Cephalopods and more cephalopods!

[summer_jackel]

Kyn and I had a wonderful time at the Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park yesterday. It's really a fantastic museum and aquarium, and is always good for the cephalopods. This time, it boasted dwarf and flamboyant cuttles, chambered nautilus, a giant Pacific octopus and an absolutely adorable, very active little coconut octopus. I managed a couple of nice photos of some of these.





This little coconut okkie was utterly charming.


I can make myself looong






Wiffle ball!




In her flower pot


Only seconds later, a color display!




Gorgeous little flamboyant cuttles, casually strolling around on their substrate. I had never seen them before!






The dwarf cuttle tank is wonderful. At first, it looks like there are only corals in the tank. Then, if you are patient, you notice many little sets of eyes glittering at you from under the corals.


These guys are really interactive, both with each other and their human onlookers.












The beautiful albino alligator




Red-tailed catfish


Pretty angel


Handsome moray


A breeding colony of butterfly splitfins. Sadly, this lovely little fish is extinct in the wild.


I am a rockfish.


I am still a rockfish.


Gorgeous planted tetra tank.


Arapaima, viewed from below.


I'm a catfish, yeah.


Tube anemones. I saw these guys when I learned to dive! And I get to dive again this weekend!


I love water lilies


Silly picture taken by the museum's photographer when we went in.

Comments

[corpsefairy.livejournal.com]

They are toxic and cute!

I mean that literally.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

I know: I am not allowed to pet or smooch the adorable, toxic cuttles---anything that pretty in those waters is probably going to be bad news. It's still so tempting.