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PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

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

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Darlica

#120
July 03, 2009, 08:06:04 PM
So, that's why you call kissing "sucking face"!?

;D
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Aphos

#121
July 04, 2009, 03:58:28 AM
Yup.  Cuttlefish kissy face.
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Aphos

#122
July 04, 2009, 05:08:06 PM
Well, it isn't Friday Cephalopod, but PZ brings us...

Charles Darwin vs. a Giant Squid
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Aphos

#123
July 10, 2009, 04:28:48 PM
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Pachyderm

#124
July 10, 2009, 05:07:13 PM
Looks like he's taking a nap. 8)
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Aphos

#125
July 12, 2009, 01:38:38 AM
Or perhaps it is a giant brain in a moment of deep contemplation.
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Aphos

#126
July 17, 2009, 06:22:18 PM
Ooh.

Lots of cephalopods today.







And this cool video...

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/snogged_by_an_octopus.php
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Swatopluk

#127
July 17, 2009, 07:49:47 PM
The Fractal Squids?
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#128
July 24, 2009, 09:31:19 PM
Squid in Love

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Aphos

#129
August 02, 2009, 10:37:24 AM
A little interspecies kissy face...

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Bluenose

#130
August 02, 2009, 11:07:53 AM
That diver doen not appear to be particularly amused!    :P
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Swatopluk

#131
August 02, 2009, 06:37:48 PM
I saw something similar I believe in a BBC documentary. The cephalopod was interested in his/her reflection in the diver's mask.
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#132
August 04, 2009, 05:24:11 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on August 02, 2009, 11:07:53 AM
That diver doen not appear to be particularly amused!    :P

I am not certain, but I think that is a Humboldt squid.  The size is about right, and there are a lot of them off California and Baja.  They are very aggressive and have a very nasty bite.  Plus the tentacles have little claws as well as suckers.
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Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)

#133
August 06, 2009, 01:21:52 PM
If I recall correctly Humbolds can be very aggressive, specially to the fishermen  hunting them. They are fearless in groups and very courious.
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Pachyderm

#134
August 06, 2009, 03:13:33 PM
Humbolts can be very nasty. Also known by a variety of other names, including Diablo Rojo, or Red Devil. Animals tend not to get this type of moniker undeservedly...
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