Friday Cephalopod: Crusty nautilus

Mmm. Looks pre-breaded.

Yeah, OK, pretty cool, but here's the metazoan of the week:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TRUCKERMcD#p/u/54/uoLYj-ibW18

Speaking of, have you noticed the new old Natilus book? I'm sure you'll be snatching it up at a mere 215 bucks.

http://www.amazon.com/Nautilus-Biology-Paleobiology-additions-Geobiolog…

It cost a bit, but it has a torrent of information.

Yeah, OK, pretty cool, but here's the metazoan of the week

That's awesome, Sven. If you crank up the sound, you can just make out what the eagle is saying:
Pig Pen, this here's the rubber duck, an' I'm about to put the hammer down.

Brownian: 10-4

Mmmmm...nautilus!

Incidentally, if anyone wants to Pharyngulate the Shorty Awards on Twitter, you can create new categories and I nommed PZed for #squid. (I'm hoping that Peter Watts fans will take up the gauntlet and we can have a cage match for #squid.)

All you gotta do is Twitter, "I nominate @pzmyers for a Shorty Award in #squid because ... your reason here."

#cephalopod is also a wide open potential category.

Oh the majestic nautilus!!!
I was thinking the other day....honestly....the nautilus doesn't have good eye sight, nor does it have a hard lense on it's eye. So, has anybody tried fitting one with contact lenses? What if they became the eagle of the cephalopod world?

"So, has anybody tried fitting one with contact lenses?"

I'd rather give one the genes for hemoglobin and see what happens.

Brownian,

I haven't heard that song in years.

It's beautiful.

If you crank up the sound, you can just make out what the eagle is saying:

Holy shit. That song is beyond amazing. I remembered almost all the CB chatter, but mercy sakes alive, the cloying sappiness of the singing on those choruses was a revelation.
And, as a former long-haired driver of a chartreuse microbus (though never no FoJ), I always like that part too.

That said, total ornithological fail, dude. Not even the right Order.

And now, the greatest of all trucker songs. I loved the Tom Waits version for decades before I stumbled upon the original (w/ Frankie Lee/Judas Priest background pickin):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtxU1tddH3Q

Anyone remember that Captain Nemo's submersible was called the Nautilus?
Always wanted to see a cool illustration of it, but have never found one.

That said, total ornithological fail, dude. Not even the right Order.

Quoth the Raven: D'oh! It was a typo. Five of them in a row, to be exact.

I saw a musical production about Red Sovine a few years back, all thanks to my mammalian eyes. Take that, nautili.

Always wanted to see a cool illustration of it, but have never found one.

Muh?

sexy, but no ammonite.

I'm a huge PZ fan but we just don't see eye to eye on the whole cephalopod thing. Sometimes the pictures make me feel queasy at an emotional level that I don't really understand. The thought of actually handling something like that makes my head spin. It's a more acute reaction than I have to spiders (they give me the creeps too though).

Looks tasty...mmmmmmm

The Nautilus is my favorite. What amazes me is that its a swimmer not a bottom of the sea creeper.

For Givesgoodemail at #12:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xmitter/3267161251/

Scan from the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. (Not my scan, but I have the google-fu.)