Awesome.
Note, however, that it reiterates that odd theme of one-eyed squid that we see all over the place.
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Charles Darwin vs. a giant squid
Category: Cephalopods • Weirdness
Posted on: July 4, 2009 11:02 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Kobra | July 4, 2009 11:07 AM
I'll show you my one-eyed squid. (Alriiiiiight!)
Posted by: Benjamin Geiger | July 4, 2009 11:10 AM
Completely OT, but possibly of interest:
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI124870
Posted by: recovering catholic | July 4, 2009 11:11 AM
But...but why would Darwin be fighting the giant squid in the first place???
Posted by: Kobra | July 4, 2009 11:11 AM
@1:
I apologize if anyone was offended by this, but insomnia makes me more inclined to recognize potential innuendo and several times louder. (It's 11:11 AM and I haven't been to bed yet since last night.)
Posted by: Kobra | July 4, 2009 11:13 AM
@1:
I apologize if anyone was offended by this, but insomnia makes me more inclined to recognize potential innuendo and several times louder. (It's 11:11 AM and I haven't been to bed yet since last night.)
@3:
Maybe he was attempting dissection but the squid was still alive?
Posted by: Angel Kaida | July 4, 2009 11:14 AM
Benjamin Geiger,
Continuing the OT,
That made me sick to my stomach. Theists want the sign saying "you're not alone" to be taken down because "this is a spiritual based community"? I feel terrible for anyone who lives there, although I can see it happening here just as easily.
Posted by: Naked Bunny with a Whip
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July 4, 2009 11:19 AM
Fights like this often lead to angry make-up sex.
Posted by: OurDeadSelves | July 4, 2009 11:22 AM
This needs to be put on a tee shirt (or possibly a thing) STAT!
Posted by: OurDeadSelves | July 4, 2009 11:24 AM
* "Thong", not "thing"!
Posted by: Naked Bunny with a Whip
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July 4, 2009 11:24 AM
@Kobra #4: I was totally offended! I couldn't find any pics of your squid at your link.
Posted by: Wowbagger, OM | July 4, 2009 11:25 AM
Slogan spotted on a t-shirt (for a band called Lazy Susan): 'The squids are alright'
Posted by: Somnolent Aphid | July 4, 2009 11:42 AM
now THAT would make a great tattoo.
@3 - obviously the squid represents the biblical fundamentalist thought in that it can be blinded by reason, is a tangle of multiple myths, and appears to prefer the missionary position.
Posted by: Steve_C | July 4, 2009 11:49 AM
It's hard to show both eyes of a squid at once... they're on opposites sides of the head.
Posted by: Naked Bunny with a Whip
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July 4, 2009 12:19 PM
Maybe it's Popeye the Sailor Squid.
Posted by: skeptyk | July 4, 2009 12:25 PM
Ooh, glam boots, Charles!
Posted by: Alex | July 4, 2009 12:29 PM
"Charles Darwin in glam boots" is not a phrase I ever expected to THINK, let alone TYPE.
You have revolutionized my brain, skeptyk.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | July 4, 2009 12:49 PM
So not only was Darwin a kick-ass scientist, he was also a bad-ass monster hunter? I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Physicalist | July 4, 2009 12:52 PM
Whom to root for. . . . whom to root for . . .
Posted by: Physicalist | July 4, 2009 12:59 PM
Also OT: god pissed at church.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, Quel Dommage
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July 4, 2009 1:20 PM
So, what did Darwin and the squid disagree about that caused the fight?
Posted by: Stu | July 4, 2009 2:39 PM
He found an irreducibly complex eye and is destroying the evidence.
Posted by: Teh Merkin | July 4, 2009 2:47 PM
Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Kausik Datta | July 4, 2009 2:48 PM
Awwwwwwww! But the squid has such a puppy doggish eye!
You Evil Darwinists, you!!!
Posted by: Skemono | July 4, 2009 4:19 PM
Why do you think we don't find any evidence of fairies, goblins, trolls, ogres, phoenixes, dragons, unicorns, etc., that might be troublesome for the theory of evolution? Because Darwin wiped them all out.
...dammit, now I want someone to actually make that into a comic.
Posted by: JohnnieCanuck
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July 4, 2009 4:43 PM
My vote is for Thor, Physicalist.
Rationally, (!) Yahweh wouldn't set fire to His own Church, even if he were pissed at the occupants.
Thor, though, could easily have done it and has motive. I say bring him in for questioning. You go first.
Posted by: Angel Kaida | July 4, 2009 5:13 PM
15 skeptyk and
16 Alex,
Giant Darwin in Glam Boots is now my expletive of choice. Thank you for enhancing my life.
Posted by: efrique | July 4, 2009 6:56 PM
It's one-eyed, with tentacles that reach everywhere?
It must be the squid of creationism!
No wonder Darwin looks determined to turn it into calamari.
Posted by: MadScientist | July 4, 2009 7:56 PM
That looks like The Amazing Randi vs. Super Cyclops Squid to me.
Posted by: X. Wolp | July 4, 2009 8:30 PM
@24: somebody should pitch that idea to the makers of "Sanctuary"... It would fit right in!
Posted by: Physicalist | July 4, 2009 10:09 PM
Maybe. I was thinking Zeus.I think I'll sacrifice a hecatomb, just in case.
Posted by: Samantha Vimes | July 4, 2009 10:52 PM
Why do you think we don't find any evidence of fairies, goblins, trolls, ogres, phoenixes, dragons, unicorns, etc., that might be troublesome for the theory of evolution?
I'm trying to think why these are troublesome. The dragons, possibly, because it's a vertebrate but has 6 limbs; same problem with fairies. The phoenix, troubling because it clones itself and can survive fire, a trick better found in the plant kingdom. Trolls, ogres, and goblins, however, could easily be evolved from primates; indeed, there was a period when several hominids overlapped in Africa and were varied in species to fit different ecological niches, an analogous situation.
Posted by: Skemono | July 5, 2009 1:55 AM
I... huh? You mean Sanctuary by Sho Fumimura and Ryoichi Ikegami? I'm not sure how Charles Darwin: Monster Hunter would fit in a manga about Japanese politics.
Enh. I didn't put too much thought into it either I just threw out the names of whatever fictional creatures came to mind.
Posted by: eddie | July 5, 2009 2:48 AM
Re: Physicalist @19
Awesome. I like to think out campaign of "why do churches have lightning conductors, eh?" contributed to that ;¬)
And Darwin and the squid: They're not fighting, they're *uc*ing. (IKTINACBH)
Posted by: bastion of sass | July 5, 2009 3:52 AM
Physicalist @19 wrote:
Wow! That's (at least) two churches in two days!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31706629/
Wonder what god's trying to say. These messages via lightning bolts are so hard to decipher.
Posted by: katie | July 5, 2009 6:03 AM
Yo! Anyone notice the fancy new ads on the site? "Is evolution just a theory? You can prove creation. Order free booklet." etc.
I almost prefer the Russian mail-order brides.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, Quel Dommage
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July 5, 2009 6:24 AM
Adblock is my friend.
Posted by: SteveM | July 5, 2009 11:10 AM
There is also this at the artist's site
Posted by: Mena | July 5, 2009 12:46 PM
Some of these comments are making me wonder who would win in a fight, Charles Darwin or Chuck Norris. I'd bet on Darwin, Chuck Norris' arrogance and stupidity would hinder him too much.
Posted by: the pro from dover | July 5, 2009 7:04 PM
The one eyed squid thing actually originated with the major blockbuster 50's monster flic "monster from the ocean floor" which actually was supposed to be an overgrown amoeba. In this disturbing image Darwin looks a lot like God, at least if God had forgotten his propecia.
Posted by: Rorschach | July 6, 2009 2:11 AM
Gee PZ,
you're going to love this Squid movie !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o
Posted by: SEF | July 6, 2009 4:57 AM
If people keep knifing cephalopods in the eye* like that, it's hardly surprising that the next person along thinks such critters only have one eye!
* NB The wrong kind of eye at that.