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WATCH: 'Nazi Octopus' Slain By Argentine TV Host In World Cup Revenge

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Furious with Paul the "psychic" octopus' astonishing 100% World Cup prediction rate, an Argentine TV presenter has gotten his revenge by slaughtering ...

Fifty First (J)Dates: (J)Hate Mail of the Day

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Meredith Fineman

The following is an excerpt from an angry email received by a fellow JDater after she blew off a suitor... "It's not like I'm dieing [it took every o...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Is the Real Hero of the World Cup

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Rory Fitzgerald

In the face of threats that he would be turned in to calamari, Paul the Psychic Octopus has bravely, and accurately, predicted Germany's defeat by Spain yesterday.

Octopus Steals Diver's Camera For Its 'Gypsy Collection' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

A camera is probably one of the last things you'd expect to find in an octopus' garden. But when San Franciscan Victor Huang, living in Wellington, Ne...

7 Of The Most Intelligent Ocean Animals (VIDEOS/PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

From cetaceans to cephalopods, our oceans are filled with many intelligent creatures. As new research is conducted, we discover more and more fascina...

Octopuses React To Predators And Prey On TV

Live Science | Susan Cosier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Marine Science found that by playing video on a liquid crystal high definition television for gloomy octopuse...

Pervasive Banking or Irrelevance? You choose...

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Brett King

Why do we use cash? Why do we use banks? The basic premise is that banks are necessary to create a flow of cash and enable commerce, with built in pro...

Mysteries of the Deep

Julie Packard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Julie Packard

Almost on a daily basis scientists discover something new about the ocean. Some discoveries are delightful; others boggle the mind. For your enjoyment and amazement as we begin the new year, here are seven wonders from the seas.

Coconut-Carrying Octopus: First Evidence Of Tool Use In Invertebrate, Researcher 'Gobsmacked' (VIDEO)

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

AP-- SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter – unusually sophistic...

10 CEO Mega-Yachts (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

With the economy mired in a historic recession, now is certainly not the time to flaunt your world-class mega-yacht (assuming you actually own one). Y...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 12, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

With John and Elizabeth Edwards back in the news, Matt Yglesias espies Michael Tomasky ruminating on what can get you "banished from public life," and...

OCTOPUS JAILBREAK: Octopus Dismantles Part Of Own Tank

Los Angeles Times | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

You can't question a California two-spot octopus. So I don't know if it was a mollusk jailbreak attempt or just octovandalism, but this is a pretty g...

Study: Octopuses Have Six "Arms" And Two "Legs"

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

BERLIN - Octopuses' eight tentacles divide up into six "arms" and two "legs", a study published by a chain of commercial aquariums said on Thursday. ...

The Love Lives Of Octopi

Reuters | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

They flirt, hold hands and guard their lovers jealously -- yet they don't even have bones. The love lives of octopuses are far more complex than anyo...