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During the course of evaluation of the patient, a bulging out of the left ventricular apex with a hypercontractile base of the left ventricle is often noted. It is the hallmark bulging-out of the apex of the heart with preserved function of the base that earned the syndrome the name takotsubo ("octopus trap") in Japan, where it was first described.
Octopus trap In Japan, the Mediterranean, and other regions, an ancient variant is used to catch octopuses. They are usually heavy earthenware pots, and do not have an inverted funnel. These traps are left on the sea floor for days at a time. Octopuses enter and remain inside, using the pot as shelter and protection. No bait is used.
Spider holes were used during World War II by Japanese forces on many Pacific battlefields, including Leyte in the Philippines and Iwo Jima. [3] They called them "octopus pots" (蛸壺, takotsubo) for a fancied resemblance to the pots used to catch octopuses in Japan.
Later, Shimada contacts the Americans and says the Japanese trap, having the same disaster, only succeeded in angering the octopus, which has escaped despite multiple artillery and missile hits. Baxter suggests using nuclear weapons against the creatures, which MacNeil, Sanders, and Shimada strongly oppose due to the risk of marine devastation ...
O. depressa is a small octopus. The animal's maximum size, measured from one arm tip to the opposite, is 200 mm (7.9 in). It has large eyes and small fins. Like other members of the cirrate octopus subgroup, it has a fleshy web connecting its arms, a small internal shell to support its body, fins to help it swim, and small fleshy tendrils called "cirri" lining its arms. [6]
Akkorokamui (Japanese: アッコロカムイ, Ainu: At-kor-kamuy) is a gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore, similar to the Nordic Kraken, which supposedly lurks in Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido. [1] It is said that its enormous body can reach sizes of up to 120 metres (390 feet) in length. [2] Its name can be translated as "tentacle ...
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, an 1814 woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, depicts a young ama diver entwined sexually with a pair of octopuses. Ama Girls, a 1958 documentary film. Amanchu! is a Japanese manga series, later adapted into an anime. Its name is a longer version of the word 'ama', and its subject matter involves female ...
Numerous art projects from several iterations of the festival are installed on the island, including the Ogijima Pavilion (designed by Shigeru Ban with murals by Oscar Oiwa), Ogijima's Soul by Jaume Plensa, and Takotsuboru, a playground modeled after an octopus trap, by Team Ogi. Art project in Ogijima: Shodoshima: Spring, summer, and autumn