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Sundry cephalinks

Category: Organisms • Weirdness
Posted on: August 6, 2006 6:36 PM, by PZ Myers

Here are a few miscellaneous cephalopod-related things people have sent me lately.

Here's a squid kokigami template, and assembly instructions. I confess: I was wondering what the heck it was for, until I read further. Oh. My.
Good hygiene and kokigami go well together.
A town in Japan is building a giant robotic squid. Hmmm…I should combine this with kokigami; "hello, dear, have I got a surprise for you!"
The text is about mosquitos, but it's illustrated with a nice drawing of an octopod.
The car of the future has tentacles.

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Posted by: John McKay | August 6, 2006 6:50 PM

The Japanese, of all people, should know that building giant robots never turns out well. First, some evil-doers sieze control of it for their own purposes (say, the Beagle Boys trying to crack the Money Bin). Then the robots develops intelligence and turns on its masters. I think we should just say no to giant robots.

Posted by: emkay | August 6, 2006 7:08 PM

"Your tentacles dance most beautifully but they have many suckers and I wonder what they are for?"

Oh. My. Indeed!

Posted by: D. Sidhe | August 6, 2006 7:16 PM

I can provide a pile of adorable squid and octopus paper model links suitable even for children.

I can also provide a direct link to the JAMSTEC papercraft page. Anyone know what species the octopus is?

Posted by: Evan Murdock | August 6, 2006 9:14 PM

"For accurate sizing the organ should be firmly pressed against the screen image"

Really?

Posted by: dragonet2 | August 6, 2006 11:08 PM

i'm so glad I was not drinking when I clicked on those links. Yikes. (well, I admit i do have a flexi extended keyboard that is proof against beverage outflow BUT my laptop's actual keyboard is in strike range of that kind of outburst.

Posted by: sickofcollins | August 7, 2006 12:52 AM

Hi PZ, this is off-topic, but have you checked out Salon? Lead article is Collins and his nutcase book again
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/07/collins/

Maybe you can comment on this again, since you do it so well?

Can I get a witness? ;)

Posted by: Stanton | August 7, 2006 12:58 AM

Yay!
You got my reccomendation for the 8-wheeled drive!

Posted by: Ichneumon | August 7, 2006 1:42 AM

"For accurate sizing the organ should be firmly pressed against the screen image"
Really?

For a boost to your ego, first display the sizing chart on the screen of your PDA or cell phone.

Posted by: Mena | August 7, 2006 12:55 PM

Wow, origami meets Puppetry of the Penis in safe and painless way! Hey, it could have been worse... ;^)
(sorry guys, I'm now going off to press my finger against the screen due to a lack of the aforementioned organ, maybe I can make a finger puppet)

#10

Posted by: natural cynic | August 7, 2006 1:59 PM

Have you checked your cephalokinin level?

#11

Posted by: Bill the Splut | August 7, 2006 2:27 PM

Training Soap for Little Squids