PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

[Aggie]

Unfortunately, this thread often makes me hungry.  I'm not sure if 'the cuter they are, the better they taste' applies for cephalopods (good rule of thumb for herbivorous mammals - moose are the exception to the rule; it's the opposite for fish).  


I do appreciate these beautiful, intelligent animals for what they are while alive....  _{but they are beautiful, intelligent and tasty.}

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I would be careful if I were you, pretty frequently means poisonous.

[Aggie]

S'ok, I already ate this:


It were delicious. 

[Aphos]

I would be careful if I were you, pretty frequently means poisonous.

I believe the only poisonous cephalopods are the Blue Ringed Octopus and the Flamboyant  Cuttlefish.

And for today's cepalopod, this hungry little guy...

[Opsa]

He looks familiar. Have we seen him before?

[Aphos]

He looks familiar. Have we seen him before?

Could be.  I was kinda thinking that myself.

I think PZ's been real busy the last couple of weeks.  He was in Hawaii, then Australia and now Iowa.  Lots of meetings.

[Swatopluk]

Ah, caught in flagrante delicto committing molluscation!

[Aphos]

Speaking of "caught in flagrante delicto", two cuttlefish caught making woo...





From Why Evolution Is True.

[Swatopluk]

For a moment I thought those were pikes.
Now I am more inclined to say that those in the background are zombies

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

There is an outworldly air in the picture. It makes me wonder what would they say if we could communicate with them.

[Aphos]

I know it's Monday, but PZ posted this.

[Opsa]

NOICE!!!

Who's the artist?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

King (octo)-Kong in Rapture?

http://metavideogame.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/bioshock_1.jpg

[Aphos]

NOICE!!!

Who's the artist?

It's a t-shirt design from shirt.woot!  They do specialty Ts and only sell the design for one day, so you're out of luck if you wanted one.  Sorry.

They do post who the artist is, but only for the present day...at least as far as I could find.

[Aphos]

I think this is a Dumbo Octopus, but I'm not certain.  I just do this for fun.  I am not a cephalopod expert by any means.

Nice video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDxBVZhZZwI