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Graham Oppy, "Professor William Craig's Criticisms of Critiques of Kalam Cosmological Arguments By Paul Davies, Stephen Hawking, And Adolf Grünbaum" (1995)
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: November 2, 2007 10:40 AM, by PZ Myers
I'm off at this meeting and neglecting the site a bit, so when you've got little time and you want something cute to make everyone go "awww," what do you do? Find a picture of a cuttlefish, of course.
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Cuttlefish? I believe you mean cuddlefish.
Posted by: JP | November 2, 2007 10:48 AM
Awww.
Posted by: pleco | November 2, 2007 10:57 AM
This is a cue for another poem from we-all-know-who.
Posted by: Sastra | November 2, 2007 11:21 AM
He's totally laughing at the camera....."what, you people only have two appendages; I bet your memories are just as limited!"
Posted by: Matt | November 2, 2007 1:42 PM
The cutest of all of the cephalopods
(And thus, of all creatures on Earth)
Is the cuttlefish, cuter by staggering odds
Than a puppy or kitten at birth.
Attempting to list all the cuttlefish charms
Is a noble, though hopeless, endeavor;
From their tails, to their eyes, to their marvelous arms--
And they're oh-so-endearingly clever!
The shifting displays their chromatophores show
Are delightful to watch, don't you think?
And like every good poet, wherever they go
They will never forget to bring ink.
The award for "the cutest" is one they will keep;
Let me say it direct, and not subtle--
Beauty, they say, is only skin-deep
But cuteness goes clear to the cuttle.
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2007/11/cute-cute-cute.html
Posted by: Cuttlefish | November 2, 2007 2:22 PM
Cuttlefish: because they love you with all three of their hearts.
Posted by: Master Mahan | November 2, 2007 2:26 PM
Too cute! Brain broken!
Posted by: Amphigorey | November 2, 2007 4:16 PM
I've often wondered what it would feel like to pet a cephalopod. Such are the weird things one starts to think about upon becoming a Pharyngulite.
Posted by: j | November 2, 2007 6:24 PM
Wow. That pic actually got an "awwwww" out of me before I even read the text. What a cutie.
Posted by: Rich | November 2, 2007 7:10 PM
You betcha! Awwwwwwww. (easier to spell than "amazing!")
Posted by: leslie | November 2, 2007 7:42 PM
Yay cuttlefish poet!! :D
Posted by: bebopfaye | November 3, 2007 1:17 AM
Another beautiful entry into Friday Ceph! That fellow looks as if (s)he KNOWS how to POSE for somebody they KNOW is looking. Very curious...they ALWAYS look like they KNOW.
Gives one the urge to give the fellow a hug.
Posted by: Arnosium Upinarum | November 3, 2007 6:28 AM
Love the cuttle ode. When I've been face-to-tentacles with cuttlefish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, there's a powerful impression that there's "somebody home" behind those eyes. In tribute, my wife and I make the "sign of the cuttlefish" hand gesture to each other on occasion. Spread your pinky and thumb wide and curl your ring, middle and index fingers downward. At your option you can wiggle the center three fingers.
Posted by: BJN | November 3, 2007 12:10 PM
Those eyes really _are_ smiling!
Posted by: Hank Roberts | November 4, 2007 10:34 AM