cephalopods
pharyngula | November 26, 2010Enough. Everyone is sending me this photo of a girl in a fluffy hat and tentacles, and she looks nothing like a cephalopod!
OK, but she is adorable, and I want that hat, too.
pharyngula | November 19, 2010Vitreledonella richardi
(via Young R.E., M. Vecchione and D.T. Donovan; and check out the videos!)
pharyngula | November 5, 2010
The answer is "No! You're beautiful!" It's part of a theme.
(via Dave Harasti)
pharyngula | November 3, 2010Suddenly, it resonates with me.
I've also been sent these images of spectacular wall art. I want one. Somehow, though, I doubt that I'll be able to convince the TrophyWife™ that it's worth $950.
pharyngula | November 2, 2010When the animal is a squid, of course, which are beautiful even in death. Here's the dance of dying chromatophores:
(via Arthropoda)
pharyngula | November 1, 2010This is probably the nerdiest thing I've been sent in oh, two or three days.
pharyngula | October 26, 2010With mixed feelings, I announce the demise of Paul the 'psychic' octopus.
On the one hand, he was a living creature, and I feel sadness at any death. On the other hand, he was a psychic fraud, and I have no sympathy for those rascals. On the other hand, he was a cephalopod, and those especially deserve to thrive. On the other hand, the hype surrounding him was tiresome and overblown—good riddance. On the other hand, he was being exploited by his trainers slave masters, so he hardly deserves the blame. On the other hand, what a waste of everyone's time to be playing fake psychic games with…
pharyngula | October 23, 2010Fabulous fashion statement:
I'm thinking I could one-up her if I stopped trimming the beard, too.
pharyngula | October 15, 2010Yes! You can watch the giant squid episode of Inside Nature's Giants. There's a little squeeing going on in my hotel room right now, I'm just glad no one else is here to record me.
pharyngula | October 15, 2010
Via National Geographic, which also offers this video of Humboldt Squid Wrestling.
pharyngula | September 24, 2010The perpetual thread filled up fast when I wasn't looking…and just to keep the mood of the Friday Cephalopod, here's Vampyroteuthis in action.
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pharyngula | September 15, 2010Everybody is sending me links to this spectacular cake, but none of them answer the question, "WHY?"
I mean, it could be for PZ Myers' birthday party, but that's almost 6 months away, and I never got an invitation; it could be for some member of the cephalopod cult's entry into manhood at 13; it could be for my wake, but I'm not dead yet. I am mystified as I marvel.