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Friday Cephalopod: Telescope octopus

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: October 13, 2006 7:00 AM, by PZ Myers

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Amphitretus pelagicus

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

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#1

Posted by: Stanton | October 13, 2006 8:33 AM

How come they call it "telescope" octopus?
Telescoping eyes?

#2

Posted by: Paguroidea | October 13, 2006 8:36 AM

What an awesome octopus!

#3

Posted by: nat | October 13, 2006 8:57 AM

This guy must have played a part in the "Abyss" movie...

#4

Posted by: Mike | October 13, 2006 7:06 PM

I gotta get me that book one of these days.

#5

Posted by: Mac | October 13, 2006 8:40 PM

Hmmm, I can't see the picture. I tried Firefox, Explorer, and Netscape. Anyone else aving this problem?

Any other links to the picture?

#6

Posted by: Mike | October 13, 2006 9:51 PM

I had no problem and I'm using Firefox.

#7

Posted by: Sarah | October 14, 2006 12:46 AM

This might be something of a dumb question: did they put it under UV to make it glow like that, or is it just an effect of the light it was photographed in?

#8

Posted by: gmac | November 8, 2006 11:40 AM

Amazing. Yet another example of their superiority and inevitable dominance in the evolutionary chain. Bet he can cut it up on the dance floor as well.

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