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Friday Cephalopod: Free Octy!
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: October 19, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Gingerbaker | October 19, 2007 8:14 AM
No Peace....Die, die!
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.
Posted by: craig | October 19, 2007 9:21 AM
Pretty
Posted by: RamblinDude | October 19, 2007 9:25 AM
You will be assimilated.
Posted by: j | October 19, 2007 9:26 AM
7 or 8?
Posted by: Elliott | October 19, 2007 10:34 AM
Tanks for the memories.
Posted by: demallien | October 19, 2007 10:38 AM
Oh, now that one's a true beauty!
Posted by: kyklops | October 19, 2007 10:47 AM
That's a beautiful shot...
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.
Posted by: Steve_C | October 19, 2007 11:15 AM
Amazing!
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!)
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....
Posted by: J Myers | October 22, 2007 9:29 PM
strikethrough?Posted by: DDeden | October 23, 2007 1:05 AM
aquarachnid with internal gelatinous web...
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
Posted by: sarra | April 26, 2009 10:25 PM
OMG! Hey is so pretty lol