PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

[Sibling DavidH]

I don't think it would be a good idea to squish this little fellow.  He's cute!

[Sheila]

Where do you find so many beautiful cephalopod photos?

[Sibling DavidH]

Hi, Sheila, nice to see you again!

He has a camera with a very long waterproof lens. 

[Opsa]

Welcome back, Sheila!

I believe Aphos subscribes to a squid-oriented website and shares the shots with us, here.

I like Swato's idea of making a squidling Jolly Roger out of the previous photo.

[Aphos]

Where do you find so many beautiful cephalopod photos?

'Allo Sheila.

PZ Myers writes the blog Pharyngula and posts "Friday Cephalopds" with pictures the Pharyngulites send him.

Seeing how squidlings are an important part of Toadfish lore, I started passing the pictures along to my siblings.

[Aggie]

Ray Caesar - Silent Partner

[Opsa]

TOADILY AWESOME!!! Where'd you find her?

[Aggie]

Some photo slideshow in a newspaper site, then searched the image.

[Opsa]

Is it an art installation? Love the fish bones in the sand.

[Aggie]

Just a painting, I think.  Slideshow here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/ray-caesars-dark-visions/article1886450/

Not related to the thread, but have you seen any of Mark Ryden's stuff?  I have taken quite a liking to this one, titled Nurse Sue (painted on wood):

[Swatopluk]

The best known piece of cepahlopods in art is likely Hokusai's Dream of the Fisherman's Wife.
But that is NSFW, so I won't post it (again)

[Aggie]

That's an entirely different interpretation of a woman with tentacles under her skirt.  

[Aphos]

[Swatopluk]

The head of this one looks like one of the ancestors of today's elephants (that still had 4 tusks).
But someone split the trunk

[Sibling DavidH]

I'm sure it's got a touch of chicken in it somewhere.