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…And whereas it has also come to the knowledge of the said Congregation that the Pythagorean doctrine — which is false and altogether opposed to the Holy Scripture — of the motion of the Earth and the immobility of the Sun, which is also taught by Nicolaus Copernicus in De Revolutionibus orbium coelestium, and by Diego de Zuiga on Job, is now being spread abroad and accepted by many… Therefore, in order that this opinion may not insinuate itself any further to the prejudice of Catholic truth, the Holy Congregation has decreed that the said Nicolaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus orbium, and Diego de Zuiga, On Job, be suspended until they are corrected.

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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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