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Friday Cephalopod: Free Octy!

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: October 19, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

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#1

Posted by: Gingerbaker | October 19, 2007 8:14 AM

No Peace....Die, die!

#2

Posted by: speedwell | October 19, 2007 9:08 AM

Oh, nice one. He looks like one of those especially gorgeous fractal art patterns you run across from time to time.

#3

Posted by: craig | October 19, 2007 9:21 AM

Pretty

#4

Posted by: RamblinDude | October 19, 2007 9:25 AM

You will be assimilated.

#5

Posted by: j | October 19, 2007 9:26 AM

7 or 8?

#6

Posted by: Elliott | October 19, 2007 10:34 AM

Tanks for the memories.

#7

Posted by: demallien | October 19, 2007 10:38 AM

Oh, now that one's a true beauty!

#8

Posted by: kyklops | October 19, 2007 10:47 AM

That's a beautiful shot...

#9

Posted by: CarrerCrytharis | October 19, 2007 10:47 AM

@j: I think you can just see two tentacles stuck together near the top. They separate and go in opposite directions at the top of the cage.

#10

Posted by: Steve_C | October 19, 2007 11:15 AM

Amazing!

#11

Posted by: mothra | October 19, 2007 12:03 PM

Looks like the dawning of the 'Age of Aquarium.' But seriously, I'm waiting for some science with the cephs. (The general embryology & paleontology have always been good reading!)

#12

Posted by: Brigit | October 19, 2007 12:21 PM

The tentacles at the top makes him look like an inverted spider, but it's obvious he's polishing his mind-control skills. Will... feed... Octy....

#13

Posted by: J Myers | October 22, 2007 9:29 PM

strikethrough?

#14

Posted by: DDeden | October 23, 2007 1:05 AM

aquarachnid with internal gelatinous web...

#15

Posted by: robert | June 2, 2008 7:22 PM

Lunch!

Puget Sound cephalopods can get rather large but this is a very pretty specimen! R

#16

Posted by: sarra | April 26, 2009 10:25 PM

OMG! Hey is so pretty lol

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