Sepia latimanus
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Friday Cephalopod: Momma sowing eggs among the corals
Sepia latimanus
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Sniny! Yay, Friday!
Suck it.
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off topic:
This might brighten your day:
http://www.redding.com/news/2010/apr/08/judge-atheists-rights-violated/
The best thing — the absolute best thing — about watching the butchered, Americanized version of the Life series on Discovery is listening to Oprah talk about cuttlefish sex and cuckoldry.
That is, I pay attention when I can stand her reading-to-little-children delivery.
David Attenborough, dammit!
Finally–I thought I would have to ring up some calamari from the seafood restaurant if I didn’t get my Cephalopod fix soon.
Beautiful.
Looks like gardening.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/mxaa3p
crap, that reef looks dead
I think the coral is Porites
I am just home from snorkeling in Fiji. The reefs are completely destroyed. Well almost, there is the occasional live coral but it was really quite depressing. And other people saw a cuttlefish but I missed it, sigh.
On another topic, when I hear scientists talk about the health benefits of genetic engineering I always think, bugger that, I want skin like a cuttlefish! Just imagine it, how could anything be cooler than being able to make your skin flash all those fabulous colours? And when I’ve got that I want to be able to see in ultraviolet as birds do.
How hard can it be?