Dec 21 2012

Friday Cephalopod: NOM NOM NOM, on the soft shell

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Cephalopods, Organisms

by PZ Myers

See last week’s cephalopod for context.

(via r/aww)

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Glen Davidson

21 December 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Seafood out for some land food.

Glen Davidson
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billygutter01

21 December 2012 at 7:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That’s an ambitious little invertebrate!

If it eats the whole human, does it get the meal for free? Or at least a t-shirt?
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karmacat

21 December 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The insurrection begins…..
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amstrad

21 December 2012 at 8:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

ATTACK!!!!
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Nathaniel Frein

21 December 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yay, made my morning a bit brighter <3
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wmdon

21 December 2012 at 8:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That reminds of something… what could it be? Oh, yes.

For thousands more years the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across–which happened to be the Earth — where due to a terribble miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidently swallowed by a small dog.
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robb

21 December 2012 at 9:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

lol. Glen wins.
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Snoof

21 December 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I’m impressed that the owner of the foot had the fortitude to take a photo. I’d be too busy screaming and flailing uselessly.
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peterhearn

21 December 2012 at 9:58 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

pz plushie doll
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fastlane

21 December 2012 at 10:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Snoof, I think if blue rings suddenly appeared on that that little critter (it’s about the right size), there would be screaming and flailing…
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F [disappearing]

21 December 2012 at 11:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I can barely see this week’s cephalopod. Cool, though.
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Artor

21 December 2012 at 11:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Aww, isn’t it cute? Look at the pretty blue rings… Honey? Why are you frothing at the mouth & screaming in agony?
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blogofmyself

21 December 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Oh wow, how awesome. I wish a sweet little octopus (or any cephalopod really) would come hang out on my foot.
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Usernames are smart

21 December 2012 at 3:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

~ if blue rings suddenly appeared on that that little critter ~.
—fastlane, #10

Cool, I learned something new today:
“Blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) … are recognized as one of the world’s most venomous marine animals.” “… its venom is powerful enough to kill humans. There is no blue-ringed octopus antivenom available.”

I’ll buy that for a dollar!
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RobertL

21 December 2012 at 3:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Obviously an Australian foot. The owner’s saying “maaate… I’ve found a blue-ringed octopus.”

His friend says “strewth…aren’t they deadly?”

First guy says “yep”, casually flicks it off, “let’s go for a beer”.
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Ichthyic

21 December 2012 at 5:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Snoof, I think if blue rings suddenly appeared on that that little critter (it’s about the right size), there would be screaming and flailing…

well, for a few minutes anyway.
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ralfmuschall

21 December 2012 at 6:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

#14: No need for antivenom – all the venom does is to paralyze the muscles, causing suffocation. Ventilation (for a few hours) is usually sufficient.
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sundoga

21 December 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

ralfmuschall – sure, but you need to get to a hospital with a ventilator rig first. If, say, you’re on the Great Barrier Reef…