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PZ Myers' Friday Cephalopods

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

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Aphos

#135
August 07, 2009, 01:18:23 PM



I swear, this guy looks like he's wearing clown makeup.
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Swatopluk

#136
August 07, 2009, 01:19:57 PM
It reminds me of a certain brand of icecream (vanilla + strawbery)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#137
August 14, 2009, 09:36:35 PM
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Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)

#138
August 15, 2009, 05:23:58 AM
Is he teaching entanglement? ;)
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Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)

#139
August 19, 2009, 09:38:23 PM
Sibling Zono(trichia Capensis) aka anon1mat0 aka Nicolás.

PPPP: Politicians are Parasitic, Predatory and Perverse.

Darlica

#140
August 20, 2009, 08:56:25 PM
Amazing! :)
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Aphos

#141
August 22, 2009, 04:44:09 PM
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Swatopluk

#142
August 23, 2009, 08:46:40 AM
That a bull squid?  ;)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#143
August 28, 2009, 11:57:53 PM
It's Friday (TGIF!!!) and time for another Friday Cephalopod.



On the left, a fossilized ceratatid ammonoid...one of the sort of squid-with-shell things that are similar to a chambered nautilus.

On the left, a vampire squid.

The article that goes with the picture is interesting, positing why the cephalopods survived the Permian extinction and thrived thereafter.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/08/friday_cephalopod_survivor_cep.php

I like the final paragraph...

QuoteIt just goes to show you that our current episode of global warming is a relatively minor event. Life will go on. Fast-living organisms with high metabolic demands like, say, humans, might suffer and die from the environmental consequences of a high CO2 atmosphere, but don't worry — the cephalopods will live on. They might even get a happy surge in numbers from the changes.
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Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)

#144
August 29, 2009, 05:02:59 AM
Loved this comment:
Quote from: article commentarySo what you are saying is, if the environment gets bad enough Cthulhu will re-awaken?
:squidlings::squidlings::squidlings::squidlings:
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Swatopluk

#145
August 29, 2009, 09:10:38 AM
It's all just the foreplay for the end times. Bets whether it is engineered by Cthulhu, JHC (resp. his father) or Shiva can be put at www.weareetotallydoomedanyway.orc
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Aphos

#146
August 30, 2009, 07:59:06 PM
Quote from: Swatopluk on August 29, 2009, 09:10:38 AM
It's all just the foreplay for the end times. Bets whether it is engineered by Cthulhu, JHC (resp. his father) or Shiva can be put at www.weareetotallydoomedanyway.orc

Don't forget the Frost Giants.  They are trying to bring on Ragnarok.
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Aphos

#147
September 05, 2009, 07:27:32 PM
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Aphos

#148
September 11, 2009, 01:37:54 PM



Ah...a cute lil squidling.
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Aphos

#149
September 18, 2009, 02:39:57 PM
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