tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post8072529078970284158..comments2009-12-19T09:32:51.818-05:00bredahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-60993899219072728672009-12-19T09:32:51.818-05:002009-12-19T09:32:51.818-05:00Found one more on the scale of the one I photo&#39;d:<br />http://richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Underwater/Horrors/TitanTriggerfish0306.jpgMikaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-67814514557192847502009-12-19T09:28:49.831-05:002009-12-19T09:28:49.831-05:00I&#39;m going to be spending 6 weeks diving in thailand early next year, taking the PADI Divemaster+Rescue diver course... in those waters, they have blue-ringed octopuses(octopii?) Those are highly venomous... human lethal, and there is no antivenom.<br /><br />They&#39;re not remotely my biggest worry though. I&#39;m more worried about things like scorpion fish and trigger fish. The former because it&#39;s small, camoflaged and poisonous, could concievably get stung by accident, the other because it&#39;s large, bad tempered and have powerful jaws(they&#39;re not lethal-dangerous, but they&#39;ll take a bite out of your flesh... they eat normally corral).<br /><br />I took a picture of a triggerfish from about 7-10 feet away before the instructor noticed and pulled me back last time, oops. Big one too, must&#39;ve been four feet long two feet tall in the middle.<br /><br />Triggerfish:<br />http://www.aftonvagen.se/triggerfish.jpg<br /><br />Not my picture(I&#39;d have to dig out the CD... never did get around to copying to computer).Mikaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-43769234538384895872009-12-18T11:16:51.382-05:002009-12-18T11:16:51.382-05:00Reveres SCUBA? <br /><br />Self Contained Out of water Breathing Apparatus? SCOBA??<br /><br />Luckily they little buggers will probably be contained within operating distance of saltwater. This means they&#39;ll only be a real threat to coastal states like California and who needs that anyway.Tremainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082851293732617816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-63861217948839422612009-12-17T21:34:39.613-05:002009-12-17T21:34:39.613-05:00Fact: Octopodes are <a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/Octopus.mp3" rel="nofollow">vicious murderers.</a><br /><br />wv: uncompse - zombies might be said to uncompse.Eseellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15324347796032312680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-11907491200247040892009-12-17T09:07:37.037-05:002009-12-17T09:07:37.037-05:00The word pundit in me is so glad you said octopodes instead of the widely-used, yet incorrect octopi.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428082495674007773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-45428504044176475862009-12-17T08:22:19.269-05:002009-12-17T08:22:19.269-05:00Wow Bob, you just made me REALLY hungry!Weer'd Beardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-36280631329168889562009-12-16T21:42:11.676-05:002009-12-16T21:42:11.676-05:00I imagine weed-wackers would work fine on octopi. Mass quantities of calamari!Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-9327718220027089962009-12-16T18:35:07.556-05:002009-12-16T18:35:07.556-05:00If your previous post on the subject is anything to go by, I&#39;d suggest a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_50_torpedo" rel="nofollow">Mk. 50</a> torpedo.<br /><br />Jimreflectoscopehttp://reflectoscope.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-74932489607494273392009-12-16T15:08:46.245-05:002009-12-16T15:08:46.245-05:00Given that they&#39;re invertebrates, I wager you could get by with 12 gauge birdshot.<br /><br />Mmmm. Octopus spray...Jay Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-29269061023346850352009-12-16T14:11:34.328-05:002009-12-16T14:11:34.328-05:00What caliber?<br /><br />8mm, natch.<br /><br />Oh, you mean to shoot them with, not for them to shoot. My bad.Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16619320967131771753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-27485434297521136412009-12-16T13:56:51.628-05:002009-12-16T13:56:51.628-05:00Zombie Octopus. Now that would be scary.<br /><br />-SayUncleSayUnclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160152068323654097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-8232442639130835432009-12-16T12:09:00.955-05:002009-12-16T12:09:00.955-05:00The best thing that Ive found for octopodes is...<br /><br />wasabi and a slice of pickled ginger.Mudruckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15873976147224947917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32278169577563552.post-48347770730461067582009-12-16T11:41:48.916-05:002009-12-16T11:41:48.916-05:00Actually they&#39;re so soft that something slow-moving might be better...so .380 ACP or .45 ACP might work better than faster bullets.<br /><br />So you&#39;re all set, Breda! Just make sure to steam the corpse for yummy eating!Weer'd Beardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com