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Friday Cephalopod: Jewel of the sea
Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: August 13, 2010 6:15 AM, by PZ Myers
Histioteuthis bonellii
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Posted by: DrivenB4U
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August 13, 2010 6:35 AM
What texture! Beautiful
Posted by: Rorschach
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August 13, 2010 6:36 AM
Is that orange hook thingy its penis ?
Posted by: Fred The Hun
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August 13, 2010 7:15 AM
BTW, is this another of the displeased denizens of the deep flipping us the bird?
Posted by: TomS
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August 13, 2010 8:03 AM
Wikipedia has a brief article on this species, saying that "The Umbrella Squid, Histioteuthis bonnellii, is a species of cock-eyed squid." The genus is known as "cock-eyed" because one eye is larger than the other.
Posted by: Ing: PhD Trollologist
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August 13, 2010 9:01 AM
@TomS
But what good is half an eye!?
Posted by: felicis
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August 13, 2010 9:35 AM
I dub thee ... Strawberry Shortcake!
Posted by: Freaka J
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August 13, 2010 10:07 AM
Oooooo, I like shiny things, even if it is a cock-eyed squid!
Posted by: daveau
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August 13, 2010 10:32 AM
Sniny! Yay, Friday!
Posted by: SteveM
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August 13, 2010 11:31 AM
Rubies!
Posted by: Dhorvath, OM
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August 13, 2010 12:12 PM
Does it taste like a candy cane? It sure looks like it to me.
Posted by: Acronym Jim
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August 13, 2010 1:01 PM
This cock-eyed squid looks like he's feeling a bit cocky indeed.
Posted by: Pacal
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August 13, 2010 1:47 PM
Wow!
Just Wow!
Posted by: Franklin Percival
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August 13, 2010 1:52 PM
How can I propose marriage?
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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August 13, 2010 4:13 PM
No, Fred. I think Rorschach has the right idea.Not entirely sure what the purpose is, though. Personally, I'm too prudish to wave around my tackle like that.
Of course, my tackle is not quite that photogenic either ...
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, Quel Dommage
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August 13, 2010 4:25 PM
Sniny.
Posted by: SallyStrange, Spawn of Cthulhu
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August 13, 2010 6:40 PM
Octopenis!
Posted by: McCthulhu is taking ∞ to eat all the pi
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August 14, 2010 3:50 AM
I thought the 'tackle out' appendage was something like the fishing lure that Vampiricus draculatus has. I know, we should ask PZ. He's the expert.
Posted by: RijkswaanVijanD
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August 14, 2010 12:32 PM
Say, that's one goodlooking sextoy you've got there..
Posted by: RijkswaanVijanD
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August 14, 2010 12:39 PM
They do not have a penis btw..
They use a specialized arm (hectocotylus) to insert sperm under the females mantle after extracting it from their own.
PZ has some great stuff on this hidden in the archives!