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Category: Cephalopods • Humor
Posted on: February 22, 2007 8:09 AM, by PZ Myers
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And what happens to the kid when the cephalopod hugs him back?
Posted by: Zeno | February 22, 2007 8:17 AM
big ass squid caught by fishermen in NZ.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6385071.stm
How big do these things get?
Posted by: bpower | February 22, 2007 8:17 AM
I'm new here, but I'm curious about the "obsession" with Squid. Is it due to them being involved in a famous evolution debate? Or an inside joke that we evolved from a squid-like creatures many years ago? Or that human embryos look similar to those of squids? Or am I just missing the point?
Posted by: Erik | February 22, 2007 8:38 AM
A little payback for all of that calamari ;-)
Posted by: Chuck C | February 22, 2007 9:10 AM
I think it 'cause they're evolved along a completely different path than our own. They're like alien, intelligent predators that can change colours an' shit. What's not to like?
Posted by: bpower | February 22, 2007 9:14 AM
Simply put - they're cool *and* Cthulhuesque.
I still think we should try to captive-breed longer-lived octopi and see if we can work on increasing intelligence, though.
Posted by: M | February 22, 2007 9:21 AM
PZ likes squid.
Posted by: NelC | February 22, 2007 9:38 AM
My wife and I took our 3 year old twins (boy & girl) out to eat at an Italian place a couple of weeks ago. We ordered calamari, a big platter with rings and tentacle clusters. Neither of the kids ate a bit of their dinners, pizza and ravioli, but man did they eat the heck out of that calamari! They loved it! I was a little surprised, but probably should not have been. After all they both like to tell me, when I am trying to get them to eat more vegetables, "but dad, I'm a carnivore!" (they like cats and like to think of themselves as cats)
Posted by: darrell | February 22, 2007 9:54 AM
Squid are anti-cuddly. It's why they're cool, and it's also why the comic works.
I think a captive breeding program to increase cephalopod intelligence would be a fantastic idea . . . right up until the point where they rebel and kill us all. Maybe we should just shoot for getting them to the level of bright golden retrievers or something.
Posted by: Jessica Guilford | February 22, 2007 11:18 AM
I particularly like the expression on the squid's "face".
Posted by: Brian | February 22, 2007 12:11 PM
Just today, my three-year-old asked if we had any octopus pants.
I am TOTALLY going to make him some octopus pants!!!
Posted by: Melissa G | February 22, 2007 12:26 PM
Whoa. Octopus pants? Really? What are octopus pants, and where can I get some?
Posted by: PZ Myers | February 22, 2007 12:33 PM
Either normal pants made from fabric with pictures of octopi, or pants with eight legs.
Posted by: jackd | February 22, 2007 1:27 PM
Or possibly actual octopi, though I imagine having those beaks next to sensitive bits is a bad idea.
Posted by: Adam Cuerden | February 22, 2007 5:16 PM
I need to ask my cable company about getting WKTN. It sounds like my kind of channel.
Posted by: John Marley | February 22, 2007 9:22 PM
The potential effects of pants made out of an octopus sounds like a Newberry award-winning book waiting to be banned, if you ask me.
Posted by: Carlie | February 23, 2007 10:20 AM