PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

[Aphos]

Here it is.

I'm only going to post the link to the picture and give you a warning that it is a bit gross.  It is a picture of a dead giant squid washed up on the beach.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2010/07/friday_cephalopod_a_last_vesti/deadsquid.jpeg

Except for a literal handful of pictures, this is all we have of giant squid.  Until recently, there wasn't a single picture of a live specimen.

[Opsa]

Thanks for being sensitive towards the squeemishness of your fellow siblings, Aphos.

I believe I've seen this one, so I'll pass. As I recall, it was quite tragic.

[Aphos]

Thanks for being sensitive towards the squeemishness of your fellow siblings, Aphos.

I believe I've seen this one, so I'll pass. As I recall, it was quite tragic.

Might be a different one.  I have seen several pictures of giant squid washed up on the beach, but have never seen this one before.

[ivor]

Damn it!  Too late to make giant calamari. 

[Opsa]

What're we gonna do with all this rice?!

[Swatopluk]

Giant calamars are inedible (at least for humans), unless you can regularly drink pure ammonia without any negative side effects.

[Sibling DavidH]

Can't you rinse the ammonia out or something?

[Aphos]

Sperm whales sure seem to have a taste for them, though.

[ivor]

Ammonia doesn't bother me near as bad as liquid nitrogen...

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Divers get very bothered by nitrogen bubbles...

[Sibling DavidH]

That's probably when the octosquids get them.   

[Aggie]

Super Squid Sex Organ Discovered

[Swatopluk]

Octopus Paul successfully defended his reputation as a sports prophet by predicting the Spanish victory at the football worldcup.
The question whether to root for my country or the cephalopod was of course easily answered. All hail the prophet!

[Aphos]

Aggie, that is one well endowed squid.

(Particularly considering that most squid species don't even HAVE a penis.)

[Aggie]

I shudder to think of what hentai artists will make of this one...