Firefighters in Redding, California, were brought a pipe in which a month-old kitten had somehow become stuck. Using a pipecutter, they freed the tyke, which is shown in this cute 45-second video.
They named the kitten “Piper.”
Would anybody care if the same thing happened to a squid?
h/t:Matthew Cobb
Kitteh vs Octupus pipe contest – who’d win?
I would care
Well I would, but it would only be hypothetical anyway, as squid don’t get caught in pipes, do they?
Nor are squid compelled (apparently?) by curiosity and willfulness to recklessly climb up into covered recliners and rocking chairs and accidentally get their necks wrung and thereby cause their owners profound grief.
Especially since they don’t have necks.
+1
Yeah. And did you see this?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/puppy-survives-after-flus_n_215975.html
I know, I know, it is “only” a dog, but still impressive. The best part: “A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet”. Great idea indeed…
Regards,
Marian
Squid are purty good eatin’, ain’t they?
Also, this brings to mind certain Korean culinary predispositions, if one can believe everything he reads.
The squid would have been named “Lunch.”
Two squid would have been “Cal” and “Marie”.
What in the bad name of christ is a squid? I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen It from my porch, unless, is It something under the septicpod, is that what It is?
Oh look! A virgin giving birth. Jebus!
You just never hear the phrase: “Curiosity killed the squid.”
You do, however, hear: “I’ll have the calamari”.
That’s why squid are so great : not only are they cute but they make good eating too! The perfect all in one package.
Mike.
Curiosity certainly killed this octopus, though:
If it was a squid caught in a pipe, PZ Meyes would care. Obviously. But as noted above, it’s hardly likely that a squid *would* get caught in a pipe in the first place…
Matthew:
I would certainly care if they named the squid “Piper.”
Poor thing might grow up with some kind of tubular-phobia complex.
If it were a squid, they could have just flushed it out with a hose.
If it were a squid, it wouldn’t have gotten stuck in the first place.
What is this, a post about the superiority of squid?
Isn’t everything about the superiority of squid?
To be fair, they used to get stuck in pipes quite a lot, but managed to save face by calling themselves “orthocones” and pretending it was intentional. They seem to have learned their lesson now, though.