Daily Dry Humor & Curious Discoveries
Quiet games, small diversions, and a place to pause.
The Daily Aside
A colourful disagreement
My printer and I have reached an understanding. I understand it is out of cyan.
Three hearts. One octopus.
Two hearts send blood to the gills. A third sends it around the body.
An octopus has three hearts with different jobs. Two circulate blood through the gills, where it can take up oxygen. The other pumps blood to the rest of the body.
It is a useful reminder that the familiar arrangement is only one arrangement. Eight arms are the obvious difference; the plumbing is doing something interesting too.