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Friday Cephalopod: Cute as a bug's ear
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: September 21, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Dídac | September 21, 2007 6:22 AM
What's the function of those ear/fins? They do not seem very hydrodinamical.
Posted by: Doktor Wankenstein | September 21, 2007 8:05 AM
Long time reader, first time poster.
That picture's got "cute critters calendar" written all over it.
Posted by: Laser Potato | September 21, 2007 8:33 AM
By the pricking of my thumbs, something squiddy this way comes...
Posted by: hyperdeath | September 21, 2007 8:47 AM
How about a "Pharyngula Cephalopod Calendar"?
January: Humboldt Squid...
February: Blue ringed octopus...
March: Giant Squid...
April: Common Octopus...
and so on...
Posted by: blf | September 21, 2007 8:54 AM
which month would be pz's nipple?
sorry, sorry, I just got back from lunch with a nice wine (hey! this is france) and couldn't resist...
Posted by: Stanton | September 21, 2007 8:56 AM
It looks more like a cirrate octopus than a squid.
Posted by: Drhoz! | September 21, 2007 9:09 AM
THe 'ears' are used as flippers, Didac. Just like on Dumbo the Elephant. Seriously.
Posted by: keith | September 21, 2007 9:40 AM
Reminds me a lot of the Dumbo Octopus seen by (Alvin?) some years ago.
Posted by: Abner Cadaver | September 21, 2007 10:37 AM
Looks like a transparent vampyroteuthis.
Posted by: Dídac | September 21, 2007 11:40 AM
Thanks, Drhoz! So, the figure of Grimpoteuthis must truly be understood as a Dumbo Squid (or Dumbo Octopus?).
Posted by: stogoe | September 21, 2007 12:54 PM
Reminds me of the part in Dumbo where Dumbo got drunk and started hallucinating.
Only cooler.
Posted by: spondee | September 21, 2007 2:31 PM
I saw this blue beauty on someone's flickr page... my new desktop background.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wj4id/401261252/
Posted by: EnoNomi | September 21, 2007 4:28 PM
awww... I always love the Friday Cephalopod.
What is it exactly that makes me look at something like this a perceive it as "cute"? If "beauty" is symmetry, what is "cute"?
Posted by: gsb | September 22, 2007 10:11 AM
You sure do post some amazing creatures, PZ. I always look forward to your Friday Cephalopod post!
Posted by: Dean | September 22, 2007 11:34 AM
More images from The Deep at: http://www.thedeepbook.org/
Posted by: Evolving Squid | September 23, 2007 3:16 PM
The Friday Cephalopod is my favourite part of this blog.