Friday Cephalopod: Bobtails boinking
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: February 9, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

Euprymna tasmanica
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: February 9, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Comments
You didn't mention their common name, which is "Southern Dumpling squid". Best common name ever.
Posted by: Markk | February 9, 2007 7:10 AM
Markk:
Is that anything like a "hush puppy squid"?
Posted by: arensb | February 9, 2007 8:17 AM
Perhaps more similar to a "Turducken squid"?
Posted by: Markk | February 9, 2007 9:06 AM
New name for the category: Squid, nautilus, whatever - it's all Octoporn.
Posted by: jackd | February 9, 2007 9:23 AM
Cute little dumplings. If you were going to categorise octoporn (or cephaloporn) systematically, it should probably aim to include all the standard squid sex positions. Not that the squid seem to need much in the way of educational materials.
Posted by: SEF | February 9, 2007 11:14 AM
That is so hot. Are you going to start charging with PayPal soon?
Posted by: Garrett | February 9, 2007 11:51 AM
PZ must have been a consultant for this episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Posted by: David Livesay | February 9, 2007 12:12 PM
These little guys (or guy and girl) really should be shared with CuteOverload. They never have enough li'l-bunny-lookin' molluscs on that site.
Posted by: Poseidon | February 9, 2007 12:25 PM
Unf.
Posted by: Rey Fox | February 9, 2007 12:30 PM
i'd sure love to have my mouth and naughty bits in the same place like that!
oops! did i say that out loud?
Posted by: djlactin | February 9, 2007 2:02 PM
You mean you don't? I do it all the time.
Just not both at the same time. ;-)
Posted by: Austin Tashis | February 9, 2007 2:51 PM
Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a cephalopod on CO.
Maybe we need the "cute overlords" web site....
Posted by: donna | February 9, 2007 10:33 PM