Friday Cephalopod: Darwin’s pet octopus


He had several, because all the cool scientists like cephalopods, and they’re still bottled up and preserved in museums.

No word on the status of Darwin’s pet cat.

Comments

  1. emergence says

    How hard is it to keep a cephalopod as a pet anyway? Have you ever been tempted PZ? We all know how you feel about your pet cat.

  2. ck, the Irate Lump says

    No word on the status of Darwin’s pet cat.

    Have they checked the octopus’s stomach?

  3. throwaway, butcher of tongues, mauler of metaphor says

    It looks like a delicious fermented treat.