It’s October, and you know what that means: it’s time for Spirit Halloween to create more phylogenetically incorrect skeleton decorations.
Don’t blame me, I already know that molluscs don’t have internal skeletons.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
I used to get frothingly angry about these, but someone pointed out that if you think of them as necromantic constructs rather than faithful attempts at taxonomy, they’re much easier to enjoy.
i know if I were a necromancer, I’d be constantly making Adorable Little Guys out of leftover parts.
Looks like a snail headed trilobite wearing a skull like a backpack crab.
I know skulls don’t look like watermelons.
I first read that as “skeleton desecrations” and I stand by that.
That mollusc is L.A.R.P.ing.
It’s Halloween. All hybrid monstrosities are welcome— except Rick Scott and Stephen Miller.
Are the cuttlebone or gladius an endoskeleton of sorts? Asking for a friend.