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Friday Cephalopod: Dapper in blue
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: May 22, 2009 10:41 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Sven DiMilo | May 22, 2009 10:58 AM
Bee-ytootiful!
Deadly!
But (I think) dead.
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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May 22, 2009 10:59 AM
Looks like a psychedelic morel.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592
Posted by: Josh
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May 22, 2009 11:03 AM
That's simply magnificent.
Posted by: Jadehawk, OM
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May 22, 2009 11:03 AM
looks fancy
Posted by: Watchman | May 22, 2009 11:04 AM
Lapis lazuli comes to mind.
Posted by: mikecbraun | May 22, 2009 11:08 AM
Glen D.: you said what I was thinking. That's one morel I think I would have to pass on in the woods.
Posted by: Isebrand | May 22, 2009 11:20 AM
That one handsome fella.
Posted by: eric | May 22, 2009 11:21 AM
Off topic, but PZ you have to see this, its hilarious. You have until tomorrow!
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
Posted by: Sili
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May 22, 2009 11:21 AM
And blue is supposed to be my favourite colour (I know - very stereotypical).
Reminds me of Lissajous figures.
Posted by: Cowcakes | May 22, 2009 11:34 AM
Ah, the Blue Ringed Octopus, and an agitated one at that. Just one more of the wonderously beautiful yet deadly inhabitants of home. Bare foot through rock pools is not a good idea.
Posted by: Denis Alexander | May 22, 2009 12:17 PM
Nature rocks!
Posted by: Die Anyway | May 22, 2009 12:19 PM
My daughter is currently visiting in Queensland and planning on snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef. As pretty as this little octopod is, I hope she doesn't run into one.
Posted by: MrSquid | May 22, 2009 1:10 PM
This is one of those reasons that I love Friday. Always look forward to Dr. Myers' selections.
Posted by: JMk2 | May 22, 2009 1:35 PM
This is a much more impressive hat than the one you've posted a picture of in your next article!
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: rob | May 22, 2009 1:57 PM
nice picture of one of our cephalopod overlords.
turns out we gotta watch the crafty cetaceans too:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/sperm_whale_blaggers_cctv/
Posted by: Otto | May 22, 2009 2:22 PM
It is gorgeous!
It also would look good on a bishop's head.
Posted by: Happy Tentacles
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May 22, 2009 2:38 PM
All dressed-up and ready for an all-night nu-rave party!
Far too pretty to put on an archbishop.
Posted by: Otto | May 22, 2009 2:44 PM
It is gorgeous!
It also would look good on a bishop's head.
Posted by: woodsong | May 22, 2009 2:50 PM
Especially if it bit him....
Posted by: Shel | May 22, 2009 3:01 PM
What a pretty blue color.
Are nominations accepted for the Monday Metazoan? Just making sure you've seen the upside down goose
Posted by: John Phillips, FCD | May 22, 2009 3:12 PM
Absolutely Stunning.
PZ, BTW, Scienceblogs and typepad are screwed, again.Every scienceblog page, and not just Pharyngula, takes 60 seconds or so to open and trying to sign in here has failed with it simply hanging on the TP sign in page every time I have tried today. Its worse than being on dial-up yet I am on a 2.5/15Mbps ADSL2+ line.
Posted by: aunt benjy | May 22, 2009 5:14 PM
Ooh...purty :)
Posted by: Otto | May 22, 2009 6:37 PM
It is gorgeous!
It also would look good on a bishop's head.
Posted by: Otto
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May 22, 2009 6:40 PM
It is gorgeous!
It also would look good on a bishop's head.
Posted by: Cath the Canberra Cook | May 22, 2009 7:39 PM
Yes, Otto, we get it! :)
I must agree whole-heartedly. Especially since I have just come from reading the child abuse thread, and our blue-ringed octopuses are known to be highly poisonous.
Posted by: Ichthyic | May 22, 2009 7:55 PM
turns out we gotta watch the crafty cetaceans too:
nawwww, HERE'S the crafty cetaceans:
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Narwhals/
I'm so eeeevilll.
Know that I also sell icepicks, which are useful for removing earworms.
Posted by: Mokele | May 22, 2009 8:12 PM
I actually encountered one of these, in an exotic pet store I worked at, of all places. We'd just gotten in a shipment of 'live rock', and one of the other employees called me over an pointed at an unimpressive piece. After a moment of me squinting, they used a long object (about a foot long) to poke into a crevice, and immediately a tiny baby blue-ring popped out to express its displeasure. The little guy couldn't have been more than 4 inches in armspan. They got rid of it via some responsible outlet, though I can't recall whether it was an expert collector or a professional aquarium.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2009 9:45 PM
They are not aggressive - few become victim despite their relative ubiquity on southern coasts.
Posted by: Samela | May 22, 2009 9:47 PM
They are not aggressive - few become victim despite their relative ubiquity on southern coasts.
Posted by: Jadehawk, OM
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May 22, 2009 11:19 PM
if you squint, it starts looking like a gold statue inlaid with sapphires (or lapis lazuli, why not...)
Posted by: go777 | May 22, 2009 11:29 PM
Nice.
Posted by: astrounit | May 23, 2009 2:29 AM
Man, I had to rub my eyes hard after gazing on that.
And humans who think themselves great fashion designers think they know all about which colors properly match and those that clash.
Posted by: Aquaria | May 23, 2009 6:26 AM
Oooh! Ahhh! Pretty!
But I'll be careful if I ever see one, should I ever go to Australia. Seeing one in a professional aquarium will have to do. Which reminds me... I have a three day weekend coming. Maybe it's time to head to Corpus Christi for an aquarium visit. It's not the greatest aquarium in the world, but it's still a fun and informative experience.
Posted by: Agi Hammerthief
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May 23, 2009 7:18 AM
beaut!!
they are on my "things REALLY WANNA!! to see under water list"
my fav underwater creature, right next to Odontodactylus Scyllarus [ encountered :-) ] wanna wanna seeeee!!
Posted by: Don Martin | May 23, 2009 9:00 AM
I find it appropriate that this photo comes hard on the heels of Men in fancy hats set their priorities: the cephalopod's "hat" is fancier by far that that of the guy above, and both are the same shape. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Otto
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May 23, 2009 9:47 AM
Cath @ 25,
Sorry, but the submission process was quite screwed up and I was rather impatient.
Posted by: MrFire | May 23, 2009 4:22 PM
It's one of those critters from that movie The Abyss. Or perhaps, the psychadelic beast from that Stephen King short story 'The Raft'.
Posted by: Richard Lakin | May 24, 2009 1:52 PM
When I had a tropical fish shop back in the early 1970's, I had a blue ring....although a somewhat different pattern and color distribution. So small and beautiful. Also, clever...after about a month, he pulled an escape. At the time, I remember importing them was a bit tricky.
Also, I remember a blue ring being the featured cephalapod in the James Bond film "Octopussy". Co-staring with Maud Adams = one lucky octopus.
Posted by: tom_mandory | May 25, 2009 1:59 AM
mmmm, those are good eating 'round my parts.
The trick is in the carving, just like fugu.
Posted by: gronkpan | May 25, 2009 5:55 AM
Wow, it looks like it's really pissed off. NOW TO STICK MY THUMB UP ITS BUTT.
Posted by: bunnycatch3r
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May 25, 2009 9:35 PM
[blockquote] When one of my brothers announced he had decided to study Buddhism, you'd have thought he had exumed my dead grandfather and raped the corpse on the kitchen table, from the reactions he got from that side of the family. [/blockquote]
OMG Luna the visual is overload
Posted by: bunnycatch3r
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May 25, 2009 9:44 PM