Friday Cephalopod on a Sunday: Cute as a button
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: March 11, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Adorable!
Posted by: G | March 11, 2007 7:02 AM
Can you get them in strawberry?
Posted by: beepbeepitsme | March 11, 2007 7:23 AM
Cute?! I don't think so... check out the evil-eye thing they're doing. creepy!
Posted by: djlactin | March 11, 2007 7:27 AM
Those have to be the cutest little Cthulu-spawn I have EVER seen.
Posted by: Slacker Ninja | March 11, 2007 7:35 AM
ONe wonders what the psychological basis of PZ's obsession with cephalopods might be.
Could it be that they...nah, I won't say it!
Hehehehe
Posted by: Tiny | March 11, 2007 8:14 AM
I've always wondered: just how cute is a button?
Posted by: wolfwalker | March 11, 2007 9:49 AM
Awww....
Posted by: TheBlackCat | March 11, 2007 10:13 AM
Squeeee!!
Posted by: Amphigorey | March 11, 2007 12:13 PM
Are these adults?
Posted by: Stanton | March 11, 2007 12:43 PM
okay, weird - There's a song on the radio right now, "I am a Squid" as sung to Simon and Garfunkel's "I am a Rock"
I think it's performed by Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (of "Existential Blues" fame)
Posted by: skunqesh | March 11, 2007 2:47 PM
This should be cross posted on Cute Overload!
Posted by: Mena | March 12, 2007 1:20 AM
Okay - it was some guy named "Paul Anderson" who did "I am a Squid" ala S&G.
Posted by: skunqesh | March 12, 2007 5:26 PM