
Nautilus belauensis copulating
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: February 16, 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
Posted by: beepbeepitsme | February 16, 2007 6:33 AM
Very interesting, but which one is wearing the G string?
Posted by: Chris | February 16, 2007 7:03 AM
Naughtylus! Why the long face?
Posted by: Martin Christensen | February 16, 2007 7:09 AM
Why do I get this image in my head of two C'thulus kissing?
Martin
Posted by: Mike Haubrich | February 16, 2007 7:25 AM
Thanks, PZ! I get to put porn on my desktop at work without getting into trouble.
Posted by: SEF | February 16, 2007 7:51 AM
Presumably a NaughtyLass and a NaughtyLad - unless PZ knows more about the incidences of (intended or accidental) homosexuality among cephalopods.Posted by: K. Signal Eingang | February 16, 2007 11:21 AM
hot.
Posted by: K. Signal Eingang | February 16, 2007 11:26 AM
hot.
Posted by: JellyfishGreen | February 16, 2007 11:53 AM
F*ck yeah. That's got me in the weekend mood.
Posted by: RickU | February 16, 2007 1:47 PM
OH MY! How dare you put such a graphic and lurid picture on the internet? What's next?! You're going down a slippery slope!
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | February 16, 2007 7:29 PM
Invertebrate ventral mating? Who woulda thunk? Wish I could've had this graphic last week! But I did find movies of the nautilus, BTW, and ran them during my Darwin Day Power Point. At my church, while showing some kids some ammonites, most fun I've had in weeks. As always, PZ, your site is an invaluable resource.....SH
Posted by: Poseidon | February 16, 2007 7:36 PM
Yeah, but they can't look each other in the eye.
Posted by: C. Lathe | February 17, 2007 5:27 AM
Presumably a NaughtyLass and a NaughtyLad - unless PZ knows more about the incidences of (intended or accidental) homosexuality among cephalopods.
Accidental homosexuality? Would that be similar to Rev. Haggard?
Posted by: SEF | February 17, 2007 9:21 AM
I was thinking more in terms of the squid orgies in which tentacles and sperm packets go every which way.
Posted by: Dylan | February 19, 2007 6:08 PM
It's so heartwarming in some very strange way.
Posted by: Pixie | March 10, 2007 1:00 PM
Awwww~. Copulation isn't generally something I would describe as cute, but when it's a pair of nautilus, it's just adorable.