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Friday Cephalopod: Haughty octopus
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: December 14, 2007 10:04 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: magista | December 14, 2007 10:09 AM
Haughctopus?
Posted by: SEF | December 14, 2007 10:16 AM
That one's a lot more prickly-looking than the squishable (but anatomically incorrect) version:
http://www.squishable.com/s/
Posted by: alex | December 14, 2007 10:45 AM
i've been looking at cephalopods in a whole new way after eating my first couple o' squids for lunch today. mm.
i don't think i'd eat that octopus though. looks rather chewy.
Posted by: Christianjb | December 14, 2007 11:03 AM
That's another cute fish.
Posted by: DustPuppyOI | December 14, 2007 11:11 AM
I don't know. It seems to be showing disapproval. (The disapproving rabbits have invertebrate competition!)
Posted by: icecube | December 14, 2007 11:12 AM
Woah! I thought that was an astronomical photo for the first few seconds :D
Posted by: Lassi Hippeläinen | December 14, 2007 11:57 AM
Somewhat off-topic, but not quite: some reading for kids
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/13/babys-first-mythos-c.html
Posted by: John Marley | December 14, 2007 11:58 AM
Shh..
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
don't wake him.
Posted by: melior | December 14, 2007 1:09 PM
My cat gives me exactly the same look sometimes.
Posted by: Richard Hendricks | December 14, 2007 2:58 PM
Don't you mean Hottie Octopus?
Posted by: Pyre | December 14, 2007 5:36 PM
When you see an octopus in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
— T. Squid Eliot, "The Naming of Cephalopods"
Posted by: Bride of Shrek | December 14, 2007 7:48 PM
Actually I think he looks like he just cut one and he's looking for a dog to blame it on.