@tinamarie1974 My first thought was the Warner Brothers Abominable snowman (unofficially named Hugo) from 1961, which was the inspiration for Elmira. Hugo was in turn inspired by Lenny from “Of Mice and Men”.
@DrWorm i dont remember that character, but he is sweet. Thanks for the mid afternoon video break. I’m sure my co-workers were wondering why I was staring at my phone and smiling for like 2 minutes
@capguncowboy No it isn’t - on color charts gold mixed with purple makes brown - not more gold or more purple or other rainbow colors… which was my point. Guess people don’t know what happens when you mix colors so I should have explained it.
@Kidsandliz probably not though. Just like how someone with blue eyes has a child with a partner that has brown eyes, won’t have weird mixed eyes (unless they’re heterochromaic) but whichever gene is more dominant will take over. So it’ll be a toss up on the color.
@tinamarie1974 another video they did found a similar little guy and he was like 4 centimeters. It’s hard to tell with these videos though. I would have thought they were 10-12 inches (25-30 centimeters)
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/16/researchers-nautilus-live-spot-googly-eyed-stubby-squid-california-coast-live-stream/88818442/
/giphy awwwwww
/giphy awe
Very cool. It really does almost look like a toddler dropped their toy and forgot it.
@jbartus Perhaps they did?
I saw this! I just want to see it swimming around!
@hollboll Yeah, it kinda bothers me that it wasn’t moving…
@Barney Maybe it could sense the idiots watching it and was playing dead.
@Barney @looseneck I get the feeling it may have been sleeping and maybe it has those markings on the eyelids as an evolutionary trait?
@hollboll You might be right. The eyes don’t look real.
@looseneck that’s my thought. It never moves at all!
@hollboll @looseneck I don’t know, but purple guy (he needs a name) and Ms. Pac-Man (yellow gal) are just so darn cute.
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@capguncowboy It’s a trap!
@capguncowboy
@mehbee
It’s a trip!
/giphy trip
It is so stinking cute!!! I want to hug it, and squeeze it, and love it and keep it for my very own
@tinamarie1974 Sure Lenny.
@mehbee I was going for Elmira Duff, but Lenny works. But it is so cute, how could you not want to hug and cuddle the cuddlefish
@tinamarie1974 My first thought was the Warner Brothers Abominable snowman (unofficially named Hugo) from 1961, which was the inspiration for Elmira. Hugo was in turn inspired by Lenny from “Of Mice and Men”.
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@DrWorm i dont remember that character, but he is sweet. Thanks for the mid afternoon video break. I’m sure my co-workers were wondering why I was staring at my phone and smiling for like 2 minutes
@tinamarie1974 I agree, it’s totally squeezable, in a non-murdery way!
@mehbee exactly! !!!
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@thismyusername You know, for some reason, listening to these people talk and giggle irritates the hell out of me.
@Barney lol, I like it. They’re so happy.
@RiotDemon Happy?
/giphy bah humbug
@Barney awww they are excited to be exploring!
Need Stimpy to make you a happy helmet!
and… if it wasn’t for those super happy people… you would have never found your purple cuttlefish!!!
@thismyusername @RiotDemon Geez, I’m surrounded by too much sweetness and light.
/giphy pollyanna
@Barney They don’t sound professional. They must be on a 3-hour tour. He’s so tiny!
@looseneck ♪ For a three hour tour. A three hour tour. ♪
@Barney
Are you feeling at least somewhat purple today, I hope?
@f00l Darn it, between you and @looseneck, I’m going to be humming this all day long.
Edit: I seem to be alternating with the Nationwide jingle. -sigh-
Your new love has a cute friend
@capguncowboy Isn’t that so cool?
@Barney ask your new love if her cute friend is single! Maybe we can double!
@capguncowboy Trouble is their babies will be brown and not gold or purple I’d suspect…
@Kidsandliz
/giphy rainbow babies
@Kidsandliz oh, dat’s racist!
/giphy dat’s racist
wow, that’s so much worse than I wanted it to be
@capguncowboy No it isn’t - on color charts gold mixed with purple makes brown - not more gold or more purple or other rainbow colors… which was my point. Guess people don’t know what happens when you mix colors so I should have explained it.
@Kidsandliz I’m aware of the color that yellow and purple will produce, as will green with red, or orange with blue.
It was just a jab. I don’t think anyone actually thinks you’re racist
/giphy relax and enjoy the show
@capguncowboy It’s like he’s trying to hug himself with his ears
@Kidsandliz probably not though. Just like how someone with blue eyes has a child with a partner that has brown eyes, won’t have weird mixed eyes (unless they’re heterochromaic) but whichever gene is more dominant will take over. So it’ll be a toss up on the color.
/image Purple Nurple
@hems79 Ouch.
@Barney
Ouch? That’s not the sound I woulda gone with …
Does it come in Teal?
@vwatts I love purple.
Did they say how big the yellow and purple guys are
@tinamarie1974 Not that I know of.
@tinamarie1974 I think the yellow one can be found by searching Opisthoteuthis adorabilis.
Yes… adorabilis…
@tinamarie1974 another video they did found a similar little guy and he was like 4 centimeters. It’s hard to tell with these videos though. I would have thought they were 10-12 inches (25-30 centimeters)