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There are never enough cartoons about Space Squid
Category: Cephalopods
Posted on: April 27, 2009 8:36 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Crystal D. | April 27, 2009 8:46 AM
Those squids are SO cute, and the music is perfect. How adorable!
Posted by: seokso | April 27, 2009 8:54 AM
WTF? Though come to think of it, their cosmology is at least as believable as the creationist version.
Posted by: jpf | April 27, 2009 8:57 AM
That whale really sucks! He's out vacuuming the vacuum of space!
Posted by: mus | April 27, 2009 9:19 AM
Quick! someone tell phil!
This proves once and for all that biology trumps astronomy.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | April 27, 2009 9:26 AM
All I could think about was poking that thing with a sharp stick and smashing it on a rock.
Posted by: ArchangelChuck | April 27, 2009 9:49 AM
That is the saddest space squid I've ever seen.
Posted by: Scott | April 27, 2009 9:58 AM
Wow, that was so random but brilliant.
Posted by: Cosmic Teapot
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April 27, 2009 9:59 AM
Why does daddy squid have a cross on him?
Posted by: Dr. Strangelove
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April 27, 2009 10:08 AM
The music made me cry...
Posted by: JDStackpole | April 27, 2009 10:09 AM
Landlubber's Question:
When (real) squid swim, which direction is the "front"?
(Somehow I don't think they frog-kick their way around.)
Posted by: The Science Pundit
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April 27, 2009 10:14 AM
That brought a tear to my eye.
Posted by: seokso | April 27, 2009 10:31 AM
@10
They can swim in any direction using their fins, but mostly go generally mantle first using directed jets of water.
Posted by: deep | April 27, 2009 10:38 AM
Yes, I love courage!
Posted by: Chris | April 27, 2009 11:07 AM
Space Squid? Hm.
If you're adventurous, look up Space Moose. On second thought... don't. Really.
Posted by: Happy Tentacles
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April 27, 2009 11:07 AM
Really cute! Elegant space squid, sweet little squidlings. Aaaah!
Posted by: TheEngima32 | April 27, 2009 11:10 AM
I wonder if there's a Jonah in that whale...
Posted by: Kevin | April 27, 2009 11:50 AM
Very cute. I haven't seen "Courage" in ages.
Posted by: novocaine | April 27, 2009 12:49 PM
i laughed, i cried, it made my day.
Posted by: Ryan | April 27, 2009 2:12 PM
Definitely one of the best Courage episodes ever, and definitely the most touching.
Posted by: Mariana Lynch
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April 27, 2009 2:28 PM
Ohmigosh! I love this show-- "Courage the Cowardly Dog" was so great, I miss it almost as much as "Powerpuff Girls." T^T
Speaking of cephalopod weirdness, here's VOCALOID Megurine Luka... as an octopus. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ve-_4Xz5M
Posted by: dbpitt | April 27, 2009 3:29 PM
Is it wrong that this makes me wonder how space squid populations got so low? I can tell inbreeding is going to be a problem. The population is probably too unstable to reliably continue its existence. So sad.
Posted by: Brian's A Wild Downer | April 27, 2009 4:17 PM
I miss Courage. I wish they still made new episodes.
Posted by: Captain Kendrick | April 27, 2009 4:38 PM
Ah, the 2nd Golden Age of cartoons...Courage, Dexter, Powerpuffs....CN almost had a revival going on, then it was quickly snuffed out by the Goliath known as Spongebob before it even started.
Posted by: Meno | April 27, 2009 4:56 PM
This definitely caused massive nostalgia. Really, they don't make cartoons like this anymore; now it's child-friendly garbage or the monotonous anime movement. Thanks, PZ, this made my day.
Posted by: Seiber | April 27, 2009 5:06 PM
Why did you have to repost this? I love Courage, but this episode makes me bawl every damn time.
#21 - You seem to be assuming they reproduce sexually rather than asexually.
Posted by: K. E. Decilon
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April 27, 2009 6:16 PM
Speaking of cartoons, I spotted this over at comics.com a few days ago.
I thought for sure I would see it here by now.
Over the Hedge is one of my favorite cartoons about animals.
Posted by: Titanis | April 27, 2009 10:15 PM
"Speaking of cephalopod weirdness, here's VOCALOID Megurine Luka... as an octopus. :P"
Just call her Takoluka...
Posted by: Mathlover2 | April 27, 2009 11:05 PM
You know, I have seen this episode...
It is not my favorite episode, I being a former (i.e., currently inactive) amateur astronomer, and I found the cosmology and astronomy to be very silly.
Posted by: squishy the squid | April 30, 2009 1:39 PM
You folks would probably appreciate this as well -- the city of Hakodate made these trippy CGI tourism videos of giant squid fighting robots in their city.
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/03/alien-squid-vs-giant-robots-in-tourism-videos/#comment-361858
--squishy
p.s. you can download our award-winning free funny scifi zine, which is coincidentally titled Space Squid