That thing is a fucking killer. You can practically see its left eye twitching as it waits to savage whatever appendage is foolishly dangled in front of it.
samihawkinssays
So that’s what Dr. Zoidberg looked like as a child. He’s adorable.
smikesays
Awww! A cute, cuddly baby snuffaluffagus.
Cuttlefishsays
Here I was expecting a pajama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)… cos what’s more fun than footy footy footy footy footy footy footy footy pajamas?
Loftysays
That’s the thing that keeps etting my pacman!!!!!!
No wonder Great Cthulhu rarely shows its baby pictures.
playonwordssays
Grimpoteuthis?
Or is this the result of some vile experiment where PZ has distilled all the cuteness out of 6,000 kittens and injected it into some long suffering elder god?
BTW my sigoth found it totally squeeable – but then she squees at naked mole rats.
Jack Krebssays
So what exactly is it? The source doesn’t say – do you know, PZ?
Huh. I killed a swarm of those in Warcraft the other night…
Dick the Damnedsays
Indulging in some tetrapod-biased prejudice, i perceive this animal to have a very large braincase, indeed, to be almost entirely braincase. It’s all head & no body! And its tentacles appear to be so short as to be entirely useless for any function more adventurous than sessile filter feeding.
Someone please tell me this is a ruthless carnivore. (Evidence-based, of course.)
Ichthyicsays
It’s the larval form of Dr. Zoidberg.
Ichthyicsays
It’s all head & no body!
must be why they call them cephalopods, eh?
vireyda54says
Such sweet little appendages. Does he come in plushie form?
theoreticalgrrrlsays
Forget a puppy, I want snuggleupaps for Xmas.
Ichthyicsays
not sure about this species, but V. infernalis does:
Sili says
Don’t you already have one of those?
Acolyte of Sagan says
Did somebody just cough something up?
OptimalCynic says
It’s a brain slug!
lowkey says
That thing is a fucking killer. You can practically see its left eye twitching as it waits to savage whatever appendage is foolishly dangled in front of it.
samihawkins says
So that’s what Dr. Zoidberg looked like as a child. He’s adorable.
smike says
Awww! A cute, cuddly baby snuffaluffagus.
Cuttlefish says
Here I was expecting a pajama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)… cos what’s more fun than footy footy footy footy footy footy footy footy pajamas?
Lofty says
That’s the thing that keeps etting my pacman!!!!!!
Markus Schäfer says
No wonder Great Cthulhu rarely shows its baby pictures.
playonwords says
Grimpoteuthis?
Or is this the result of some vile experiment where PZ has distilled all the cuteness out of 6,000 kittens and injected it into some long suffering elder god?
BTW my sigoth found it totally squeeable – but then she squees at naked mole rats.
Jack Krebs says
So what exactly is it? The source doesn’t say – do you know, PZ?
WMDKitty -- Survivor says
Huh. I killed a swarm of those in Warcraft the other night…
Dick the Damned says
Indulging in some tetrapod-biased prejudice, i perceive this animal to have a very large braincase, indeed, to be almost entirely braincase. It’s all head & no body! And its tentacles appear to be so short as to be entirely useless for any function more adventurous than sessile filter feeding.
Someone please tell me this is a ruthless carnivore. (Evidence-based, of course.)
Ichthyic says
It’s the larval form of Dr. Zoidberg.
Ichthyic says
must be why they call them cephalopods, eh?
vireyda54 says
Such sweet little appendages. Does he come in plushie form?
theoreticalgrrrl says
Forget a puppy, I want snuggleupaps for Xmas.
Ichthyic says
not sure about this species, but V. infernalis does:
http://www.plushplanet.com/itemlisting.shtml?id=634
vireyda54 says
@Ichthyic You are the bearer of good tidings. Thank you!