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Botanical Wednesday: It's almost like tentacles and a mouth…
Category: Organisms
Posted on: September 8, 2010 4:11 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: ronsullivan
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September 8, 2010 4:18 PM
Nice bit of light-capture there, too.
Thanks!
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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September 8, 2010 4:30 PM
Rather...radiant.
It's quite distinguishable from cephalopods because, instead of bearded biologists, it attracts insects.
Glen Davidson
Posted by: Moosebite
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September 8, 2010 4:58 PM
Wow, it must be the female version of a sarlacc.
Posted by: daveau
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September 8, 2010 5:01 PM
What, no sexual innuendo? I'm marking this day on my calendar.
Posted by: Moosebite
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September 8, 2010 5:07 PM
...sarlacc
Sorry, taking the html for a spin. Still an L-plater.
Posted by: blf
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September 8, 2010 5:08 PM
Actually, no, it's in cahoots with the cephalopods. It distracts the biologists, making the sneak attack / ambush easier. What it gets out of the arrangement is unknown—no-one's lived long enough to tell.
Oh, and the beard hasn't worked as camouflage for years. Biologists need to evolve a new trick to keep from being eaten. (I wonder if poopyhead's new implanted sooper seecret device is an attempt to artificially compensate for failing to evolve a new trick?)
Posted by: MadScientist
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September 8, 2010 6:08 PM
It's such a pretty weed though. (I deny responsibility for clogging up some waterways by planting some of these or its kin.)
Posted by: MikeFuckingG
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September 8, 2010 7:56 PM
That's no
mooncephalopod, it's an echinoderm![/Ben Kenobi voice]
Posted by: sandiseattle
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September 8, 2010 8:15 PM
I think it looks sorta anime-ish.
Been looking for a potted Stargazer lily myself. None of the nurseries around here seem to have them.
Posted by: llewelly
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September 8, 2010 9:45 PM
daveau | September 8, 2010 5:01 PM:
Uh, he wrote "...tentacles and a mouth…". Could you imagine a more explicit description of the ultimate sex organ?
Posted by: yaburrow
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September 9, 2010 8:40 AM
Nice photo - reminds me of Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.
Posted by: Miles670
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September 9, 2010 8:46 AM
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/drop-koranburning-plan-urges-obama-2074893.html
Was going to e-mail this to PZ but figured i'd just post it here instead. Has anyone checked this out yet, we're still book burning these days apparently.
Posted by: daveau
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September 9, 2010 10:01 AM
Llewelly@10-
Or of the last thing you see before you die.
Posted by: daveau
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September 9, 2010 10:25 AM
Or both.
Posted by: SQB (fuck death)
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September 9, 2010 10:55 AM
Miles: Wrap a Bible and a Koran in an American flag and light it with the Torah. Toast a few blessed crackers on the fire and eat those. That should have all bases covered.
Posted by: Moosebite
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September 9, 2010 11:42 AM
@ SQB
You've got an imbalance there. The first thing you'll hear about is that atheists favour the other religions over Christianity. Probably don't do the crackers...
I don't think they'd taste nice, anyway.
Better to add a copy of the Origin Of Species. That will throw them right off. And it makes a nice statement too, I think :)