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.
We should examine all the politicians and see how many are really vertebrates and how many are just masquerading as vertebrates. I think jeffries ans schumer only rented their spines on a day by day basis.
Heh.
PZ of old would have gone with this one.
https://www.spirithalloween.com/product/octopus-skeleton-decorations/175254.uts
X-D
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馬鹿やろ。
My faith in the scientific foundation of Halloween has been shattered!