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« Developing under the influence: zebrafish in alcohol | Main | Carnivalia, and an open thread »

Friday Cephalopod: It came from beneath the sea

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: September 29, 2006 7:00 AM, by PZ Myers

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Planktonic octopus larva

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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#1

What a cute baby!

Posted by: Irene | September 29, 2006 8:41 AM

#3
Jellyfish invade Minnesota

Global Warming: The same eco-systems you've known for years, seen through funhouse mirrors. Kaleidoscopic effects coming soon.

Posted by: llewelly | September 29, 2006 10:07 AM

#4

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: Warren | September 29, 2006 10:56 AM

#5

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: Bob O'H | September 29, 2006 11:43 AM

#6

What a cute lil' sucker.

Posted by: Lori Witzel | September 30, 2006 10:49 AM

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