I’m new here, but I’m curious about the “obsession” with Squid. Is it due to them being involved in a famous evolution debate? Or an inside joke that we evolved from a squid-like creatures many years ago? Or that human embryos look similar to those of squids? Or am I just missing the point?
Chuck Csays
And what happens to the kid when the cephalopod hugs him back?
A little payback for all of that calamari ;-)
bpowersays
I think it ’cause they’re evolved along a completely different path than our own. They’re like alien, intelligent predators that can change colours an’ shit. What’s not to like?
Msays
Simply put – they’re cool *and* Cthulhuesque.
I still think we should try to captive-breed longer-lived octopi and see if we can work on increasing intelligence, though.
NelCsays
PZ likes squid.
darrellsays
My wife and I took our 3 year old twins (boy & girl) out to eat at an Italian place a couple of weeks ago. We ordered calamari, a big platter with rings and tentacle clusters. Neither of the kids ate a bit of their dinners, pizza and ravioli, but man did they eat the heck out of that calamari! They loved it! I was a little surprised, but probably should not have been. After all they both like to tell me, when I am trying to get them to eat more vegetables, “but dad, I’m a carnivore!” (they like cats and like to think of themselves as cats)
Squid are anti-cuddly. It’s why they’re cool, and it’s also why the comic works.
I think a captive breeding program to increase cephalopod intelligence would be a fantastic idea . . . right up until the point where they rebel and kill us all. Maybe we should just shoot for getting them to the level of bright golden retrievers or something.
Briansays
I particularly like the expression on the squid’s “face”.
Melissa Gsays
Just today, my three-year-old asked if we had any octopus pants.
I am TOTALLY going to make him some octopus pants!!!
And what happens to the kid when the cephalopod hugs him back?
big ass squid caught by fishermen in NZ.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6385071.stm
How big do these things get?
I’m new here, but I’m curious about the “obsession” with Squid. Is it due to them being involved in a famous evolution debate? Or an inside joke that we evolved from a squid-like creatures many years ago? Or that human embryos look similar to those of squids? Or am I just missing the point?
A little payback for all of that calamari ;-)
I think it ’cause they’re evolved along a completely different path than our own. They’re like alien, intelligent predators that can change colours an’ shit. What’s not to like?
Simply put – they’re cool *and* Cthulhuesque.
I still think we should try to captive-breed longer-lived octopi and see if we can work on increasing intelligence, though.
PZ likes squid.
My wife and I took our 3 year old twins (boy & girl) out to eat at an Italian place a couple of weeks ago. We ordered calamari, a big platter with rings and tentacle clusters. Neither of the kids ate a bit of their dinners, pizza and ravioli, but man did they eat the heck out of that calamari! They loved it! I was a little surprised, but probably should not have been. After all they both like to tell me, when I am trying to get them to eat more vegetables, “but dad, I’m a carnivore!” (they like cats and like to think of themselves as cats)
Squid are anti-cuddly. It’s why they’re cool, and it’s also why the comic works.
I think a captive breeding program to increase cephalopod intelligence would be a fantastic idea . . . right up until the point where they rebel and kill us all. Maybe we should just shoot for getting them to the level of bright golden retrievers or something.
I particularly like the expression on the squid’s “face”.
Just today, my three-year-old asked if we had any octopus pants.
I am TOTALLY going to make him some octopus pants!!!
Whoa. Octopus pants? Really? What are octopus pants, and where can I get some?
Either normal pants made from fabric with pictures of octopi, or pants with eight legs.
Or possibly actual octopi, though I imagine having those beaks next to sensitive bits is a bad idea.
I need to ask my cable company about getting WKTN. It sounds like my kind of channel.
The potential effects of pants made out of an octopus sounds like a Newberry award-winning book waiting to be banned, if you ask me.