Jasonopod, the cra-octopus
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Something fun from the Wildlife Conservation Society: Build Your Wild Side. It’s a marketing gimmick, but a wild one.
And in the tradition of infecting other bloggers, I challenge the following to build their wild self too and pass on the meme:
October 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
[...] Jason at Cephalopodcast.com challenged me to visit this site, sponsored by the New York Zoo, to create my “wild self.” It’s like one of those flip books where you mix and match body parts. As a biologist, such egregious phylogenetic cross-pollination bugs me a little bit, but darn, I like my new look. [...]
October 19th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I tried! Unfortunately the site is woefully lacking in plant and insect parts for me to attach to myself :-).
Such an entertaining app though, and what a great artist!
October 19th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Ah, but they do have parts for the invasive lionfish, as demonstrated so aptly by Rick.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:37 am
Wow, missed that one! I was going to comment over on Rick’s blog but his avatar has creeped me out
Might try again…