| Author | Message | ||
     Reepicheep |
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Please, act now. It needs your help! | ||
| Sayitaintso |
They are vicious animals that need to be exterminated. When I was kid my dad was stationed with the reserve marine corps unit at sand point navy base. We took a day trip over to the Olympic National Forest one weekend. We did some hiking and exploring and had a nice picnic. Anyway, after lunch I wandered off a little bit from the rest of the family and was attacked by one of those horrible evil things. Its a good thing my dad was paying attention and saved me, because before I knew what was going on I was 4 feet off the ground and being pulled up into the trees. If it wasn't for the salt shaker he threw like a hand grenade I'm sure I'd have been eaten. Anyway, don't believe that stuff about them being harmless, they are maneaters I tell ya. | ||
| Swampy |
You're kidding....right? I had this very scary extreme paradigm shift yesterday, and now I realize I have been left out of the loop as far as this all reaching conspiracy goes. I am one of the endangered ones and wish desperately to take the red pill as scarey as this may seem. Art really does imitate life....doesn't it? | ||
| Ezblast |
Foil hat brigade ho! | ||
| Sayitaintso |
Foil isn't strong enough, they'll bite right through it. After my experience, my dad (he was the supply sgt for the reserve unit) brought home a couple surplus helmets (liner and the steel pot) to help protect me and my brother when playing the woods behind our house. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Now I have to admit the tree octopus is scary and all.....but the REALLY dangerous critter is the swamp crocagator...alligator on one end, crocodile on the other and nowhere to poop...they get real mean..I saw a hungry one once eat itself... | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
Fast you are so lying. That's just ridiculous! Crocagator's do have a poop hole. It's just really hard to find and no one has ever got that close and lived. If you think those buggers are mean normally just wait till ya start poking around it's bung hole. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
some body had alot of time on their hands. I wonder if they are getting any donations.... look to them to get a grant in the next round of federal bail out stimulus stupidity.... all they have to do is blame the 'extinction' on global warming. ka-ching | ||
| Sayitaintso |
Damn all you guys....... you've managed to bring up two of my biggest fears. Now that I live in FL I'm always worried about crocagators. When traveling I never stop along the side of the road to take a leak, I'm just too paranoid. I'll pee in a Super BigGulp cup before stopping near a lightly inhabited area. I read somewhere that the best defense is okra, so I have it planted all around my house to keep them away, it must really work well because so far I haven't seen one around the house. My kids just laugh at me, but I know I'll be the last one laughing when one of them gets eaten. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Ok, maybe you are right Curtis...here is a pic of a baby one.  | ||
| Jaimec |
I see this freakish weather we're having is affecting EVERYONE... | ||
| Hootowl |
Surely no one would fall for that. Unless you count all the people who signed the petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. http://www.dhmo.org/ | ||
| Fast1075 |
Now THERE was someone with too much time on their hands. Creative though  | ||
| Reepicheep |
I saw the link to that from a friends facebook post... a researcher was seeing how well "the internet generation" can do objective research. They asked them to research the tree octopus, (knowing that page was out there). The results were predictable... I know *I'm* not going anywhere near Puget Sound without my helmet on. Yikes!  (Make sure you read the FAQ entry about why Sasquatches are still allowed to harvest the tree octopus, even though they are endangered...) | ||
| Moxnix |
Headline at Yahoo News: ‘Tree octopus’ is latest evidence the internet is making kids dumb, says group So, they can't learn parody, satire, or critical thinking w/o a group of groupthinkers to help them. | ||
| Blk_uly |
I think octopus taste great!! especially in Ceviche (A dish wear seafood is not cooked, only marinated in lime juice and green chillies, northern Peruvian style). But living in those pine trees would give them a Christmas-like taste. YUM!!! | ||
| Strokizator |
I've not seen the tree octopus but I am familiar with the Rocky Mountain Barking Spider. | ||
| Hootowl |
Yeah, one just ran under my chair. Smelly little buggers. | ||
| Bbbob |
Sayitaintso...Now that I live in FL I'm always worried about crocagators I hear the crocagators avoid Skunk Apes like the plague. The abandoned golf course behind my house is full of Skunk Apes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape Blk uly...the Skunk Apes must be foraging in your garbage cans too... | ||
| Blake |
Don't ever get caught standing still when you're in the territory of the Gobi Desert Sand Beaver. Being chewed off at the ankles by a pack of burrowing Sand Beavers can ruin your day, especially if you are riding a kick-start-only dirt bike. | ||
| Blk_uly |
So that explains those strange noises and bad smells  | ||
| Blk_uly |
Oh yeah I frgot to tell you Bbbob I got a pic of him the other day, check it out!  | ||
| Whisperstealth |
I just sent them a donation. I think ya'll are being stingy with your money. Bunch a heartless B-tards around here. | ||
| Sayitaintso |
Naw, Stinky is my buddy. His wife though, watch out. She is hell on earth, thats why he's always wandering around and never at home. I was out in the Apalachicola National Forest a couple weeks ago and ran into ole' Stinky. I had a 12 pack on the back of the bike and we found a log to sit on and just sat there for a while taking 'bout guy things and knocking back a few cold ones. Eventually, the conversation turned toward our families. I was telling him he should just leave her. Just then she came running out of the bushes and almost tore my head off for suggesting such a thing. I'm really worried about my friend. Its a good thing I have no sense of smell, my wife makes me burn my clothes and shower with Comet Powder and Brillo pads after getting home from hanging out with him. Oh the things we do for our friends. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Did you know there was a song written about Stinky's wife??? Here yah go..my old friend Greg Billings and his old band. The Stranger Band....they kicked ass. Warning video has some hot ladies dancing. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I would send thousands of dollars to save the tree octopus before I invest dime one to the 'green' economy at least the tree octopus has some credibility  | ||
| Mnrider |
I saw a Bigfoot once and he had a Tree Octopuss skin hat on. | ||
| Panhead_dan |
I like tree octopi. They're good with onions and a side of spotted owl! |
