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What Have You Got To Smile About? Meet The Amazing Piglet Squid Who Always Looks Happy
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| July 17th 2009
Posted on 07/17/2009 8:53:21 PM PDT by Steelfish
What have you got to smile about? Meet the amazing piglet squid who always looks happy
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 18th July 2009
He could almost be a new Mr Men character with his rotund shape, cute curls and shy smile.
[Pic in URL]
But this is really a piglet squid caught in a rare image on camera.
His tentacles made what looks like a mop of curly hair over his large eyes while his skin patterns created a grin.
Grinning: The piglet squid, about the size of an orange, gets its name from its tuft of tentacles and rotund shape
The small squid, which is the size of a large orange, is normally found more than 320ft (100m) below the ocean surface, meaning little is known of its behaviour.
Measuring just 4in in length the species has unusual pigmentation and acquired its name from its tuft of arms and tentacles, and rotund shape.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: piglet; squid
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:53:21 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
All I can say is wow:
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:56:58 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Steelfish
This cries out for pictures:
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:57:42 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: freedumb2003
AW! Beat me out by a minute...
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:58:12 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
Thanks Swordmaker and Freedumb2003- great pics.
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:00:09 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:04:23 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:10:16 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: Swordmaker
Great minds and all that... :)
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:13:12 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:51:08 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: freedumb2003
There’s a kid’s toy waiting to be made in that critter’s image!
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:38:21 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
To: Darnright
>>There’s a kid’s toy waiting to be made in that critter’s image!<<
Who lives in a pig sty
under the sea?
Pig-let Sea Squid!
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:44:00 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Darnright
Dude/Dudette, Get a Patent! Pronto! (Really, that’s a great idea)
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posted on
07/17/2009 11:09:48 PM PDT
by
Clock King
(There's no way to fix D.C.)
To: Steelfish
Hot damn. Barney Frank can smile if he wants to. And he has the cutest suckers.
To: Steelfish
Sure, they're cute when they're little, but...
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posted on
07/18/2009 1:28:38 AM PDT
by
stormer
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