Ruminations on the Limitations of Living One's Life as a Cep

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Ruminations on the Limitations of Living One's Life as a Cep

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:51 pm

Rumination on the Limitations of Living One's Life as a Cephalopod

Give a thought to the squid,
For it can't live in fresh
Water. Just salt. Do you know, if it did
It would shrivel its flesh.

Have a care for the cuttle-
Fish. It is the same.
Fresh water would scuttle
It. Can't lift its game.

Say a prayer for the octo-
Pus. Travels the seas
With the grace of Jean Cocteau,
But creeks bring disease.

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Re: Ruminations on the Limitations of Living One's Life as a

Post by Robyn » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:10 pm

Nice work Stephen. Interesting to think of the interesting adaptations creatures that can survive in both salt and fresh water must have...
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Post by Stephen Whiteside » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:57 pm

Thanks, Robyn. Yes, there was an article about it on the ABC web-site. It all got a bit lost, and I don't think anybody knows why cephalopods can't adapt to fresh water, but the point is, they can't!
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Post by Maureen K Clifford » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:03 pm

Did you mean Jean Cocteau, the artist/poet or Jacques Costeau the ocean explorer or his son Jean Michael Costeau the enviromentalist?

Sorry if that seems piccy but trying to work out the link with Jean Cocteau and the ocatopus other than that maybe he ate them :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Stephen Whiteside » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:09 am

Cocteau, not Costeau. It was the only rhyme I could think of. Yes, the link is pretty tenuous - if it exists at all!
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Post by Neville Briggs » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:21 pm

You could have considered that famous french detective, Inspector Clouseau. :lol:
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