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Friday Cephalopod: Crusty nautilus
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: January 8, 2010 1:08 PM, by PZ Myers
Allonautilus scrobiculatus
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Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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January 8, 2010 1:13 PM
Mmm. Looks pre-breaded.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo
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January 8, 2010 1:14 PM
Yeah, OK, pretty cool, but here's the metazoan of the week:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TRUCKERMcD#p/u/54/uoLYj-ibW18
Posted by: Darren Garrison
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January 8, 2010 1:15 PM
Speaking of, have you noticed the new old Natilus book? I'm sure you'll be snatching it up at a mere 215 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/Nautilus-Biology-Paleobiology-additions-Geobiology/dp/9048132983/
It cost a bit, but it has a torrent of information.
Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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January 8, 2010 1:26 PM
That's awesome, Sven. If you crank up the sound, you can just make out what the eagle is saying:
Pig Pen, this here's the rubber duck, an' I'm about to put the hammer down.
Posted by: flowerjayne
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January 8, 2010 1:58 PM
Brownian: 10-4
Posted by: pixelfish
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January 8, 2010 2:53 PM
Mmmmm...nautilus!
Incidentally, if anyone wants to Pharyngulate the Shorty Awards on Twitter, you can create new categories and I nommed PZed for #squid. (I'm hoping that Peter Watts fans will take up the gauntlet and we can have a cage match for #squid.)
All you gotta do is Twitter, "I nominate @pzmyers for a Shorty Award in #squid because ... your reason here."
#cephalopod is also a wide open potential category.
Posted by: Flatland Nautilus
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January 8, 2010 3:16 PM
Oh the majestic nautilus!!!
I was thinking the other day....honestly....the nautilus doesn't have good eye sight, nor does it have a hard lense on it's eye. So, has anybody tried fitting one with contact lenses? What if they became the eagle of the cephalopod world?
Posted by: Darren Garrison
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January 8, 2010 3:30 PM
"So, has anybody tried fitting one with contact lenses?"
I'd rather give one the genes for hemoglobin and see what happens.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM
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January 8, 2010 3:52 PM
Brownian,
I haven't heard that song in years.
Posted by: F
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January 8, 2010 4:20 PM
It's beautiful.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo
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January 8, 2010 4:21 PM
Holy shit. That song is beyond amazing. I remembered almost all the CB chatter, but mercy sakes alive, the cloying sappiness of the singing on those choruses was a revelation.
And, as a former long-haired driver of a chartreuse microbus (though never no FoJ), I always like that part too.
That said, total ornithological fail, dude. Not even the right Order.
And now, the greatest of all trucker songs. I loved the Tom Waits version for decades before I stumbled upon the original (w/ Frankie Lee/Judas Priest background pickin):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtxU1tddH3Q
Posted by: Givesgoodemail
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January 8, 2010 4:46 PM
Anyone remember that Captain Nemo's submersible was called the Nautilus?
Always wanted to see a cool illustration of it, but have never found one.
Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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January 8, 2010 5:07 PM
Quoth the Raven: D'oh! It was a typo. Five of them in a row, to be exact.
I saw a musical production about Red Sovine a few years back, all thanks to my mammalian eyes. Take that, nautili.
Muh?
Posted by: arachnophilia
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January 8, 2010 6:12 PM
sexy, but no ammonite.
Posted by: John Frum
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January 8, 2010 7:20 PM
I'm a huge PZ fan but we just don't see eye to eye on the whole cephalopod thing. Sometimes the pictures make me feel queasy at an emotional level that I don't really understand. The thought of actually handling something like that makes my head spin. It's a more acute reaction than I have to spiders (they give me the creeps too though).
Posted by: WashingMachine0
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January 8, 2010 7:27 PM
Looks tasty...mmmmmmm
Posted by: Patricia, OM
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January 8, 2010 8:47 PM
The Nautilus is my favorite. What amazes me is that its a swimmer not a bottom of the sea creeper.
Posted by: MarkW
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January 11, 2010 5:51 AM
For Givesgoodemail at #12:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xmitter/3267161251/
Scan from the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. (Not my scan, but I have the google-fu.)