Friday Cephalopod: Two-tone

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Octopus cyanea

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

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Octopus cyanea Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Octopus cyanea Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Octopus cyanea You may be wondering what they're doing. Here's a hint: that's a male below, and a female above. Here's another hint: that's his specialized third arm, the hectocotyl limb. Third hint: it's in her oviduct. If you can't figure it out yet, look below the fold for an illustration.…
Octopus briareus, the Caribbean reef octopus Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

All I see is a narrow box with the label 'Octopus cyanea' :(

Ah! I see it now.

I Believe in Harvey Dent.

By Chronosynclast… (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Success! Looks like it could blend in well with a dusty blackboard.

It travels in compact mode.

By NewEnglandBob (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Looks yummy

Lokai!

(Hey, it's white on the right side. All his people are white on the right side!)

By Stardrake (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

@Stardrake Solusek Ro is white on his right side.

Cool!

By Uncephalized (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Choco-Vanilla .. yumm !

Looks like chalk or rosin. Perhaps it's fiddler or a baseball pitcher.

By bbgunn071679 (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

They're all so beautiful... and clever. Something we should all strive for (except for those of us who have already accomplished it *ahem*).

Those pesky white line painters get everywhere!

By Rob Clack (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Tres mod.

Ron

By https://www.go… (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Iapetus. Why, I do believe that that cephalopod is mooning us!

By jennyxyzzy (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Racing stripe. Yay, Friday!

Albert Alberta was reincarnated as a squid?

By MadScientist (not verified) on 19 Feb 2010 #permalink

Very cool, but the big question: Does it play ska?