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Category: Cephalopods
Posted on: October 8, 2008 9:57 AM, by PZ Myers
It is the 8th day of the 10th month, and you all know what that means: it is International Cephalopod Appreciation Day.
There will be a Wednesday Cephalopod at some time today.
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Comments
Posted by: Carlie | October 8, 2008 10:04 AM
If it's on the 8th, why does the poster say the 10th?
Posted by: Ted Dahlberg | October 8, 2008 10:04 AM
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
(Well, someone had to.)
Posted by: drew | October 8, 2008 10:05 AM
I'm confused why does the graphic say 10 october if the holiday is on the 8 october?
Posted by: Katkinkate | October 8, 2008 10:15 AM
PZ, you're 2 days ahead of yourself.
Posted by: Cthulhu | October 8, 2008 10:18 AM
@ #2
Knock it off. I'm trying to sleep and it's hard when people keep shouting at you.
Posted by: The Petey | October 8, 2008 10:32 AM
Does this mean Spongebob and Patrick need to throw Squidward a party?
Posted by: bumblebrain | October 8, 2008 10:38 AM
But even if we start celebrating it two days early, we will be able to celebrate enough? I propose we celebrate all week. Get chocolate squidies for the kids! Wear funny hats and sweaters with extra arms! Hug every octopus you come across! Remind your friendly neighborhood cuttlefish that she/he is appreciated!
Posted by: Richard Harris | October 8, 2008 10:41 AM
Should we all eat calamari or octopus that day?
Posted by: Glen Davidson | October 8, 2008 10:41 AM
I'll bring the calamari for the celbration.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: spgreenlaw | October 8, 2008 10:53 AM
Yes, what better way to appreciate animals than to eat them! That little octopus animation is overloading my cute receptors.
Posted by: zer0 | October 8, 2008 10:58 AM
I'm confused by the graphic as well. Is it on the 8th or 10th?!?!
Posted by: Luke | October 8, 2008 11:06 AM
If it's the 10th, it'll coincide nicely with my first wedding anniversary. Perhaps me and the misses will celebrate by making "the beast with eight appendages".
Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | October 8, 2008 11:08 AM
The Eighth is correct
hug a cuttlefish today
you won't regret it
Posted by: Moggie | October 8, 2008 11:12 AM
Nobody here reads base 8?
Posted by: idahogie | October 8, 2008 11:13 AM
Shouldn't the International Cephalopod event have eight days? Sort of like Hanukkah.
Posted by: llewelly | October 8, 2008 11:18 AM
The hopping purple creature looks much more like a ghost out to eat Pac-Man than it does a cephalopod.
Posted by: Philippe | October 8, 2008 11:38 AM
Today, the 8th, is my b-day!
Wow. I was born on Cephalopod Day.
I AM SPECIAL!!!!
;-)
Back to your regularly scheduled programming...
Posted by: Andy Allen | October 8, 2008 11:46 AM
Not quite cephalopod-related, but an interesting science tidbit from the L.A. Times:
Read the rest at: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-nobel9-2008oct09,0,2238575.story
Andy
Posted by: Andy Allen | October 8, 2008 12:24 PM
Never mind - while I was writing the above PZ made a main post about this. I should have expected that something like that would not get past him :) .
Back on topic: I had fun this morning with my science/biology-enthusiastic kids exploring cephalopod day. I'm looking forward to writing/drawing/building models when they get back from school later.
Andy
Posted by: Greg R. | October 8, 2008 1:05 PM
Philippe said:
Damn, the 10th is my birthday. For a minute, I thought I was special...
:-(
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 1:40 PM
Thread over.
Wait, it says "2008"...
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | October 8, 2008 1:42 PM
Thread over.
Wait, it says "2008"...
Posted by: Erik A. Kruger | October 8, 2008 1:49 PM
Happy Cephaliday, PZ!!!
Posted by: Erik A. Kruger | October 8, 2008 1:50 PM
Happy Cephaliday, PZ!!!
Posted by: Squidward | October 8, 2008 1:58 PM
@21 & 22
So, it's actually the year 3730...
wow...
Posted by: «bønez_brigade» | October 8, 2008 2:01 PM
cephalopodcast has updated the image to read 8 October 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/cephalopodcast/2924779932/
Posted by: bad Jim | October 8, 2008 2:06 PM
There is this note at the link:
Posted by: Sili | October 8, 2008 2:10 PM
Eight days?
Why so little? (I mean what about the poor nautili?)
I propose we celebrate from August 10 to October 8. 's only fair.
Posted by: Healyhatman | October 8, 2008 5:11 PM
I wish I knew before-hand, I would have gotten Cthulu a present :(
Posted by: Glen Davidson | October 8, 2008 5:28 PM
How about changing the graphic (or more likely, changing out the graphic) to the right date, PZ? The linked site has done so.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Qwerty | October 8, 2008 5:28 PM
Is there something that we should be doing as a tradition on this day? Or haven't the traditions for Cephalopod Appreciation Day evolved as of yet?
At least it isn't "Talk Like a Cephalopod Day" as I wouldn't know how to do this.
Posted by: Qwerty | October 8, 2008 5:45 PM
Is there something that we should be doing as a tradition on this day? Or haven't the traditions for Cephalopod Appreciation Day evolved as of yet?
At least it isn't "Talk Like a Cephalopod Day" as I wouldn't know how to do this.
Posted by: Toddahhhh | October 9, 2008 12:01 AM
"Today, the 8th, is my b-day!
Wow. I was born on Cephalopod Day.
I AM SPECIAL!!!!
;-)"
Me too! ^5