Octopus alpheus
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Friday Cephalopod: All dressed in red and white…must be Santa Cephalopod!
Octopus alpheus
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Merry, merry, merry! My wish for all of us is a New Year filled with peace and contentment.
Pretty pretty.
Very festive.
I can just see all the little cephalopods hanging eight tiny stockings in their coconut shells, waiting for the Spotted One to arrive.
Really gets us Atheists in the Holiday Spirits! Happy X-mas!
Not a creature was stirring, not even a barnacle.
Like many crustaceans, barnacles seldom stir. They’re more the shaken type.
So, this cephalopod is a a shill for Coca-Cola also?
Have a very monkey squidmas and a pyrocapric New Year to all Pharyngulites!
No, sorry. I’ve been around for enough winter solstices to know that it isn’t Santa unless it’s wearing a red-and-white fuzzy hat. That can only mean that this is… [gasps] THE ANTI-SANTA!
Yup. Anti-Claus is a real buzz-killer.
Presents? We don’ need no steenking presents.
Who’s all red with spots of white?
Santa’s all red with spots of white!
Whose eight arms can hold you tight?
Santa’s eight arms can hold you tight!
Spots of white! Hold you tight!
Must be Santa, must be Santa,
Must be Santa, Santa Cephalopod!
Who lives in the ocean deep?
Santa lives in the ocean deep!
Who comes crawling when you sleep?
Santa comes crawling when you sleep!
Ocean deep! When you sleep!
Spots of white! Hold you tight!
Must be Santa, must be Santa,
Must be Santa, Santa Cephalopod!
Who has arms that number eight?
Santa has arms that number eight!
Who sneaks around when it’s really late?
Santa sneaks around when it’s really late!
Number eight! Really late!
Ocean deep! When you sleep!
Spots of white! Hold you tight!
Must be Santa, must be Santa,
Must be Santa, Santa Cephalopod!
(I’d write more, but I really can’t stand that song… Happy Cephalopodmas, one and all!)
I wait for his pretty tentacles to come down my chimney . . .
Merry Squidmas, everyone!
What song are you parodying, Cuttlefish? I don’t recognise it.
Where’s the presents. I waz promised presents.
That’s it I do not believe in Squidmas or Squids or Gods.
THERE now see what YOU made me do!!!
I got a stuffed toy squid for Squidmas. Her name is Thelma. Yay!
*tries to get song out of head after family singing and now this*
*grr*
If it was a choice of this pretty cephalopod or a creepy, over weight old man breaking into my home at night, I know which one I would choose.
*Here’s a hint; the cephalopod would not prompt me to immediately call the police and possibly seek to pummel the intruder with whatever conveniently heavy and/or pointed object came to hand. A mad man in a Santa suit, on the other hand, may illicit just such a reaction*
@17 – “elicit” not “illicit”.
Cephalopods are notoriously nitpicky spellers.
Definitely not safe for work …
Well, SC, I thank you. I think. In consolation, at least you have better words for your earworm.
walter.amos @ 18;
‘@17 – “elicit” not “illicit”.
Cephalopods are notoriously nitpicky spellers.’
Sorry, my bad. I did not mean to use the term ‘illicit’, even though clobbering said intruder would doubtless be illegal. Elicit it is.
*note to self; remmember to double check all spelling before posting.*
Really?
Nobody has noted the resemblance of this li’l dude to Amanita muscaria?
The possible original source of Santa‘s canonical red-and-white outfit?
It all comes full circle again.
bah. some sort of protected link to the pic
While we are talking of resemblances, consider Rafflesia arnoldii?