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Cephalart

Category: Cephalopods
Posted on: November 24, 2006 1:24 PM, by PZ Myers

Here's the weekly collection of submitted art (and other) featuring cephalopods.

This is the work of Evan Harris, with his strangely dissipated-looking sailor playing a cephalochord.

Lego's Aqua Raiders set features a giant squid with too few arms: it looks more like a spider to me.

Look! Pearl Jam played in Australia!

This is part of a whole collection of octopus jewelry. Anybody who wants to buy me the complete set for Cephalopodmas, contact me and I'll send a shipping address.

The one piece is $1350. Cheap!

Comments

Posted by: SEF | November 24, 2006 2:46 PM

That last one appears to have only 7 tentacles though.

Posted by: Icequeen | November 24, 2006 2:54 PM

Well if you're seriously looking for cephalopod shinies, this [url=http://www.beatricepfister.ch/anhanger.html]Swiss lady has some affordable ones.[/url] Personally I'm diggin the batfish earrings.

Posted by: Proteus454 | November 24, 2006 2:55 PM

Lego's Aqua Raiders set features a giant squid with too few arms: it looks more like a spider to me.

Don't stare! He has a condition! *snicker*

Posted by: Apikoros | November 24, 2006 3:29 PM

Thanks, Icequeen-- I think my wife would really like those sea turtles.

But did the nice Swiss lady have to call me a Schmuck right at the top of the page?

Posted by: Ritchie Annand | November 24, 2006 9:08 PM

*laugh* Schmuck is a great German word. I remember wandering around in Frankfurt and seeing a store seemingly very proud of its Schmuck.

Actually, looking around on Flickr, it was this place. I gather their name is Christ and they sell Schmuck (adornment) and Uhren (clocks), but the image of "Schmuck Christ" is giggleable.

Posted by: raincoaster | November 26, 2006 4:14 AM

That octopus is totally going on my Christmas list.