I rescued a squid today who looked very much like the one in PZ’s photo (complete to the “eye shadow”). I was out racing in a friend’s sailboat when my girlfriend said, “what’s that thing with the eye balls?”. I looked forward and saw a squid on the leeward deck. I went over and picked it up. It responded by flashing small red dots with the chromatophores on its dorsal side. I quickly showed it to my girlfriend and then tossed him over the side, hoping it would recovery from its ill-advised boarding attempt.
It doesn’t look angry. But maybe it’s just me that don’t understand squid-emotions?
Maybe he’s angry about the green eye shadow.
I know -I- would be mad if somebody put it on me!
I have chromatophore envy.
So that’s I always feel like that.
Maybe. But at least you have this sniny new internet. *hands over*
Big, big eyes and a bright, captivating color?
Are you sure that is “angry” ? Color displays are often used for attracting mates. Perhaps the squid though that the camera was sexy ?
Or camera-person, though that seems unlikely.
Getting all hot-blooded…well, at room temperature.
I’m watching you, and everything else in my almost 360 vision–how does it feel to have your peripheral vision occluded by blood vessels, spiny?
Glen Davidson
That isn’t anger, that is Cthulhu coldly assessing your nutritional value through the eyes of its tentacled minion.
PZ, you are rubbing off on the general public. Cephalopod Fridays, and look what NPR posted today: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/10/13/141323332/don-t-mind-me-i-m-not-here-cuttlefish-camouflage?sc=fb&cc=fp
It probably ran into an excessively happy sponge before this picture was taken.
All Hail Hypnosquid!
That sure is a pretty green. Next bike for sure.
Octopi Wall Street!
This squid isn’t angry, he is simply canvassing for the ultimate solution to all America’s electoral woes.
Should be called pretty squid.
looks like some mighty fine bait…makes me want to go fishing
This post brightened my day considerably. Thanks, Solid Muldoon.
Unknown Chicago evolutionary biologist watching cat videos with his friends.
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/my-groupies-redux/jaccats-2/
I rescued a squid today who looked very much like the one in PZ’s photo (complete to the “eye shadow”). I was out racing in a friend’s sailboat when my girlfriend said, “what’s that thing with the eye balls?”. I looked forward and saw a squid on the leeward deck. I went over and picked it up. It responded by flashing small red dots with the chromatophores on its dorsal side. I quickly showed it to my girlfriend and then tossed him over the side, hoping it would recovery from its ill-advised boarding attempt.