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Friday Cephalopod: Luminescence!

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: October 12, 2007 6:00 AM, by PZ Myers

watasenia_scintillans.jpg
Watasenia scintellans

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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#1

Posted by: the great and powerful oz | October 12, 2007 6:11 AM

Hey PZ, I think you have an unclosed italics tag.

#2

Posted by: Chris Anderson | October 12, 2007 6:36 AM

Ooh, shiny!

#3

Posted by: laserboy | October 12, 2007 7:07 AM


posted in the hopes of closing said tag

#4

Posted by: Fernando Magyar | October 12, 2007 7:09 AM

Scintillating!

#5

Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | October 12, 2007 7:59 AM

Oooooh, baby! I love it when you speak italics!

#6

Posted by: Cuttlefish | October 12, 2007 10:04 AM

Cuttlefish's lament

Watasenia scintellans--
If, in the dark, you sight one,
Remember, Grandma always said
That 'Senia was the bright one.

#7

Posted by: David Marjanović | October 12, 2007 11:07 AM

W. scintillans, of course.

#8

Posted by: Encolpius | October 12, 2007 2:35 PM

d00d!!!11!

#9

Posted by: Ken Mareld | October 12, 2007 6:19 PM

I may have mentioned it before. My name is bio-luminescence.
The old viking word is Mareld - direct translation = Seafire.
A goal of mine is to visit Bio-bay in Puerto Rico after I graduate from Nursing School.
Ken

#10

Posted by: Monado | October 12, 2007 8:21 PM

Beautiful!

#11

Posted by: Kulvinder Matharu | October 13, 2007 1:43 PM

How about this bright-yellow beastie?

http://cectic.com/057.html

I wonder if PZ Myers has an evil twin!

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