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Friday Cephalopod: Two-tone

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: February 19, 2010 9:39 AM, by PZ Myers

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Octopus cyanea

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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#1

Posted by: Nerdette Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 9:41 AM

All I see is a narrow box with the label 'Octopus cyanea' :(

#2

Posted by: Zeno Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 9:46 AM

Ah! I see it now.

#3

Posted by: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 9:48 AM

I Believe in Harvey Dent.

#4

Posted by: Lily Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 9:51 AM

Nice!

#5

Posted by: Nerdette Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 9:51 AM

Success! Looks like it could blend in well with a dusty blackboard.

#7

Posted by: NewEnglandBob Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:03 AM

It travels in compact mode.

#8

Posted by: Vilding Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:07 AM

Looks yummy

#9

Posted by: Stardrake Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:14 AM

Lokai!

(Hey, it's white on the right side. All his people are white on the right side!)

#10

Posted by: Vilding Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:19 AM

@Stardrake Solusek Ro is white on his right side.

#11

Posted by: jjmontem Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:32 AM

Ska!

#12

Posted by: Uncephalized Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:36 AM

Cool!

#13

Posted by: madbull Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:41 AM

Choco-Vanilla .. yumm !

#14

Posted by: bbgunn071679 Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:53 AM

Looks like chalk or rosin. Perhaps it's fiddler or a baseball pitcher.

#15

Posted by: destlund Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 10:56 AM

They're all so beautiful... and clever. Something we should all strive for (except for those of us who have already accomplished it *ahem*).

#16

Posted by: Rob Clack Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 12:02 PM

Those pesky white line painters get everywhere!

#17

Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawncr0FDc8gdl7yJBz0SJ15D0etcTIOtL0s Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 12:10 PM

Tres mod.

Ron

#18

Posted by: jennyxyzzy Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 2:42 PM

Iapetus. Why, I do believe that that cephalopod is mooning us!

#19

Posted by: Bert Chadick Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 3:35 PM

This weekend is all octopuses all the time at the Seattle Aquarium. We've got some big ones in the Sound. Google it.

#20

Posted by: daveau Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 3:52 PM

Racing stripe. Yay, Friday!

#21

Posted by: MadScientist Author Profile Page | February 19, 2010 4:55 PM

Albert Alberta was reincarnated as a squid?

#22

Posted by: Thebear, just an agent of peas Author Profile Page | February 20, 2010 7:03 AM

Very cool, but the big question: Does it play ska?

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