Friday Cephalopod: My girl

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Sepia pharaonis

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

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By lancelot_gobbo (not verified) on 10 Jun 2006 #permalink

Cool! Houston Museum of Natural Science has some of these in a display tank on the 2nd floor...cute little buggers. I love HMNS. They recently had a re-vamped Dinosaur exhibit that was fantastic, too. -JJR