PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Following a link on pieces' page....  this is a bit NSFW, and I'm not quite sure for whose benefit.

I'm partial to this one, myself (perfectly safe pic-- well, mostly... you know how twitchy those elder gods can be...)

http://boingboing.net/2009/05/05/cthulhu-ski-mask.html#previouspost

Okay, here's the acutal pic-- it may not work, though

[Swatopluk]

I can see it.
Nice one
Given the coulor of the visible skin it must be John Boehner aka John of Orange.

[Aggie]

That's amazing - worn over a small set of mirrored or dark goggles, it'd be a great ski mask.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

That's amazing - worn over a small set of mirrored or dark goggles, it'd be a great ski mask.

Oooh... could you imagine a set of sunglasses with faceted lenses instead? 

That'd look totally cool....

[Aggie]

Ayuh, but you might hit a tree if you were actually skiing.

[Aphos]

Once again, the vampire squid...

[pieces o nine]

SQUIIIIIDS IIIIIN SPAAAAACE! 

[Sibling DavidH]

Begod, it is Miss Squiddy, to the life.

[Swatopluk]

I always supected she was two-faced

[Aphos]

Sorry I'm late, guys.  Right after my last post, my ISP went haywire and I just got back online yesterday.  Been catching up, so here is last week's cephalopod.






Pretty little thing.  A blue ringed octopus.  Only 2 or 3 inches across.  But don't touch.  Very, very poisonous.

And not surprising, it lives off the shores of Oz.

[Opsa]

He would make an awesome squeeze toy if he wasn't so toxic!

[Swatopluk]

This little clip uses the very same picture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmRexWQhs3M

[Aphos]

Back on schedule...







A humboldt squid.  Nasty, but non-toxic.

[Opsa]

I think he's kinda pretty. Like an airstream trailer.

[Swatopluk]

I thought the guys were red.

Totally unrelated:
Scientists found out that deep sea cephalopods are bisexual.
It's so dark down there that males of at least the species Octopoteuthis deletron inject their sperm into anything that moves and is family without first checking that it is female.