
Octopus cyanea
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: February 19, 2010 9:39 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Nerdette
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February 19, 2010 9:41 AM
All I see is a narrow box with the label 'Octopus cyanea' :(
Posted by: Zeno
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February 19, 2010 9:46 AM
Ah! I see it now.
Posted by: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum
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February 19, 2010 9:48 AM
I Believe in Harvey Dent.
Posted by: Lily
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February 19, 2010 9:51 AM
Nice!
Posted by: Nerdette
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February 19, 2010 9:51 AM
Success! Looks like it could blend in well with a dusty blackboard.
Posted by: Aratina Cage
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February 19, 2010 9:54 AM
It's the Bride of Octostein!
Posted by: NewEnglandBob
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February 19, 2010 10:03 AM
It travels in compact mode.
Posted by: Vilding
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February 19, 2010 10:07 AM
Looks yummy
Posted by: Stardrake
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February 19, 2010 10:14 AM
Lokai!
(Hey, it's white on the right side. All his people are white on the right side!)
Posted by: Vilding
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February 19, 2010 10:19 AM
@Stardrake Solusek Ro is white on his right side.
Posted by: jjmontem
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February 19, 2010 10:32 AM
Ska!
Posted by: Uncephalized
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February 19, 2010 10:36 AM
Cool!
Posted by: madbull
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February 19, 2010 10:41 AM
Choco-Vanilla .. yumm !
Posted by: bbgunn071679
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February 19, 2010 10:53 AM
Looks like chalk or rosin. Perhaps it's fiddler or a baseball pitcher.
Posted by: destlund
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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*).
Posted by: Rob Clack
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February 19, 2010 12:02 PM
Those pesky white line painters get everywhere!
Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawncr0FDc8gdl7yJBz0SJ15D0etcTIOtL0s
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February 19, 2010 12:10 PM
Tres mod.
Ron
Posted by: jennyxyzzy
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February 19, 2010 2:42 PM
Iapetus. Why, I do believe that that cephalopod is mooning us!
Posted by: Bert Chadick
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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.
Posted by: daveau
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February 19, 2010 3:52 PM
Racing stripe. Yay, Friday!
Posted by: MadScientist
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February 19, 2010 4:55 PM
Albert Alberta was reincarnated as a squid?
Posted by: Thebear, just an agent of peas
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February 20, 2010 7:03 AM
Very cool, but the big question: Does it play ska?