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Friday Cephalopod: Another lovely face

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: March 2, 2007 10:17 AM, by PZ Myers

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Sepia latimanus

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

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#1

Posted by: Steve_C | March 2, 2007 11:30 AM

Is this some sort of organic Rorschach inkblot test?

It even looks like the inkblot on wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_inkblot_test

#2

Posted by: Adam Cuerden | March 2, 2007 12:06 PM

Hmm. This is a cuttlefish (?) seen from the front? Takes a little staring to figure out the viewing angle

#3

Posted by: Stanton | March 2, 2007 12:39 PM

An aggression display?

#4

Posted by: KarenMcL | March 2, 2007 12:52 PM

Looks more Georgia O'Keefe-ish to me! What a Beauty.

#5

Posted by: Apikoros | March 2, 2007 1:36 PM

He looks like the Grinch when he gets a terrible, awful idea.

#6

Posted by: mjfgates | March 2, 2007 2:08 PM

The curve of each tentacle is almost *fractal*. Straight and right-angle bend, shorter straight and right-angle bend.. all the way down. I wanna be able to do that!

#7

Posted by: SEF | March 2, 2007 3:18 PM

With cringing frills like that, it's the Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen of the cephalopod world.

#8

Posted by: Ron | March 2, 2007 6:55 PM

Definitely a starship captain in the next star wars.

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