Euprymna tasmanica, camouflaged with mucus and sand
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Friday Cephalopod: Pigpen!
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: December 29, 2006 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
Euprymna tasmanica, camouflaged with mucus and sand
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Posted by: DTL | December 29, 2006 6:44 AM
Awwwww, cute.
Posted by: Barry | December 29, 2006 7:21 AM
Doncha just want to take it home and give it a bath?
Posted by: cleek | December 29, 2006 9:44 AM
good defense. nobody likes gritty squid for dinner.
Posted by: Melissa G | December 29, 2006 10:03 AM
My three-year-old loves this one. I think he identifies with the aesthetic.
Posted by: Mariana | December 29, 2006 10:11 AM
What an animal!!! Please, sense people lovers of science, take a look at this.
In the coming days, the blue ocean of the Antarctic will turn to red. The six-ship whaling fleet has left Japan, and is headed directly to the Southern Ocean. 945 whales, including ten endangered fin whales, will be killed - unless we do something to save them. It's time to put an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean. Forever. Last year, your emails and activism convinced one of the largest seafood companies in the world to get out of the whaling business. This year, we're asking you to join us in defending the whales from the very beginning with your ideas for the campaign!.
http://whales.greenpeace.org/global
take a look at thsi great video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6CbG7qopX0
Posted by: Mike Haubrich | December 29, 2006 10:19 AM
"This year, we're asking you to join us in defending the whales from the very beginning with your ideas for the campaign!."
Does this qualify as spamposting? Just a question, as I am sympathetic to the cause.
Posted by: Peter McGrath | December 29, 2006 3:09 PM
Mucus and sand: worked for me for years.
Posted by: raincoaster | December 29, 2006 7:29 PM
I was just about to say, this is what I wear at most beach vacations, particularly the morning after the night before.