![]() ![]() Once the app has downloaded, open installbackupandsync.exe. Windowsĭownload the PC app by going to the Backup and Sync download page > read and agree to the Terms of Service. Once the app has downloaded, open installbackupandsync.dmg > move “Backup and Sync” to your Applications folder > open Backup and Sync > sign in using your Google Account username and password > select your sync settings > click Next. Here’s a look at how to get started with the new Backup and Sync tool: Download and install Macĭownload the Mac app by going to the Backup and Sync download page > read and agree to the Terms of Service. Drive File Stream will allow users to automatically stream a file they want to view or edit directly from the cloud on-demand, without the need to download the file first. Google does offer affordable paid storage packages starting at $1.99 per month for 100 gigabytes.īackup and Sync is primarily intended for consumer users, while enterprise users needing access to large corporate data sets will eventually get access to Drive File Stream, which is currently in an early adopter program. All files from a computer’s internal hard drive or other devices such as memory cards will remain in the same format and will simply be recreated directly in Drive.īackup and Sync will replace the existing Google Photos desktop uploader and Drive for both Mac and Windows computers.Īs we noted when the Backup and Sync tool was announced, if you are backing up a lot of files you will quickly use up your free 15 gigabytes of Google Drive storage. The new tool allows users to back up all their files and folders from a Mac or personal computer to their Google Drive account. Following a two-week delay, Google Inc.’s new Backup and Sync tool, which launched last month, is now available to download for Mac and Windows users. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Things slowly start to head south however when rumors of the place being haunted start to unfold. The plot finds Nancy in Japan with Bess and George where the former is staying at a ryokan through a friends recommendation. Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge not only had an engaging mystery but also took inspiration from many Japanese customs. And if you do end up playing it, I hope that you enjoy it more than I did. So overall, I really don't recommend you buy this if you are expecting a fun mystery romp through Japan, but I suppose if you really like number puzzles like sudoku and renograms then you'll probably find a good challenge in those. I also wouldn't worry about it being too scary, unless you get scared by creepy sound effects, though I will warn that there are a couple of jumpscares throughout the game. And I will concede that some of the puzzles were genuinely difficult and time consuming, but that also meant that they could get boring pretty quickly if they puzzles weren't your type of thing. My favorite part of the game was when you got to grade papers as a teacher, which made me laugh every time, but it's sad to say as this is supposed to be an adventure game. None of that is to say that there weren't any enjoyable elements, the ending really picked up steam and was pretty interesting, as well as portions in the middle. I will also say, the repetition in this game is infuriating and I believe that it would benefit from a skip button on the dialogue. And most of the tasks were tedious and boring to get through, like making the bento, but I did enjoy many of Takae's tasks because they were at least interesting to learn about. And half the time you weren't sure if what you were doing was going to help you progress forward with the plot (like Rentaro's puzzles). Also, many of the collectible objects couldn't be picked up until after you met a specific qualification, so you would be hunting around in the same five places trying to figure out how to finish the puzzle before you realized that you needed to take a nap until 1 am. Half of the talking points that you had with certain characters were insignificant, but when something significant did happen and you wanted to talk to the characters about it, nothing would come up. On another note, the game itself was just a slog to get through. I'm not Japanese, so I can't comment on the authenticity of the game, but it definitely used the popular cultural elements to its advantage, unfortunately, it didn't really seem to benefit the game, or highlight the reason those elements would be enjoyable to play with in a game, so every time a task came up where you had to do something that was culturally significant, it felt tedious and underused rather than enjoyable and charming like I hoped it would be. For one thing, it felt really insensitive, like replace all of the ls in a word with the r sound to give them an accent kind of insensitive. Nancy decides to investigate the mystery to figure out what is going on and who is causing all the mysterious turmoil about the place. Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge is a mystery sleuthing game that tells the story of Nancy's time in Japan staying at a ryokan with a reputation for being haunted. ⚠️ATTENTION MAC USERS: This game will not run on Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, or higher Mac operating systems. Be prepared for the scariest Nancy Drew game in the series. ![]()
![]() Sonic Team sought to re-imagine the most popular aspects of the franchise in high-definition, and developed the game using the Hedgehog Engine. Each location and many bosses in the game are previously seen in an earlier entry in the series, with the game including numerous other references to past entries. Devil's Details and Dimps helped create the Windows and 3DS versions, respectively. ![]() ![]() The Windows version is noted for its active modding scene, where a dedicated community creates new gameplay mechanics, levels, and assets for the game. The game received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, selling 1.85 million copies by May 2012. Reviewers found its visuals, audio, and gameplay to be highlights, and called it a good tribute to the franchise. It also received some criticism, mostly for its occasional frame rate and control problems. Reception to the 3DS version was mixed reviewers criticized its short length and design, and deemed it worse than Dimps' previous Sonic games. The Classic iteration of Sonic introduced in the game has continued to make appearances throughout the franchise. Gameplay in Chemical Plant, the game's second level. Classic Sonic's levels are played from a 2D perspective ( top) while Modern Sonic's are played from a 3D perspective ( bottom). Sonic Generations is a platform game in which players control two variants of Sonic the Hedgehog: "Classic" or "Modern". Classic Sonic's gameplay is restricted side-scrolling gameplay similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog games released in the 1990s, and requires him to use moves such as the Spin Dash and the Spin Attack. Modern Sonic's gameplay follows the gameplay style of Sonic Unleashed (2008), and Sonic Colors (2010), featuring an amalgamation of third-person and side-scrolling perspectives and techniques such as boosting and homing attacks. Both Sonics collect rings as a form of health, and power-ups such as elemental shields, invincibility, speed shoes, skateboards, or Wisps. Players can also customize each Sonic's abilities, and purchase additional ones at a Skill Shop. The game's main hub is a realm called White Space, in which the player can explore, converse with other characters, and access the game's levels, each of which are derived from a previous entry in the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Incarnations View all 9 versions of Red on BTVA. ![]() 'Angry Birds Movie 2' opens August 13th, 2019. Being that she’s also a science whiz, Bloom says. Picking up some time after the events of the first. Garry is just one of a flock of new characters coming to The Angry Birds Movie 2, including Rachel Bloom’s Silver, Chuck’s speedster sister. ![]() Based on the popular video game of the same name, The Angry Birds Movie 2 takes the story even further. The movie is a sequel to 2016's The Angry Birds Movie, with a lot of the cast returning along with some new surprises. Movie: The Angry Birds Movie Franchise: Angry Birds. URHere at Sony Picture's ''Angry Birds Movie 2'' world premiere with Dove Cameron. The voice cast of The Angry Birds Movie 2 is full of well-known actors. Some material may not be suitable for children.Ĭlick here for full reviews of this and other current movies by Catholic News Service. The 'Angry Birds Movie 2,' the sequel to the hit 2016 film, reunites returning stars like Peter Dinklage and Jason Sudeikis while welcoming some new famous voices to Bird Island as well. Jason Sudeikis is the voice of Red in The Angry Birds Movie, and Shinobu Sakagami is the Japanese voice. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Intense action sequences, fleeting scatological humor. The result is in a comedy virtually the whole household can enjoy. Ross has also been through various disguises, from a gentleman to an alien, and been in several vehicles. He was commonly referred to as 'Freckles' by fans until Rovio Entertainment Corporation revealed his name to be Ross. : The Angry Birds Movie 2 : Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones, Bill Hader, Rachel Bloom, Awkwafina, Sterling K. But director Thurop Van Orman and screenwriter Peter Ackerman, eager to please, have seen to it that something inevitably comes along that they will. Ross (also known as Freckled Pig) is a supporting antagonist of the Angry Birds series. Cohen, who has been on-board the project since. The youngest audience members won’t understand all the jokes. The Angry Birds Movie comes to life with voiceover actors Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Maya Rudolph, and Peter Dinklage. They have ideas and it continues to make the film better and funnier. The flightless birds (voices of, among others, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Danny McBride) and crass green pigs (their leader voiced by Bill Hader) of the popular app must band together to stave off a threat from icy Eagle Island (its instigator voiced by Leslie Jones). The filmmakers behind this animated follow-up to the 2016 original create not one but two romantic subplots, teach a heartwarming moral lesson about cooperation even when you don’t like someone else, throw in a slew of ’90s references to entertain the grown-ups, and mix an air of unhinged, deeply classical silliness with the seemingly inevitable (in children’s fare) potty jokes. ![]() Sunday Urban as Lily The Angry Birds Movie 2 will hit movie theaters on August 14th! Be sure to listen for Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman’s daughters.Animated characters Red, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, Chuck, voiced by Josh Gad, and Bomb, voiced by Danny McBride, appear in "The Angry Birds Movie 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Brown) to forge an unsteady truce and form an unlikely superteam to save their homes.” The Angry Birds Movie 2 Cast “The flightless angry birds and the scheming green piggies take their beef to the next level in The Angry Birds Movie 2! When a new threat emerges that puts both Bird and Pig Island in danger, Red (Jason Sudeikis), Chuck (Josh Gad), Bomb (Danny McBride), and Mighty Eagle (Peter Dinklage) recruit Chuck’s sister Silver (Rachel Bloom) and team up with pigs Leonard (Bill Hader), his assistant Courtney (Awkwafina), and techpig Garry (Sterling K. The Angry Birds Movie 2: First Official Trailer Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of our feathered friends are back and angrier than ever for The Angry Birds Movie 2 With this sequel to the 2016 videogame-based, animated hit flying into theatres, we can expect to see (or hear) some familiar voices returning to Bird Island including Jason Sudeikis in the lead role, Red, as well as Peter Dinklage reprising his role as Mighty Eagle. ![]() ![]() ![]() * If you use a BlackBerry Curve 8300 Series device and you have a media card in your device, you can now record a video on your device. Before you start updating or installing new applications on your BlackBerry, you’ll want to ensure that you’re running the latest version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager. * If you use a BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 Series device, a BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 Series device, or a BlackBerry® 8800 Series device, when you create a new playlist, you can now specify criteria that your device uses to automatically generate a playlist. You can also check the availability of attendees for existing meetings. * When you add a new meeting request, you can now check attendee availability for the day of the meeting and one week into the future. If you use a reduced keypad device, Documents to Go also provides support for the SureType and Multitap typing input methods So, the Blackberry desktop manager 4. Version 4. For whom that have tested it, what's the new features and what do you think of this new prerelease. * edit and format Microsoft® Word files (97 – 2003) using Documents To Go. Connect the BlackBerry smartphone to the computer and open the BlackBerry Desktop Manager Click Synchronize. Hi, I've just downloaded the new desktop manager 4.5, will test it in few hours. * render HTML Rich Content email messages, including embedded images, external images, font formatting, paragraph formatting, and more. In urma cu putin timp, RIM au lansat o noua versiune de software (OS) pentru device-urile BlackBerry din seriile BlackBerry Pearl 8100, BlackBerry Curve 8300 & BlackBerry® 8800 Series. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is therefore conceivable that he may hide behind the facade of a psychosis. It should be noted, however, that Satan does not like to be revealed. Of course professional diagnosis must be made to determine the potential causes of certain behaviors which may be indicative of, for example, schizophrenia, multiple personality disorders or other mental illnesses described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV. In a discussion of the demonic, it is important to be sure that certain psychological disturbances, whether chemically caused or due to an imbalance from emotional distress or trauma, be ruled out before demonic possession is considered. This is commonly known as possession" (Aquinas, p. He does so by inciting a man to cogitate about a particular thing and impedes the use of reason. By its very nature "a demon intends to lead men to falsehood. The demon, he says, "creeps stealthily in through all the avenues of the senses, it gives itself shapes, it adapts itself to colors, it adheres to sounds, it appends itself to odors, it instills with flavors" (Aquinas, p. ![]() Augustine, can change the cognitive part of the person by changing his internal and external sensory powers. Moreover, a demon's influence, according to St. Though there are many demons, they describe themselves as legion in Mark's Gospel 5:10, "since there are many of us," they are all in effect minions of Satan who desired to rule like God over a multitude of angels (Aquinas, p. ![]() For example, in Ephesians 6:12, the Apostle says, "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places." Also vital to the description of a demon is that the demon by a free will act turned from good, the natural state of God's creation of which the demon is a part, to embrace evil (Aquinas, p. ![]() Saint Paul, for example, continually refers to the demonic forces present in the world and the damage they cause. Aiding reason, faith provides another vantage point for validating the activity of the spirit world. Surely, this description does not sit well with modern people since it presumes metaphysics which uses reason to know things that are not immediately available to the senses. Traditionally demons have been described as beings without bodies that possess intellect and free will (Aquinas, p. Finally, I will attempt to provide indications of demonic possession and the effects of demonic activity. After having done so I will illustrate / explain misidentification of demonic possession as mental illness or simply the free will actions of a bad person. In my discussion of demons, it is first necessary to define what a demon is and how it acts. The reality of demonic spirits is also well documented in non-Christian religions, notably Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Tao (Cramer, M., The Devil Within, 1979, p. The topic is also discussed by pagan philosophers as well as in the writing of the doctors of the Church (Aquinas, On Evil, pp. The Gospels are filled with stories of Jesus' encounter with demons. As a matter of fact, I would be displaying great hubris to entertain such doubts. However, now with more than 30 years of priestly experience under my belt and some growth in the Spirit's gift of knowledge infused through the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Orders, I no longer doubt the reality of malevolent spirits. Though I was aware that the teachings about demons, prayers to ward off the evil spirits and the official rite of exorcism have long been part of the official teaching of the Church, I doubted a modern priest could take such a pre-Enlightenment topic seriously. Earlier in my priesthood, I would not have been able to write this article and I certainly would have looked askance at anyone who broached the topic of demonology. ![]() ![]() ![]() We discussed two commands that you can use to fix the error: the git pull origin and git pull -rebase origin commands. This error occurs when you attempt to push your local changes to the remote repo without updating your local repo with new changes made to the remote repo. In this article, we talked about the error: failed to push some refs to error. The second command pushes your local repo's current state to the remote branch. If the first command above runs successfully, you should get a response that says: Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/main. To fix the error, go on and run following commands: git pull -rebase origin main The git pull -rebase command is helpful in situations where your local branch is a commit behind the remote branch. ![]() How to Fix error: failed to push some refs to Error in Git Using git pull -rebase In that case, use the solution in the next section. If the error persists, you'll get an error that says: fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories. If the request succeeds, then go on and run the command below to push your own changes: git push -u origin main Just keep in mind that there are chances of failure when using this command to sync your remote and local repos to get rid of the error. If you're working with a different branch, then you'd have to replace main in the example above with the name of your branch. Here's how you can do that: git pull origin main In our case, we're trying to get rid of the error: failed to push some refs to error by sending a pull request. Once the merging is done, you can then push your own code changes to GitHub. To send a pull request means to "fetch" new changes made to the remote repo and merge them with the local repo. How to Fix error: failed to push some refs to Error in Git Using git pull ![]() Let's go over how you can use the commands above. In most cases, the latter fixes the error. We can fix the error: failed to push some refs to error in Git using the git pull origin or git pull -rebase origin commands. How to Fix the error: failed to push some refs to Error in Git We'll be discussing two possible ways of fixing this error in the sections that follow. This is necessary so that you don't override the changes made by others. So Git is trying to tell you to update the local repo with the current changes in the remote before pushing your own changes. This error mainly occurs when you attempt to push your local changes to GitHub while the local repository (repo) has not yet been updated with any changes made in the remote repo. ![]() Make sure you have installed Firebase cli before starting the project setup.When collaborating with other developers using Git, you might encounter the error: failed to push some refs to error. Give it a try today and see how it can help you succeed in your studies! Tech Stack Overall, UNI-Share is a powerful tool for students looking to share and access resources and materials with their fellow students. I like to learn and to continuously develop my self. I like programming especially Java, and I have HTML, CSS and problem solving skills. I graduated from the Hashemite university with excellent GPA. From there, you can start sharing resources and chatting with other students right away. passionate and goal achieving electrical engineer. To get started with UNI-Share, simply download the app from the App Store or Google Play, and create an account using your institute's email address. This allows you to discuss and collaborate on projects and assignments in real-time, and provides a convenient way to stay connected with your peers. In addition to sharing resources with the entire institute, you can also use UNI-Share to have private chats with other students. This ensures that everyone stays up-to-date with the latest resources and materials, and helps to foster a sense of community among students. One of the key features of UNI-Share is the ability to notify all students at your institute whenever a new media content is uploaded. The app supports a wide range of file formats, including PDF, Word documents, videos, and audio files, so you can share whatever resources you have on hand. With UNI-Share, you can easily share notes, assignments, tutorials, notices, and more with your fellow students. Welcome to UNI-Share, the media sharing app that helps students share and access resources and materials with their fellow students at their institute. UNI-Share - A Media Sharing App for Students ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lack of support for IFO files and Blu-ray discs.Work as MKV editor to trim, crop, add new subtitles, etc.Fast processing speed powered by GPU acceleration.Retain the original quality and improve the quality of old or low-res DVDs.Convert DVD to MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, MP3, and other formats.Bypass the region restriction and copy protection schemes.Support various DVDs ranging from homemade to commercial, 99-title DVDs….Rip DVD and 1:1 backup to digital copies: ISO, VOB, Video_TS, MKV….It also provides options to let the user decide whether to deinterlace and how many CPU cores to use and then to distribute the computing power more reasonably. Tech-savvy users can customize the parameters of these presets, such as codec, bitrate, frame rate, audio/subtitle tracks, etc.Įven better, VideoProc Converter provides faster parse and processing speed than MakeMKV, thanks to the GPU acceleration technology fully powered by Intel Quick Sync, Nvidia CUDA/NVENC, AMD GPUs, and Apple M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max. Novices can directly benefit from the rich presets. In addition to remuxing your DVD to MKV just like MakeMKV, VideoProc Converter can also convert your DVD to MP4 (H.264/HEVC), AVI, MOV, and other formats compatible with various devices. And simultaneously, VideoProc Converter will automatically and intelligently select the correct title, so you don't have to worry about issues like MakeMKV angle 1 angle 2. Similar to MakeMKV, VideoProc Converter will list the detailed information of each title after parsing. It also supports drag-and-drop, which is much more interactive. Keeping up with almost all mainstream DVD copy protection schemes, VideoProc Converter can easily handle copy-protected and encrypted discs. This DVD ripping software allows you to load DVD discs, VIDEO_TS folder, and ISO image files, ranging from homemade to 99-titles DVDs. VideoProc Converter is the overall best MakeMKV alternative on Mac and Windows. MakeMKV Alternative for Mac and Windows - VideoProc Converter Please keep reading and choose the one that suits you best as per your needs. Also, there are some other Blu-ray rippers in this article. The best alternative to MakeMKV is VideoProc Converter, which you can directly get through the button below. So we list four DVD ripping software as MakeMKV alternatives. I have also tried reinstalling previous and new versions of MakeMKV (including moving the current version to the trash instead of overwriting it) and the same issues as the one described above and in part one repeat themselves.Tired of the MakeMKV website suspending or the endless search for beta keys after the MakeMKV evaluation expired? Although MakeMKV works like a charm when ripping DVDs, there are problems like MakeMKV not working or format incompatible issues. I therefore attempt to add the key again only to receive the error once more when the program re-launches, and this time if I click okay, MakeMKV opens but I am back to the "Evaluation period ended" message when I try and rip my movies.Ģ. With this method I get the error back that my key has expired and has been removed. I assumed because this version has a later expiration date that the new beta key was accepted, but I get the "evaluation period ended" error when I attempt to rip my movies.ġ. As soon as it starts, it stops and said that my evaluation period has ended and that I will need to get a new key. I was able to download the new version and input the new beta key to get us up and running until November, however, MakeMKV will no longer rip my Blu-Rays. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many products follow a Standard of Identity, which determines the exact Name a product must bear to comply with the actual Regulations.įor example, a paragraph of the Code of Federal Regulations defines “bread” or “milk.” To be labeled with such names, food products must follow to the minute what the Code of Federal Regulations states about the manufacturing and composition of those products. Exception n☃: the Nutrition Facts table follows precise requirements for type size, which can vary significantly based on the table format.įocus on the mandatory particulars – Product name.Exception n☂: Manufacturers have to write the net weight in a type size that varies based on the dimensions of the Principal Display Panel, according to the following table.Therefore, if the brand is 1 inch large, then the Product name shall be ½ inch minimum (in this way, superseding the rule in the previous paragraph). Exception n☁: Product Name must be written in type size at least half the size of the most extensive wording on the label (a trademark, a fancy text, or anything else).The letters must be at most three times as high as they are wide, and they must contrast sufficiently with the background to be easily read. It is not permitted to place any of them between the required labeling on the information panel.Īll mandatory particulars, with the exceptions listed below, must be written using a type size of at least 1/16 inch (about 1,6 mm) using the lower-case letter “o” as a reference. code, the best before date, any image or picture, any “flavor” text, etc. Examples of intervening material are the B.A.R. The Nutrition Facts table, Ingredient list, and Name and place of business of the operator must be written contiguously, with no intervening material* among them. ![]() The spaces above and below have to be similar to or more extensive than the height of the letter “N.” The characters must be at most three times as high as they are wide, and they must contrast sufficiently with the background to be easily read. This distance has to be equal to or more extensive than the width of the letter “N” (“Net”). The food industry has to keep a distance between them. It shall differ from other label info (wordings, pictures, etc.) to the left and right. Net weight must appear on the bottom 30% of the Principal Display Panel, parallel with the base of the container.Regardless of the choice of one of the above, there are a couple of other requisites that manufacturers must follow: Name of the food and net weight on the Principal Display Panel and all other details on the Information Panel.All particulars will appear on the Principal Display Panel or,.There are two ways of positioning the mandatory information: The information panel is the label’s surface, which is immediate to the right of the PDP. PDP is the surface of the label that the consumers are more likely to see at the moment of purchase (typically the “front” of the package”). A consumer can identify two main panels on a food label according to the current regulatory framework: Name, place of business of manufacturer, packer, or distributorįirst, correctly positioning the above information is key to a compliant label.Ingredient list (and allergens statement).market.įor any reference, please consult the Code of Federal Regulations, title 21 Part 101 (Food labeling)įollowing is a short list of the mandatory particulars which must appear on a generic food label (more on each topic later on): On the other hand, the consumer should be able to read this information efficiently.įollowing is a short introduction (hopefully useful for both) on what information should be on a compliant food label for the U.S. Therefore, the information provided to the consumer using a food label should be accurate, legible, clear, and not misleading.įor this reason, a food business operator who wishes to market its product in a given Country should be able to provide the consumer with all the information required by the existing laws of that Country. is for a person it gives those who look at it immediate and precise information about the subject in front of them. The “what, where and when” of a compliant food labelĪ label is for packaged food, what an I.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() The reproductive cycle of the tree octopus is still linked to its roots in the waters of the Puget Sound from where it is thought to have originated. Although they are not social animals like us, they display to one-another their emotions through their ability to change the color of their skin: red indicates anger, white fear, while they normally maintain a mottled brown tone to blend in with the background. Besides allowing them to see their prey and environment, it helps them in inter-octopus relations. Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans. Route 101, separating the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula from Hood Canal Map of estimated tree octopus maximum range, including spawning waters Reaching out with one of her eight arms, each covered in sensitive suckers, a tree octopus might grab a branch to pull herself along in a form of locomotion called tentaculation or she might be preparing to strike at an insect or small vertebrate, such as a frog or rodent, or steal an egg from a bird's nest or she might even be examining some object that caught her fancy, instinctively desiring to manipulate it with her dexterous limbs (really deserving the title "sensory organs" more than mere "limbs",) in order to better know it. (Some evolutionary theorists suppose that "arboreal adaptation" is what laid the groundwork in primates for the evolution of the human mind.) ![]() The challenges and richness of this environment (and the intimate way in which it interacts with it,) may account for the tree octopus's advanced behavioral development. Adaptations its ancestors originally evolved in the three dimensional environment of the sea have been put to good use in the spatially complex maze of the coniferous Olympic rainforests. Because of the moistness of the rainforests and specialized skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming desiccated for prolonged periods of time, but given the chance they would prefer resting in pooled water.Īn intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. The Pacific Northwest tree octopus ( Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus (Enhanced from cropped telephoto) ![]() |