Planktonic octopus larva
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Friday Cephalopod: It came from beneath the sea
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: September 29, 2006 7:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Irene | September 29, 2006 8:41 AM
What a cute baby!
Posted by: quork | September 29, 2006 9:18 AM
Jellyfish invade Minnesota
Posted by: llewelly | September 29, 2006 10:07 AM
Global Warming: The same eco-systems you've known for years, seen through funhouse mirrors. Kaleidoscopic effects coming soon.
Posted by: Warren | September 29, 2006 10:56 AM
It's continually astounding to me the kind of beauty that can be found in the most common or simple or vulgar (liturgical sense) places.
Arthropods, for instance, can be stunning -- even the dangerous ones, such as the black widow spider, are possessed of beauty ... and though Lovecraft appeared to have a lovehate relationship with cephalopods, I think even he would have been moved by the ethereal delicacy of this glassine specimen.
(He just wouldn't have been able to write a passably good poem on the subject.)
Posted by: Bob O'H | September 29, 2006 11:43 AM
For some reason it brought to mind Homer Simpson, poor thing.
I guess this is a good place to make the observation that Lio's cephalopods only seem to come out on Fridays too.
Bob
Posted by: Lori Witzel | September 30, 2006 10:49 AM
What a cute lil' sucker.