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PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

Started by Aphos, November 19, 2007, 03:46:24 AM

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Swatopluk

#690
June 19, 2011, 08:30:19 AM
Well, that looks primarily NSFW  :o :o ;)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#691
June 24, 2011, 08:59:21 PM
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Swatopluk

#692
June 25, 2011, 07:28:34 AM
Fossilized or a sculpture from R'lyeh?
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#693
June 27, 2011, 09:57:28 AM
Quote from: Swatopluk on June 25, 2011, 07:28:34 AM
Fossilized or a sculpture from R'lyeh?

Does look as if it's made of stone, doesn't it.

I think it's a very young (and thus very small) squid.  I guess the biologist couldn't afford color film.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Swatopluk

#694
June 27, 2011, 10:16:16 AM
The type of image makes it look either like stone or like an object under a strong microscope.
It would take a rather skilled artist to actually do that in stone.
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

pieces o nine

#695
June 29, 2011, 06:32:08 AM
It's not Friday and this is not a cephalopod.

Nonetheless, one of the nice members at TOP posted this video of a swimming Leptocephalus larva (transparent eel) and I thought it was lovely to watch.



video: trying to out-swim the camera

Leptocephalus background wiki entry


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ps: googling for video brings up several cool clips!
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aphos

#696
June 30, 2011, 09:09:02 AM
Quote from: pieces o nine on June 29, 2011, 06:32:08 AM
It's not Friday and this is not a cephalopod.

Nonetheless, one of the nice members at TOP posted this video of a swimming Leptocephalus larva (transparent eel) and I thought it was lovely to watch.



video: trying to out-swim the camera

Leptocephalus background wiki entry


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ps: googling for video brings up several cool clips!

Yes, one of the many strange and beautiful creatures under the sea.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Aphos

#697
July 01, 2011, 10:07:12 PM
Ok...I almost didn't post today's cephalopod.  It is more than just ugly, IMHO, but is pretty grotesque.  I finally decided to just post a link and you can look at it if you want.  You have been warned.

Here is a dead (or possibly dying) giant squid...

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2011/07/friday_cephalopod_thats_how_i/giantsquid.jpeg

Not a pretty picture.
--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

Opsa

#698
July 03, 2011, 08:00:42 PM
I seem to remember that poor blighter.

How about these guys?

Swatopluk

#699
July 04, 2011, 08:39:46 AM
Quote from: Opsa on July 03, 2011, 08:00:42 PM
I seem to remember that poor blighter.

How about these guys?

These look right right out of a computer
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#700
July 08, 2011, 06:11:56 PM
Squid in school.

--The topologist formerly known as Poincare's Stepchild--

pieces o nine

#701
July 08, 2011, 06:35:53 PM
Which class: Reeling, Writhing, Drawling, Stretching, or Fainting in Coils?    :)
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
--Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Aggie

#702
July 08, 2011, 06:58:45 PM
We have the Griffin, where's the Mock Turtle?  ;D
WWDDD?

Opsa

#703
July 08, 2011, 08:26:48 PM
Ya mean as in "ambition, distraction, uglification and derision"?

Very pretty squidlings today, Aphos. You brightened my Friday! They'd make a foin desktop display, too.

Aphos

#704
July 13, 2011, 10:31:06 PM
Here's a Wednesday special edition...


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