Octopuses found to be fans of high-def, not so much SD

In case you weren't already convinced that animals across the globe simply prefer high-definition content, here's yet another research study to pound it through your thick skull. Renata Pronk utilized both SD and HD content in order to judge the reaction of octopuses when seeing a fellow octopus, a crab (read: dinner) and a random bottle. Her findings? The creature's eyes were simply too fast to view the SD content as anything other than a meaningless series of images, while the HD material caused it to puff up / scurry away, open wide or carry on aimlessly, respectively. Who says creatures of the wild don't have discerning taste?

[Via Slashgear, image courtesy of Deviantart]

[RockinOscar Posted Dec 22nd 2008 4:09PM]

*high five* x 8

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2008 11:28PM]

I like his Sonic the Hedgehog shoes

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2008 10:33AM]

My cat's favorite show is Sunrise Earth on Discovery HDTheater. I can put an episode on continuous repeat from the DVR and he'll me mesmerized for a long time. Luckily he has no claws as he jumps up on the stand and paws the screen, especially on birds episodes. He does nothing of the sort on anything in SD on the same 62" set.