
Euprymna tasmanica
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: July 6, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Comments
Posted by: Shalini | July 6, 2007 6:23 AM
It looks strangely leopard-like to me...
Posted by: Martin Christensen | July 6, 2007 8:01 AM
It's cute, but it looks like it has a mean streak about it, like a 90'ies glow-in-the-dark squid version of Marvin the Martian. It wants to kill you, but you still want to cuddle it.
Martin
Posted by: Brian Thompson | July 6, 2007 8:02 AM
I like the translucent fins with the spots. I had a shower curtain with that motif. Its tentacles look like its doing the macarena.
Posted by: John Marley | July 6, 2007 9:45 AM
It's a Pokethulu!
Posted by: ordinarygirl | July 12, 2007 3:49 PM
That cute little guy is probably thinking, "How tasty" when he sees someone like us.