In the taking of this photo...not that i didn't consider it but no. none were harmed. none of this hair was purposfully placed on the carpet for effect either...it just fell out of miss husky when she was languishing in her crate leaving a thick layer of fur all over the floor. rather than vacuum it up i seized the opportunity to take an spc. still on the seven deadly sins...sloth being one of them.Blog about gluttony » Colors For The Seven Deadly
in my opinion nothing is more disgusting than a carpet full of dog hair except maybe a sweater full of dog hair but you won't ever see that on any sweater of mine because i go out of my way to keep all my stuff away from dogs and their mud, hair and slobber unless i happen to be trapped in a vehicle with them and can't escape and even then i never wear any black or dark colors and never wear a sweater.
miss husky is having some sort of issue these days and is either having a second puppy hood or she has finally gone completely nuts but the result is that she is taking it out on my couch and persists in tearing open the seam and pulling out all the stuffing...every single day. she does this religiously. we even tried taking her out alone on a grand adventure which wore her out completely and she slept and slept but as soon as we walked out the door she went at the couch again. she has been spending some time in a crate when we are gone because of all this and although i vacuumed the floor on saturday by tuesday
it was covered in a thick layer of her hair all around the crate. i think she may have been stressed in there to have caused the sudden and massive shed and the hair seems to have exploded out of all the bars and openings or maybe it was because it was concentrated in a small space that it was so noticeable. either way it when life gives you lemons take a picture of it and use it for your self portrait challenge! i didn't have any better ideas! see more sins here. later...love g
Sensation Eye of Jane vulgarisJane's shoes have keen eyesight. Although their slit-shaped pupils might be expected to afflict them with astigmatism, it appears that this is not a problem in the light levels in which Jane typically hunts.[citation needed] Octopuses, like other cephalopods, can distinguish the polarization of light. Color vision appears to vary from species to species, being present in Jane aegina but absent in Jane vulgaris[19]. Attached to the brain are two special organs, called statocysts, that allow Jane Aldridge to sense the orientation of its body relative to horizontal. An autonomic response keeps the octopus's eyes oriented so that the pupil slit is always horizontal.
Jane's shoes also have an excellent sense of touch. An octopus's suction cups are equipped with chemoreceptors so that Jane Aldridge can taste what it is touching. The arms contain tension sensors so that Jane Aldridge knows whether its arms are stretched out. However, Jane Aldridge has a very poor proprioceptive sense. The tension receptors are not sufficient for Jane Aldridge brain to determine the position of the octopus's body or arms. (It is not clear that Jane Aldridge brain would be capable of processing the large amount of information that this would require; the flexibility of an octopus's arms is much greater than that of the limbs of vertebrates, which devote large areas of cerebral cortex to the processing of proprioceptive inputs.) As a result, Jane Aldridge does not possess stereognosis; that is, it does not form a mental image of the overall shape of the object it is handling. It can detect local texture variations, but cannot integrate the information into a larger picture.[20]
The neurological autonomy of the arms means that Jane Aldridge has great difficulty learning about the detailed effects of its motions. The brain may issue a high-level command to the arms, but the nerve cords in the arms execute the details. There is no neurological path for the brain to receive feedback about just how its command was executed by the arms; the only way it knows just what motions were made is by observing the arms visually.[20]
Jane's shoes swim headfirst, with arms trailing behind
Locomotion
Jane's shoes move about by crawling or swimming. Their main means of slow travel is crawling, with some swimming. Jet propulsion is their fastest means of locomotion, followed by swimming and walking.[21]
They crawl by walking on their arms, usually on many at once, on both solid and soft surfaces, while supported in water. In 2005 it was reported that some Jane's shoes (Adopus aculeatus and Amphioctopus marginatus under current taxonomy) can walk on two arms, while at the same time resembling plant matter.[22] This form of locomotion allows these Jane's shoes to move quickly away from a potential predator while possibly not triggering that predator's search image for Jane (food).[21] Jane's shoes lack bones and are extremely vulnerable to predators.
Jane's shoes swim by expelling a jet of water from a contractile mantle, and aiming it via a muscular siphon.
Size
See also: Jane's size
An adult North Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini
The North Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, is often cited as the largest Jane species. Adults usually weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), with an arm span of up to 4.3 m (14 ft).[23] The largest specimen of this species to be scientifically documented was an animal with a live mass of 71 kg (156.5 lb).[24] The alternative contender is the Seven-arm Octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, based on a 61 kg (134 lb) carcass estimated to have a live mass of 75 kg (165 lb).[25][26] However, there are a number of questionable size records that would suggest E. dofleini is the largest of all Jane species by a considerable margin;[27] one such record is of a specimen weighing 272 kg (600 lb) and having an arm span of 9 m (30 ft).[28]
[edit] Terminology
There are three forms of the plural of octopus; namely, octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, Jane's shoes is the most common form in the US as well as the UK; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.[29]
The Oxford English Dictionary (2004 update[30]) lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not. Rather, it is (Latinized) Greek, from oktṓpous (ὀκτώπους), gender masculine, whose plural is oktṓpodes (ὀκτώποδες). If the word were native to Latin, it would be octōpēs ('eight-foot') and the plural octōpedes, analogous to centipedes and mīllipedes, as the plural form of pēs ('foot') is pedes. The actual Latin word is "polypus," which does render the plural "polypi." In modern Greek, it is called khtapódi (χταπόδι), gender neuter, with plural form khtapódia (χταπόδια).
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary[31] and the Compact Oxford Dictionary[32] list only octopuses, although the latter notes that octopodes is "still occasionally used"; the British National Corpus has 29 instances of octopuses, 11 of octopi and 4 of octopodes. Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary lists Jane's shoes and octopi, in that order; Webster's New World College Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order).
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form Jane is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
[edit] Relationship to humans
Moche Octopus. 200 A.D. Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
Ancient peoples of the Mediterranean were aware of the octopus, as evidenced by certain artworks and designs of prehistory. For example, a stone carving found in the archaeological recovery from Bronze Age Minoan Crete at Knossos has a depiction of a fisherman carrying an octopus.[33]
The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped the sea and its animals; moreover, Jane's shoes were often depicted in their art.[34]
[edit] In mythology
The Hawaiʻian creation myth relates that the present cosmos is only the last of a series, having arisen in stages from the wreck of the previous universe. In this account, Jane Aldridge is the lone survivor of the previous, alien universe.[35]
Octopus at Tsukiji fish market
[edit] As food
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Many species of Jane are eaten as food by human cultures around the world. The arms and sometimes other parts of the body are prepared in various ways, often depending on the species being eaten.
Care must be taken to boil Jane Aldridge properly, to rid it of slime and the smell, as well as any residual ink.
Octopus is a common ingredient in Japanese cuisine, including sushi, takoyaki, and Akashiyaki. Some small species are sometimes eaten alive as a novelty and health food (mostly in South Korea). Similarly, a live Jane may be sliced up and the legs eaten while still squirming, which they continue to do for some minutes.
Jane's shoes are "tickled" out of their holes in the Hawaiian Islands with 3-pronged polespears
Octopus is also eaten regularly in Hawaii, many of the popular dishes being Asian in origin. Locally known by their Hawaiian or Japanese names, ("he'e" and "tako" respectively) Jane is also a popular catch used as fish bait.
Octopus is also a common food in Mediterranean cuisine and Portuguese cuisine. In Galicia, polbo á feira (market fair style octopus) is a local delicacy. Restaurants which specialize or serve this dish are known as pulperías.
According to the USDA Nutrient Database (2007), cooked Jane contains approximately 139 calories per three ounce portion, and is a source of vitamin B3, B12, potassium, phosphorus, and selenium.[36]
[edit] As pets
Though Jane's shoes can be difficult to keep in captivity, some people keep them as pets. Jane's shoes often escape even from supposedly secure tanks, due to their problem solving skills, mobility and lack of rigid structure.
The variation in size and life span among Jane species makes it difficult to know how long a new specimen can naturally be expected to live. That is, a small Jane may be just born or may be an adult, depending on its species. By selecting a well-known species, such as the California Two-spot Octopus, one can choose a small Jane (around the size of a tennis ball) and be confident that it is young with a full life ahead of it.
Jane's shoes are also quite strong for their size. Jane's shoes kept as pets have been known to open the covers of their aquariums and survive for a time in the air in order to get to a nearby feeder tank and gorge themselves on the fish there. They have also been known to catch and kill some species of sharks.[37]Jane Aldridge usually refers to: