cephalopods
pharyngula | December 22, 2006Here is my usual weekly roundup of strange cephalopod-themed submissions.
pharyngula | December 22, 2006Octopus berrima
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
pharyngula | December 22, 2006Well, if we can't find the new Architeuthis video, we can at least enjoy a little Cephalopodmas carol, Squid and Whale.
If you'd like something more traditional, here are the lyrics for the Twelve Days of Cephalopodmas. You already know the music.
Lastly, should you really want to get into the festive spirit of the holiday, here are some photos of a whale necropsy. Warning: there is blood, there are guts. How much? Well, they used a large backhoe as a retractor.
pharyngula | December 22, 2006
We have a sign: there are reportsof a new video from Tsunemi Kubodera of an Architeuthis—unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a copy of the video online anywhere yet. If anyone finds it, let me know!
There's a small and rather grainy copy of the video on the BBC website!
The copy at CNN is of much higher quality.
pharyngula | December 21, 2006Don't try and tell me this is a fake holiday. Macy's in New York is celebrating it! That's the gold standard, man.
Watch out, Kwanzaa.
pharyngula | December 15, 2006Can you bear the beauty? It's another week's worth of random cephalopod imagery.
pharyngula | December 15, 2006
(From the Olympus Bioscapes International Digital Imaging Competition)
pharyngula | December 12, 2006
We can learn from nature:
Inspired by the sleek and efficient propulsion of squid, jellyfish and other cephalopods, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher has designed a new generation of compact vortex generators that could make it easier for scientists to maneuver and dock underwater vehicles at low speeds and with greater precision.
In addition, the technology — seemingly inspired by the plots of two classic sci-fi films — may soon allow doctors to guide tiny capsules with jet thrusters through the human digestive tract, enabling them to diagnose disease and dispense medications…
pharyngula | December 12, 2006Isn't she pretty? This is Promachoteuthis sloani, a new species of deep water squid trawled up out of the North Atlantic.
Many more photos of this creature are available online, and you can also download the paper describing it.
pharyngula | December 8, 2006Another week, another collection of tentacular oddities from the mailbag. Keep sending 'em in!
pharyngula | December 8, 2006Clutch of Argonauta nodosa eggs and hatchlings
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
pharyngula | December 3, 2006Another video: watch the octopus escape through a small hole in a box. Bones are such a nuisance, aren't they?
pharyngula | December 1, 2006It's looking a lot like Cephalopodmas…whoa, but I got a lot of cephalopod art and weirdness sent in to me this week. You'll have to look below the fold for all of them, and do notice that most of the images are links to the source.
pharyngula | December 1, 2006Enteroctopus dofleini
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
pharyngula | November 28, 2006
As we sober academics are fond of saying, "Squeeee!"
Now I can get my own Cephalopodmas tentacle loaded with chthonic Cephalopodmas carols. I'm definitely putting this on my Cephalopodmas list.
pharyngula | November 24, 2006Here's the weekly collection of submitted art (and other) featuring cephalopods.
This is the work of Evan Harris, with his strangely dissipated-looking sailor playing a cephalochord.
Lego's Aqua Raiders set features a giant squid with too few arms: it looks more like a spider to me.
Look! Pearl Jam played in Australia!
This is part of a whole collection of octopus jewelry. Anybody who wants to buy me the complete set for Cephalopodmas, contact me and I'll send a shipping address.
The one piece is $1350. Cheap!
pharyngula | November 24, 2006How many of you have a picked-over carcass in your refrigerator?
Architeuthis sp.
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.