interesting. I had no idea octopuses could take down a shark.

Eight long strong arms & incredibly flexible body.

A ridgid fish with only really big jaws. Not really a match. Like lots of things a shark is only dangerous at the front end.

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http://www.filesharingplace.com/downloads/real_alternative.php

thats for those who like me hate real player

Edit:also Rofl that shark get OWNED

last edited by Irhabi at 00:34:00 25/Aug/05

Yep...if attacked by a shark thats what you do...wrap your tenticles around him

pfft 3 to 4 foot shark... even I could kill one of them with my hands

That before or after you scream like a schoolgirl when you find yourself in the same tank as a shark and piss yourself?? Its probably you pissing yourself that would kill the poor thing.

last edited by Tanaka Khan at 02:14:24 25/Aug/05

Yeah that was not a very big shark, certainly wasnt a threat to "that" octopus... I am sure there are other sharks that would have had a go... whether they would catch/kill "that" octopus is a different story!

If I came back as another species, i would want it to be either a croc or an octopus...

croc - ability to survive and regen rocks!

octopus - an incrediably smart species, the computations to change texture, shape, colours... certainly rivals the adaptability of mankind!

http://video.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/wnet/nature/octopus/sharkT1.rm

direct link for those that use RP alt

realplayer is a streaming pile of s***

I hate real media. Its absolute dongs.

See that thing change colours right before it attacks the shark? Fkn sweeeeeeet.

Awesome vid

yeah, i'm sure it would be awesome if it played more than 1fps.
and i'm running mpc with real alt.

Cephalopods are very cool critters to watch... if I was wealthier I'd setup a marine aquarium with cuttlefish... those f***rs are really odd.

http://www.planula.com.au/dive/uwphoto2002/large/cuttlefish.jpg

& I'd call it Dr. Zoidberg ... I can dream ;]

Is there any software that can convert from RM to a real format yet?

All I saw was postcard broken image postcard ...

surely one of you uber nerds can change the format?

did that direct link work for anyone else? because it didn't work for me.

One of the mates is looking at setting up his new marine tank with Cuttlefish - can't wait to check em out =)

I'd be interested to hear the feedback of that setup HERMITech! I've been reading a lot about marine tank setups , the nitrogen cycle, protien skimmers, etc... I'd really like to know if a cuttlefish tank would be too much hassle for me to maintain... I'm pretty lazy but never had a problem with fresh water fish tanks before.
Stuff like... how regularly do you need to test the water/change the water, how easy/hard it is to get salinity right n stuff like that.

That was awesome thanks for sharing!!

Makes you wonder about all the old 20 meter squid stories and what they could do.... COOL!

That before or after you scream like a schoolgirl when you find yourself in the same tank as a shark and piss yourself?? Its probably you pissing yourself that would kill the poor thing.

Hahahaa congrats on the worst post of 2005 dumbass.

LOL....and claiming you could kill a shark with your bare hands isnt?

pretty cool, but the shark was half the size of the octupus.

Captivate said: Makes you wonder about all the old 20 meter squid stories and what they could do.... COOL!

Such monstrous sized beasts do exist. But only a few instances have ever been caught on film or photo. As they stay hidden in the vast deep dark reachs of the pacific. I think there are also atlantic squids, but i don't know how big they are.

^^ yer i dont think anyone has seen any in their natural habitat. only deads ones that trawlers pick up.

You wouldn't want to see one in it's natural habitat. lol. Bad news.

However, submersible robotic cameras are fairly expendable due to somewhat low cost. They might do the trick one day.

Like lots of things a shark is only dangerous at the front end.

Actually, sharks are covered in dermal denticles, so any part of a shark can do damage :P

Its probably you pissing yourself that would kill the poor thing.

Urine is waste products filtered from your blood mixed with water. As a result, if you pee in the water it smells like blood to a shark. So you'd probably die from the feeding frenzy... ^_^


Your useless information for the day!

last edited by Crizane Tribal at 13:40:10 25/Aug/05

Well aware of that C.T . But a Shark doesn't exactly attack people, or other creatures by rubbing them with it's corase sandpaper like skin. :)

You are also correct about the urine bit. Funny and true that. Don't pee in the sea. heh.

^ Especially if you are on the south coast - thats bad news at the moment - 5 fatalities since 2000.

yer i dont think anyone has seen any in their natural habitat. only deads ones that trawlers pick up.

I dont follow... You just saw a video that had an Octopus in it. Now am no expert but I think you just saw an Octopus in its natural habitat.

I dont follow... You just saw a video that had an Octopus in it. Now am no expert but I think you just saw an Octopus in its natural habitat.

i was replying to A_W about giant squids etc, not octopi.


last edited by ravn0s at 15:08:25 25/Aug/05

LOL....and claiming you could kill a shark with your bare hands isnt?

Nope. Just punch em on the nose!

Who's for a trip to seaworld then?? I wanna see Evis take on a shark with his bare hands.Sorta sounds like something Acetame would say actually.Now im no shark expert,but hitting a shark on the nose will do what besides probably piss them off.Would have to be a bloody good punch,cause you know being underwater will hamper that punch some what.

you fail at watching mythbusters

According to the Mythbusters 'Jaws special' punching a shark on the nose can deter them but it wont necessarily stop them from hasseling you. And if youre coming up against a big ass shark, I think youre going to need a fair bit of force to do anything about it...

Only seen a few Mythbusters to be honest...did they actually jump in the water and hit a shark on the nose?

yea with robotic punching arms attached to an upper body (which had meat attached), pneumatically actuated and he held it from inside the cage.

I will beat you to death with the shark's corpse when I'm done with it Tanaka.

yea with robotic punching arms attached to an upper body (which had meat attached), pneumatically actuated and he held it from inside the cage.

Did you watch the whole ep? The baldy jumped in with some sharks and tried punching them.

They were all itty bitty ones though

I will beat you to death with the shark's corpse when I'm done with it Tanaka.

LMAO....my god your channeling Acetame!!!

pfft 3 to 4 foot shark... even I could kill one of them with my hands

exactly.

that is a f***ing tiny shark, its barely even a shark. my dad catches snapper and perch bigger then that ffs ;p

give it even a 8ft bronzy(a decentish size shark-still not big at all for a shark) and see who comes off second best

cool but not as cool as the Indonesian or was it Japanese man eating octopus that I watched on Discovery (or National Geographic, god my mmemory sucks)

more on the topic probably could be found on google