Well this one was actually a surprise: it’s the only published HPLovecraft story I’ve never read. It must be an omen…
Quiz: Who in Lovecraft’s Universe are You?
You are Herbert West, Re-Animator, from the story of the same name. You create a potion that restores life-a bit like a cross between Jekyll-and-Hyde and Frankenstein. You are killed my mad zombies.
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Harry Potter Quiz: Will The Giant Squid Go OuT wiTh U ?!
Yes, Squiddy and u will spend your time water Skiing and diving and looking at the Cute Fishes .. but you’ll probably end up being best Friends, after all u cant love a squid who eats Fish !
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Hmmm, on the other hand I begin to suspect that the author of this quiz needs to learn more about birds and bees before she goes writing quizzes purporting to answer questions about squids and fish-eating and suchlike activities.
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Stolen from Pharyngula.
Tremoctopus is obviously ready to step up and take the place of the now sadly-fallen Captain America. Now for a name…Doc Oc is taken. The Masked Mollusc? Too bad it’s not a Squid: Captain Calamari has a nice ring to it.
Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Have the veal…
This type of Tremoctopus, or blanket octopus, has a unique way of escaping from predators. When threatened, the octopus unfurls a giant sheet of webbing that trails behind like a cape. The webbing breaks apart rather easily when attacked — much like a lizard’s tail — and it gets wrapped around the predator’s face, giving the octopus a chance to flee.
You should see the migrating blanket Tree Octopodia in the Springtime. In years gone by the sky would be darkened with the herds moving North for the summer, gliding silently over the Cascadian rainforest as the grizzlies and pumas cowered below. A more majestic sight the world has never witnessed but, like the carrier pigeon, a precious jewel only too easily lost.
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Definitely pic o’ the day quality, this image is a painting by Douglas Herring which I found via the Squidblog. Yes, it may have been painted ten years ago, but obviously it was lying dormant all this time, waiting until the stars aligned in the ancient pattern once again.
Look around you, people: can “Mercury’s in retrograde” explain all of this?
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