Friday Cephalopod: Creepiest squid of them all

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   Glen Davidson

   16 September 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Where’s the glitter? Aren’t vampyres supposed to be glittery?

   (Psst, squid, eat Edward.)

   Glen Davidson

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   Kaintukee Bob

   16 September 2011 at 12:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   (Psst, squid, eat Edward.)

   You MONSTER!

   I’d never wish that horrible fate upon a squid.

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   Celtic_Evolution

   16 September 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Am I the only one the sees a resemblance to Miss Piggy?

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   John Duncan

   16 September 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   My favorite! Thanks, PZ. Psst, they don’t know that they are creepy.

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   Megan

   16 September 2011 at 12:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   You know, as much as I love the atheist rantings and takedowns of creationists, I really come here for cephalopod glamour shots.

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   amphiox

   16 September 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Isn’t this critter technically not a squid, but a transitional form between squid and octopi?

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   'Tis Himself, OM

   16 September 2011 at 12:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It’s not creepy. Look at that beautiful blue eye.

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   Dhorvath, OM

   16 September 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I wish my eyes were a tenth of my body. Think of the things I could see. Squidly things, geometries unimaginable by humanity, err, … scratch that. I will stick with my flawed human vision.

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   prospect151

   16 September 2011 at 12:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Ah! This makes me recall the “Ocean Deep” episode of BBC Planet Earth!!!! Dumbo octopus, if I recall correctly?

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    Monado

    16 September 2011 at 1:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Pony ears!?? Your squid has pony ears?

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    Doug Little

    16 September 2011 at 1:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Where’s the werewolf squid? Shouldn’t there be one in close proximity fighting with it, well that’s what popular culture has taught me anyway.

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    Snowshoe the Canuck

    16 September 2011 at 1:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    The damn thing is wearing a tinted monocle!

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    Blondin

    16 September 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It looks like a cross between a squid and Miss Piggy.

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    Squigit

    16 September 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    My first thought was “What’s Miss Piggy doing on Friday Cephalopod?”.

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    Ganner

    16 September 2011 at 1:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Looks like the head of a horse somebody sent to sleep with the fishes

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    nemothederv

    16 September 2011 at 1:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It’s one half Ms. Piggy and one half that dude from Dune. (the David Lynch version)

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    Butch Kitties

    16 September 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It’s a Navigator!

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    Anonymosity

    16 September 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Run Kermit, it’s Miss Pgthulhu!

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    cicely, Inadvertent Phytocidal Maniac

    16 September 2011 at 2:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Looks like the head of a horse somebody sent to sleep with the fishes

    And it did!

    This is their unholy spawn.
    -

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    Ron Sullivan

    16 September 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Good gawd, it’s a flying uterus. With eyes!

    Sometimes it’s good to be postmenopausal.

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    Brownian

    16 September 2011 at 2:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    @16 & 17:

    It did not say this. It is not here.

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    procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now

    16 September 2011 at 2:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    First thought: Squid bacon.

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    Kimberly Hosey (Arizona Writer)

    16 September 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Aww, #17 beat me to the punch. It’s totally a navigator.

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    ichthyic

    16 September 2011 at 4:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Vampyroteuthis always freaked me out.

    not because of what it looks like, but because nobody can decide if it is really an octopus, or a squid.

    hence, it sits in the superorder including octopus, but is in an order all on its own.

    in any case, it’s closer to an octopus than a squid in most aspects, including the fact it has 8 arms.

    …OTOH, they also have structures analogous to squid tentacles called velar filaments.

    CURSE YOU YOU INFERNAL THING!

    and that’s where the infernal part of the name comes from, IMO.

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    maxamillion

    16 September 2011 at 6:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Slight OT.

    For Aussies, I noticed a promo for this documentary last night.

    SBS will be running Squids: Love And Death In One Night
    http://www.sbs.com.au/schedule/SBSONE/2011-09-17/SBS%20Brisbane

    Examines the once a year phenomenon when the Californian squid come in their millions to mate in the shallow waters around the Californian coast. Their predators are, of course, well aware of this meeting. For many years, biologist Phil Sammet has been observing the Californian squid and has made some surprising discoveries. (From Germany, in English) (Documentary) G CC

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    mispy

    16 September 2011 at 7:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Nawww, look at its widdle… head… appendage… things… o_O

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    Sili

    17 September 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I wish my eyes were a tenth of my body.

    I don’t. My cock is small enough as it is.