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Friday Cephalopod: Here's looking at you
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: September 15, 2006 7:41 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Stanton | September 15, 2006 7:44 AM
It's about time you featured this magnificent bugger...
So when are you going to feature the other 10 species?
Posted by: Paguroidea | September 15, 2006 8:58 AM
How cute!
Posted by: boojieboy | September 15, 2006 9:34 AM
Has anyone answered the question of how similar current nautiloids are to the ancient nautiloids? Would it be wrong to consider this thing a living fossil?
Posted by: G. Tingey | September 15, 2006 10:19 AM
AND a photo showing all of the Nautilus, please?
As well as all the other remainig nautiloids....
Posted by: Jewbacchus | September 15, 2006 11:01 AM
So. I was using this as an icon, and someone assumed I read your blog, so then I read your blog.
And now I read your blog, and I thought you might appreciate the cephalopod art. The cephalopod invader one is kinda fun too.
Anyway, thanks for being vocal clever and spreading scientific love throughout the land.
Posted by: dcb | September 15, 2006 12:10 PM
A good friend made me one of these:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/PATTnautie.html
Posted by: Bob O'H | September 15, 2006 1:29 PM
Wot, no mention of today's Lio? It even has two eyes!
Bob
Posted by: k8 | September 15, 2006 2:21 PM
just saw this on the preshrunk t-shirt blog (posted yesterday, so not quite another friday cephalopod) -- fits nicely with the "looking at you": http://preshrunk.info/2006/09/octopus-ink.php
and a $6 t-shirt! can't really go wrong...
Posted by: Keanus | September 15, 2006 9:55 PM
What no comment on the Lio strip today? Lio is seen letting his cephalopod play in a park pool in violation of the leash law. And, today, that cephalopod has binocular vision!