How Can You Not…

Jeff VanderMeer • January 28th, 2008 @ 9:35 pm • Uncategorized

…think cuttlefish aren’t an invasive species from another planet?

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14 Responses to “How Can You Not…”

  1. moonrat says:
    January 28, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    wow. i can’t believe THIS is what i’m eating when i go out for sushi.

  2. JeffVanderMeer says:
    January 28, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Moonrat–are you a reference to kafka, who was called something like a blue moonrat by a friend?

    I doubt you’re eating *exactly* that. But shame on you (gently).

    JV

  3. Andrew Cooper says:
    January 28, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    I think it’s really cute.

  4. JeffVanderMeer says:
    January 28, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    That’s more the reaction I was after. LOL!

  5. Gilles says:
    January 29, 2008 at 2:29 am

    They’re biding their time… along with their pals the abyssal fishes such as the caulophryne polynema (click on my name to see its -not mine - picture)

  6. Transfiguring Roar says:
    January 29, 2008 at 3:03 am

    Ever heard of the fearsome ‘Lusca’, Jeff?

    Heck, try typing ‘globsters’ into google or check out http://www.strangemag.com.

    I don’t swim in the seas no more.

  7. Chris Billett says:
    January 29, 2008 at 7:09 am

    Ah, damn, man… these things, giant squid, etc. There’s something not quite right about the deep sea. I know I will somehow meet my end by tentacally death! (Although it could be worse, y’know; I always said I wanted to go out kicking and screaming, like I came in…)

  8. Cheryl says:
    January 29, 2008 at 8:04 am

    Waaa!! It says “no longer available”. I want my cuttlefish!

  9. sir tessa says:
    January 29, 2008 at 8:21 am

    “fucking paparazzi.”

  10. Cesar Torres says:
    January 29, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Plus, in japanese, it has a great-sounding name. IKA! Don’t you just look at that thing and think IKA sounds perfect?

    Hmm, I’m kinda hungry now.

  11. Cheryl says:
    January 29, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    OK, its back again. I’m happy now. Fabulous tentacles. (Though for sheer weirdness I still prefer the Dumbo Octopus.)

  12. Matt says:
    January 29, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    Plus, in japanese, it has a great-sounding name. IKA! Don’t you just look at that thing and think IKA sounds perfect?

    Iko Iko?

  13. Todd says:
    January 30, 2008 at 1:07 am

    You like cuttlefish? Check out David Gallo’s Underwater Astonishments video at T.E.D.
    http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206

  14. Kelson says:
    January 30, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    I welcome our alien overlords with open arms. Nice find.

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