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Friday Cephalopod: Haughty octopus

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: December 14, 2007 10:04 AM, by PZ Myers

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Octopus kagoshimensis

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

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#1

Posted by: magista | December 14, 2007 10:09 AM

Haughctopus?

#2

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/

#3

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.

#4

Posted by: Christianjb | December 14, 2007 11:03 AM

That's another cute fish.

#5

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!)

#6

Posted by: icecube | December 14, 2007 11:12 AM

Woah! I thought that was an astronomical photo for the first few seconds :D

#7

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

#8

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.

#9

Posted by: melior | December 14, 2007 1:09 PM

My cat gives me exactly the same look sometimes.

#10

Posted by: Richard Hendricks | December 14, 2007 2:58 PM

Don't you mean Hottie Octopus?

#11

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"

#12

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.

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