One of the scouts for our future cephalopod overlords has been caught up in World Cup excitement... http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-germany-octopusoracle-worldcup Sort of giving the game away...market paperback for WINTER DUTY is on the shelves. I wish MARCH IN COUNTRY could be with it, but my depressingly small work output with the Sprog running around the house forced its delay until December

This is kind of interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/smart-octopus-can-use-tools-17147361

The chaos begins . A female two-spotted Octopus pulled a valve and dumped 200 gallons of saltwater all over the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium's newly installed carpets, floors, and facades. Accident? I think not. I don't know about you, but I'm stocking up on ammo, batteries, and toilet paper.

"Invisible Octopus" in action: And the aptly-named "Vampire Squid from Hell" - a creature of extreme depths