Looking at this fellow, one remembers that in a match between octopus and shark, octopus wins... and one can immediately understand why.
Teeth can be scary, but even a mouthful of teeth all together still amount to a single point of attack, like a spear-tip.
Strong arms spread out coördinated in a wrestler's attack are like a well-run army, surrounding and subduing the enemy* -- and in a shark's case, to immobilize him is to suffocate him, since without movement he can't get water through his gills.
JHRL's anthropo- portion stresses Cthulhu's strong arms... immediately below some dramatic and emphatic tentacles, also clearly strong. Any Pacific shark-gods had better look out.
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The dogfish sharks in this giant aquarium kept getting killed off, and it was a mystery to the aquarium keepers. Finally, cameras identified the killer: a camouflaged Giant Pacific Octopus. Please forgive the cheesy narration.
And, tentacles without being too...octopomorphic?
ReplyDeleteLooking at this fellow, one remembers that in a match between octopus and shark, octopus wins... and one can immediately understand why.
ReplyDeleteTeeth can be scary, but even a mouthful of teeth all together still amount to a single point of attack, like a spear-tip.
Strong arms spread out coördinated in a wrestler's attack are like a well-run army, surrounding and subduing the enemy* -- and in a shark's case, to immobilize him is to suffocate him, since without movement he can't get water through his gills.
JHRL's anthropo- portion stresses Cthulhu's strong arms... immediately below some dramatic and emphatic tentacles, also clearly strong. Any Pacific shark-gods had better look out.
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[Why, yes, wrestling was my school sport; why do you ask?]
Followup on YouTube: National Geographic 2007 video, 2 min 45 sec, Shark vs Octopus.
ReplyDeleteThe dogfish sharks in this giant aquarium kept getting killed off, and it was a mystery to the aquarium keepers. Finally, cameras identified the killer: a camouflaged Giant Pacific Octopus. Please forgive the cheesy narration.