Friday Cephalopod: Smokin'

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Octopus vulgaris

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

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Octopus vulgaris Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Octopus vulgaris Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Octopus vulgaris Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Octopus vulgaris, brooding eggs I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast siphon of its mother; The sleeping mother and babe—hush'd, I study them long and long. Walt Whitman Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

Aw no, everybody out of the pool!

Good job, Billy. You couldn't have waited?

By minimalist (not verified) on 02 Jun 2006 #permalink

Vulgaris, indeed, minimalist.

Thanks for the particularly pleasing pic post PZ.

That is one gorgeous shot.

Exactly what I thought, Bronze Dog. Somebody needs to photoshop some Spitfires in there.

By sockatume (not verified) on 02 Jun 2006 #permalink

Spitfires? Those are so 20th century.

It's clearly the Reaver's spaceship from Whedon's "Firefly" SF series...

Come on guys -- all this fuss over a perfectly natural bodily function? Is it just because it involves an orifice we primates don't have? (AFAIK) :-) :-) :-)

So this guy looks like he's facing away from us, inking at something above and behind the frame... Are those bumps on top the back of his eyes, or something else?

By David Harmon (not verified) on 02 Jun 2006 #permalink

Reavers? This close to the core worlds? More likely scavengers.

By Ginger Yellow (not verified) on 03 Jun 2006 #permalink

I'm down! Thank you, Dear Friends, I'm down, I'm grounded, safe and sound, trailing clouds of glory, I'm down. And I'm marching! Yes, Dear Friends, I'm marching to dinner! Cause Godamighty, I'm hungry! Yes! I'm hungry! Safe and sound and hungry!