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Friday Cephalopod: Threesome!

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: February 2, 2007 10:21 AM, by PZ Myers

May your weekend be as fun as theirs.

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Loliginid squid mating

Well, more fun, actually…these squid have a frenzied spawning, and then die. Don't go quite that far.


Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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#1

Posted by: Warren | February 2, 2007 11:28 AM

these squid have a frenzied spawning, and then die

Much like most of H. sapiens, actually.

#2

Posted by: Sonja | February 2, 2007 1:12 PM

These innocent sea creatures have a message for all of us.

Make love not war.

#3

Posted by: Tatarize | February 2, 2007 1:38 PM

You sick bastards. Get your squid porn off my computer screen. As for the squids... those kinky bastards make baby Jesus cry.

#4

Posted by: fred | February 2, 2007 2:46 PM

The brief Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Reef_Squid) makes it all seem more romantic.

#5

Posted by: JackGoff | February 2, 2007 9:54 PM

these squid have a frenzied spawning, and then die. Don't go quite that far.

Well...it...would be a good way to go...

#6

Posted by: Barry | February 2, 2007 10:04 PM

How about just a frantic spawning, and then a short coma?

#7

Posted by: JackGoff | February 2, 2007 11:13 PM

then a short coma

Nah. I'd prefer the one moment of ecstasy and then nothingness forever.

#8

Posted by: Azkyroth | February 2, 2007 11:53 PM

*sigh* no threesomes this weekend, I fear.

#9

Posted by: Selenicereus | February 3, 2007 12:49 AM

YES 'threesome' this weekend, but alas, hitting balls. Not too romantic.

#10

Posted by: Oaktown Girl | February 3, 2007 2:44 AM

Thanks for the hot tip on teh Wikipedia, Fred:

The male then attaches a sticky packet of sperm to the female's body. As he reaches out with the sperm packet, he displays a pulsating pattern. The female places the packet in her seminal receptacle, finds appropriate places to lay her eggs in small clusters, and then dies.

I am so turned on right now.

#11

Posted by: Monado | February 3, 2007 1:30 PM

As if that wasn't enough, S E E Quine on Scientists, Wackmobiles, and Spurious Brainchildren posted a link to the Scary Solstice Cthulu song.

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