
Sepia latimanus
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: March 2, 2007 10:17 AM, by PZ Myers
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Comments
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
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
Posted by: Stanton | March 2, 2007 12:39 PM
An aggression display?
Posted by: KarenMcL | March 2, 2007 12:52 PM
Looks more Georgia O'Keefe-ish to me! What a Beauty.
Posted by: Apikoros | March 2, 2007 1:36 PM
He looks like the Grinch when he gets a terrible, awful idea.
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!
Posted by: SEF | March 2, 2007 3:18 PM
With cringing frills like that, it's the Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen of the cephalopod world.
Posted by: Ron | March 2, 2007 6:55 PM
Definitely a starship captain in the next star wars.