I <3 the baby squidling on the latest entry.

March 30, 2006 9:24 AM

i give you c'thulu's progeny. SQUIDBLOG!!! enjoy the squidlings.
posted by Doorstop (14 comments total)

It's Cthulhu, you unbeliever!

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

And uh, thanks for the link.
posted by Floach at 9:29 AM on March 30, 2006

This is good. As a lifelong ceph' fan, I appreciate the link.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:37 AM on March 30, 2006

Thanks for the cool link. And the award for most tentacles goes to....(from here)
posted by Staggering Jack at 9:40 AM on March 30, 2006

Worth it for the link to Cephalopodcast.
posted by OmieWise at 9:43 AM on March 30, 2006

Worth it for the link to Cephalopodcast.

I could not agree more. Be sure to also check out the octopodcast from TONMO.
posted by cephalopodcast at 9:53 AM on March 30, 2006

Nice link. Some more squid stuff:

The feature story in this week's San Jose, Calif. alternative weekly Metro concerns an upsurge in the population of squid north of SF, its effect on other marine population, and a burgeoning squid hunting industry.

Unfortunately, the animal on the cover is an octopus.

Squid feature prominently in Jeff Vandermeer's City of Saints and Madmen. His city of Ambergris finds several uses for the creatures and even celebrates a festival of the freshwater squid. Vandermeer invents all sorts of fake history and culture for the city, including a bibliography of more than 100 squid-related works (including the summer read, The Torture Squid Beat Up Some Priests).
posted by kurumi at 9:57 AM on March 30, 2006

It's just a matter of time before we are all devoured by these beasts. It's why I keep clear of water, where they're tentacles might snakeout and pull me in.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:05 AM on March 30, 2006

cool link - I might have to pick up some of those t-shirts.
posted by Julnyes at 10:27 AM on March 30, 2006

Its not a baby squid, its a full grown bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes. I have desperately wanted some for pets for ages now. They are apparently fairly adaptable to captivity, live in groups, survive for more than one breeding cycle, and glow in the dark. How can you beat that (unfortunately, it seems they're only available from labs that only sell to other labs.)
posted by [insert clever name here] at 11:07 AM on March 30, 2006

Do they ship those t-shirts to R'lyeh? Customs here are a bitch...
posted by WinnipegDragon at 12:33 PM on March 30, 2006

You ass, you broke the rss feed with your < shenanigans in the title!
posted by blasdelf at 12:34 PM on March 30, 2006

I for one welcome our new squid overlords....
posted by Yer-Ol-Pal at 1:29 PM on March 30, 2006

posted by Citizen Premier at 4:43 PM on March 30, 2006

whoever posted this picture is my hero
posted by Doorstop at 7:29 PM on March 30, 2006