Friday Cephalopod: Squid star! And a poll!

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   StevoR

   8 June 2012 at 8:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Pyschedelic! They’re all so trippy!

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   Thank you for voting!
   1. Pilidium larvae of Cerebratulus lacteus 32.65% (223 votes)

   2. Crepidula fornicata embryo 31.77% (217 votes)

   3. Five Loligo pealei squid 24.01% (164 votes)

   4. Single Loligo pealei squid 11.57% (79 votes)

   Total Votes: 683

   *****

   I voted for one but really, quite happy with all and any of ‘em.

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   ChasCPeterson

   8 June 2012 at 8:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Huge detailed version and key:

   Confocal image of squid, Loligo pealei, embryo stained for for F-actin (green; phalloidin), Acetylated tubulin (red), anti-HRP (yellow), and DAPI (blue; nuclei)

   I kind of like the other squid embryo* better, though: check out that nervous system!

   *(Confocal image of squid, Loligo pealei, embryo stained for for F-actin (red; phalloidin), Acetylated tubulin (green), and DAPI (blue; nuclei))

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   W. Kevin Vicklund

   8 June 2012 at 9:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   “Earth!”
   “Fire!”
   “Wind!”
   “Water!”
   “Heart!”

   “By your powers combined, I am Captain Pharyngula!”

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   ChasCPeterson

   8 June 2012 at 9:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   or, yeah, just clicking on the OP pic is another way to see it giant and detailed. Just noticed that.

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   PZ Myers

   8 June 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Wrong. Captain Pharyngula has no heart.

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   ChasCPeterson

   8 June 2012 at 9:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   When you look at the enlarged version, a lot of the red spots (= tubulin) appear to have little tendrils. Are these the spindles of dividing cells (seem to large relative to the blue-stained cell nuclei), or are these maybe developing chromatophores?

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   ChasCPeterson

   8 June 2012 at 9:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   too large, obv

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   GenghisFaun

   8 June 2012 at 9:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   No fair! They’re splitting the squid vote.

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   Janine: History’s Greatest Monster

   8 June 2012 at 9:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   A squidzard, a true star.

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    laurentweppe

    8 June 2012 at 9:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    This image reminds me that I’ve yet to see a post about Prometheus. Did I miss an episode?
    Because between the [spoiler] creationism with Greys on steroids and the baby squid raping facehugger (who somehow looks like today’s image), this movie is perfect fodder for this blog [/spoiler]

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    philmagnus

    8 June 2012 at 10:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Those gummy bears look delicious!!!

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    Cuttlefish

    8 June 2012 at 12:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Captain Pharyngula has no heart.

    I, on the other tentacle, have three, so these things even out.

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    naturalcynic

    8 June 2012 at 1:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    A must vote for the 5 pointed squidling star. The 5-pointed star is the sign of evil and I bet those squidlings are communicating their final evil intentions before they separate and conquer the seas.
    Awesome!

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    coralline

    8 June 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    The “5-pointed squidling star” is gorgeous. But it’s apparently the same image repeated 4 more times, with different filters to emphasize different active sites. That smacks of Photoshop-like stuff. Surely the same 5 images arranged next to each other would be a more effective pedagogical/research tool.

    I think I’d rather see one image with the different colors included, to really get a sense for what’s going on.

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    W. Kevin Vicklund

    8 June 2012 at 2:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    “Earth!”
    “Fire!”
    “Wind!”
    “Water!”
    “BRAAAAIIIIINS!”

    “By your powers combined, I am Captain Pharyngula!”

    Better?

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    WMDKitty

    9 June 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I have no clue what I’m looking at, but damn, is it PRETTY!