It was Cephalopodmas, and all through the blogsNot a writer was stirring—all sleeping like logs.Each blogosphere-dweller, from Orac to PZWas all bundled up and just taking it easy.Their prone, sleeping forms, that might well have been graniteSlept through the most wonderful tale on the planet!For all ‘cross the globe, from the oceans and seas,All the …
Category Archive: Cuttlefish
Dec 09 2007
CuttleContest!
Of all the creatures in the worldDeserving to be knit (and purled)I think it’s clear, we all would wishA cute and cuttly cuddlefish. A comment-writer, “Impolite”Has, very clearly, got it rightSo now, the screen of my computerShows a pic that can’t be cuter It’s beautiful, this much is clear,So huggable, so very dear, So soft …
Dec 03 2007
Please, Australia!
Deep-Sea News reports that my cousins the Giant Australian Cuttlefish may be in serious trouble. It seems they had the lack of foresight to evolve in an area where featherless bipeds would eventually discover uranium, copper, and gold. As of this writing, the link to the original Australian source is down, so you will have …
Nov 26 2007
A Squidmas Carol
Now… I am not, technically, a fan of Squidmas; I have always preferred the more inclusive Cephalopodmas, myself. But some shiftless bum who goes by the name “shiftlessbum” asked nicely, on Pharyngula, if I could “pen a Squidmas carol”. So here is the first. First thing–it is not a poem, it is a song; if …
Nov 11 2007
Cuttlefish in Genesis
So I was ego-surfing, and basking in all the wonderful cephalopoddity that comes with being a cuttlefish, when I happened upon a delightful little piece on cuttlefish, written by those helpful and friendly people at Answers in Genesis. Sure, the article was a few years old, but it was the first I had seen it, …
Nov 02 2007
Cute, cute, cute…
The cutest of all of the cephalopods(And thus, of all creatures on Earth)Is the cuttlefish, cuter by staggering oddsThan a puppy or kitten at birth.Attempting to list all the cuttlefish charmsIs a noble, though hopeless, endeavor;From their tails, to their eyes, to their marvelous arms–And they’re oh-so-endearingly clever!The shifting displays their chromatophores showAre delightful to …
Oct 10 2007
Cephalopoetry #2
Also posted Oct 8 on Pharyngula Architeuthis Double-Dactyl Haughtily, naughtilyDeep-sea biologistsClaimed “We will never findFifty-foot squid!” Nobody told, though, theCryptoteuthologistBlissfully ignorant,That’s what he did. Nautilus Limerick The nautilus swims back-to frontWhich is quite an unusual stuntBut his shell–which is oddFor a cephalopod–When he bumps into things, bears the brunt! Cuttlefish Physiology Limerick Look again, and …
Oct 10 2007
Cephalopoetry #1
Posted on Pharyngula, Oct 8 A Cuttlefish Limerick or Three The cuttlefish: Squid-like, you think?Just a cephalopod in the drink?Then you also should know itRefers to a poet,Or any who hide in their ink. For writers who think that they’re oddAnd ignored, by indifferent God,Don’t allow yourself–perishThe thought, and just cherishYour label of “Cephalopod” For …
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