May your weekend be as fun as theirs.
Loliginid squid mating
Well, more fun, actually…these squid have a frenzied spawning, and then die. Don’t go quite that far.
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Friday Cephalopod: Threesome!
Loliginid squid mating
Much like most of H. sapiens, actually.
These innocent sea creatures have a message for all of us.
Make love not war.
You sick bastards. Get your squid porn off my computer screen. As for the squids… those kinky bastards make baby Jesus cry.
The brief Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Reef_Squid) makes it all seem more romantic.
these squid have a frenzied spawning, and then die. Don’t go quite that far.
Well…it…would be a good way to go…
How about just a frantic spawning, and then a short coma?
then a short coma
Nah. I’d prefer the one moment of ecstasy and then nothingness forever.
*sigh* no threesomes this weekend, I fear.
YES ‘threesome’ this weekend, but alas, hitting balls. Not too romantic.
Thanks for the hot tip on teh Wikipedia, Fred:
The male then attaches a sticky packet of sperm to the female’s body. As he reaches out with the sperm packet, he displays a pulsating pattern. The female places the packet in her seminal receptacle, finds appropriate places to lay her eggs in small clusters, and then dies.
I am so turned on right now.
As if that wasn’t enough, S E E Quine on Scientists, Wackmobiles, and Spurious Brainchildren posted a link to the Scary Solstice Cthulu song.