Octopus

I'll probably take some shit from Amanda for saying this, but I have to get it out there:

There is little in the world that is worse to look at than an octopus.

Shortly before I went to sleep last night, I turned on the Discovery Channel. There was some show on about life at the bottom of the ocean ("The seaweed is always greener...") and they featured "A Day in the Life of a Female Octopus." This particular octopus feasted upon a lobster (the cockroach of the sea), but was not satisfied with just one; she got herself into a lobster pot. When the trap was raised to the surface, she was pulled out by the fishermen and thrown on the deck, awaiting her execution. The gelatinous, skeleton-less blob was unwilling to accept her fate, however, and oozed toward the side of the boat. She threw herself back into the sea and jetted to the ocean floor, where she quickly found a flounder and gutted it.

I'm usually a fan of the animal kingdom, but octopi just don't do it for me. They are easily the most revolting creatures on Earth.

June 23, 2002 - 12:35 PM