Friday Cephalopod: Onward! Upward!

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   Brother Ogvorbis: Advanced Accolyte of Tpyos

   27 April 2012 at 11:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Pinky and the Brain?

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   Caine, Fleur du mal

   27 April 2012 at 11:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Oh, Ooooooooooooh, Ah and Wow! I wish I could think of something intelligent to say.

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   Glen Davidson

   27 April 2012 at 11:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   They’re so cute when you can still see their brains.

   I think I just realized that cephalopod eyes aren’t nearly full-size in the young, unlike those of human young (the former start out too small for that to be the case). Interesting difference, I think.

   Glen Davidson

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   PZ Myers

   27 April 2012 at 11:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   You know that big bag of stuff above their eyes? It’s not where their brains are. Those are the guts: it’s called the visceral mass.

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   Brother Ogvorbis: Advanced Accolyte of Tpyos

   27 April 2012 at 11:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   You know that big bag of stuff above their eyes? It’s not where their brains are. Those are the guts: it’s called the visceral mass.

   I know that. The shape reminded me of a childish and inane cartoon.

   Sorry.

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   Glen Davidson

   27 April 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   OK, cute when their guts show.

   Actually, I did think that their nervous system was more centralized to the vicinity of their tentacles, since the latter can operate fairly independently, but went with the easy visual anthropomorphism.

   Good to know what’s really there in the transparent little bugger, in any case.

   Glen Davidson

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   NitricAcid

   27 April 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Oh, look- it’s got delicious real fruit filling right on the inside.

   (Is anyone else constantly getting the “mini-wheats” ad on the page? It matches the wee beasty perfectly.)

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   Subtract Hominem

   27 April 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Excelsior!

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   Sili

   27 April 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Subtract Hominem

   Excelsior!

   That’s it.

   I give up.

   No matter what the thread, the things I want to say have already been said.

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    StevoR

    27 April 2012 at 11:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Whoah! Man that is trippy! Love it. Cheers.

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    stubby

    28 April 2012 at 1:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I enjoyed his work in Mars Attacks!

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    evader

    29 April 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Beautiful.

    I know girls hate men that are sensitive, but that picture nearly made me cry.

    Totally amazing creatures.

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    'Tis Himself

    29 April 2012 at 5:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Damn, evader, you do like your sexist stereotypes, don’t you? Here’s a hint: Women (notice I didn’t say “girls”) are not some monolithic block all with the same opinions and prejudices. You might want to consider that before you write bullshit about what you know girls like or hate.

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    Caine, Fleur du mal, OM

    29 April 2012 at 6:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    evader:

    I know girls hate men that are sensitive, but that picture nearly made me cry.

    Oh fuck off.