That previous image of squid in flight is now explained:
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"Pharynguloid."
Man, that's fun to say.
For those in the Bay Area: it's this weekend!
And from the web site:
Pics of special interest from 2003's festival include #6, 13 and 19.
Fortunately for me, many of MY creationist-squirrel half-breeds are FLYING squirrels.
Too bad the creationist part itself never flies.
SH
Oh... so cute... I want to live in San Francisco....
Sure, I send PZ a picture of an Octopus Kite from a Bodega Bay outfit, but it takes an army of Octupoid kites in the SF Bay to get noticed.
Actually, An attack from flying octopi would look awesome. Target: Disco Institute. Onward Pharynguloids!
Oh, yeah. The kite festival. I'd almost forgotten. I thought the area in that picture looked familiar.
That almost looks like something out of War Of The Worlds. That is a very funny Sunday monting sight.
This reminds me of a scene from the "Festival of the Freshwater Squid", from City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer.