Ammonite
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Be not faint of heart, O Loyal Cephalopodophiles, but National Geographic has a whole series of photos of a squid slaughter.
The whales are shameless. They’re just swimming around with tattered corpses dangling from their mouths, and they even dandle the bits in front of their babies, to encourage them to join in the wanton massacre.
Oh, the architeuthidae.
And I’m not even a teenaged girl.
Out of a whole collection of steampunk-themed cakes, this one has to be my favorite:
It looks like something out of Girl Genius — it must have been made by a spark.
It’s also interesting to see that there is a whole wide freaky cake-decorating sub-culture out there. Very cool.
