
Cranchia scabra
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Posted on: August 4, 2006 9:04 AM, by PZ Myers
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Comments
Posted by: Keith Douglas | August 4, 2006 9:48 AM
Hm, transparent outer layer (skin?). That's certainly odd. Are the floaty things inside it organs? In particular, I see it has eyes. Where's the rest of its nervous system?
Posted by: Doozer | August 4, 2006 10:27 AM
Through a glass, squidly...
See food?
OK, I'll go...
Posted by: quork | August 4, 2006 10:37 AM
FRAUD! That's not real glass.
Here's a real glass squid.
Posted by: j | August 4, 2006 10:48 AM
It looks like a lightbulb.
Posted by: Torbjörn Larsson | August 4, 2006 11:25 AM
I sure hope I don't see one in my glass this friday night...
Posted by: TomMil | August 4, 2006 11:35 AM
Is the glass squid half empty, half full or too big?
Posted by: quork | August 4, 2006 3:19 PM
In case you ever decide to change the name of your blog: Dances With Squid only shows up on a few sites.
Posted by: CCP | August 4, 2006 3:37 PM
pelagic/planktivorous, I'm guessing?
Posted by: Evan | August 4, 2006 5:31 PM
PZ,
Your Friday Cephalopods inspired me to purchase Mark Norman's book. Having read it, it's got me to wondering: is the Flying Spaghetti Monster a cephalopod? I mean if you stripped the skin off a Football Octopus it might look much like the FSM (but with the the meatballs arranged longitudinally rather than transversally).
Posted by: Karen | August 4, 2006 7:09 PM
But where do you *plug* it in?
*wink*