Diaphanitas

"Debe Capere Eos Omnes!"
"Gotta Catch 'Em All!"

Uh oh:

Zoo animals rounded up after High Park escape

Police patrolling Toronto's High Park early Wednesday morning came across some escapees from a local pen: llamas, a wallaby and a yak.

The animals had escaped from the small zoo located inside the park after someone cut the chains and broke the locks on the enclosures housing the yak and the wallaby.

It's good that everybody is okay!

Augh, some of the comments are weird:

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"Animalia Mysteriosa"
"Mysterious Animals"

Catlord posted this link:

Mysterious Creatures Found in Antarctica

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.

I don't think Melissa would like the giant sea spiders.

LWotP: mysteriosus -a -um "mysterious."

"Animal Nomine Wunderpus photogenicus"
"An Animal Named Wunderpus photogenicus"

There's apparently a critter with that name:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/08/wunderpus_photogenicus.php

LWotP: Wunderpus -odis m. "Wunderpus."

"Cynomys et Visus Dramaticus"
"The Prairie Dog and the Dramatic Look"

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40

Heh heh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54vtXRI32MQ

LWotP: cynomys -yos c. "prairie dog."

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

It's an interesting critter: Sepioloida lineolata.

scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2007/06/sepioloidea_lineata.jpg

• Sepioloida ("Sepiola-like," from Sepiola, "little cuttlefish")
  
  
• lineolata ("with little lines")

"Felicula et Canis Bellulae!"
"Cute Kitten and Dog"

Very cute:

Husky & Kitten

Adorable!

"Ecce! Rana Est!"
"Look! It's a Frog!"

Yes:

( Imago cum Rana )

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

Not pretty:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/03/friday_cephalopod_another_love.php

That is a Cuttlefish (Sepia) that happens to be the Broad-Tentacled One (latimanus).

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

This time it is the Nautilus belauensis, the Nautilus from Palau:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/02/friday_cephalopod_face_to_face.php

LWotP: nautilus -i m. "nautilus."

"Haec Est Rana"
"This Is a Frog"

It sure is:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/36266349/

LWotP: rana -ae f. "frog."

"Pistris Nomine Chlamydoselachus Anguineus"
"The Shark Named Chlamydoselachus Anguineus"

Pharyngula has an interesting clip of the frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus ("Snaky Cloaked Shark"):

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/01/chlamydoselachus.php

LWotP: pistris -is f. "shark."

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

I find the image strange:

( Cephalopus Diei Veneris )

"Cuniculus Bellulus in Avataro"
"A Cute Bunny in an Avatar"

Here:

( Cuniculus Bellus in Avataro )

"Imago Terrens cum Faciebus Canum"
"A Scary Image with Dog Faces"

Oddness:

( Imago Terrens cum Faciebus Canum )

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

Here it is:

Friday Cephalopod: classic squiddie

Abraliopsis means "resembling the genus Abralia."

"Creatura Nomine Xenoturbella Bocki..."
"A Creature Named Xenoturbella Bocki..."

This is an interesting creature: Xenoturbella bocki.

( Creatura... )

"Cephalopus Diei Veneris"
"Friday Cephalopod"

Friday Cephalopod at Pharyngula:

Argonauta nodosa

"Face full of suckers" is right!

Argonauta means "Argonaut." Although the name was originally masculine, it is treated as feminine when it is a genus name. Nodosa means "full of nodes," where the "nodes" refer to its suckers.

"Imago Octopodis Telescopii ex Pharyngula"
"An Image of the Telescope Octopus from Pharyngula"

This week's Friday Cephalopod over at Pharyngula is the Telescope Octopus, Amphitretus pelagicus.

Amphitretus (from Greek ἀμφί, "both (sides)," and τρητός, "with a hole") roughly means "(creature with) holes on both sides." Pelagicus (from Greek πελᾰγικός, "of the sea") indicates that the animals can be found in the pelagic zone.

LWotP: octopus -podis or -i m. "octopus."

I find this blue frog fascinating:

Dendrobates azureus

It almost seems that the frog is made out of plastic or ceramic!

Dendrobates means "tree-climber" (from Greek δενδροβατέω, "climb trees.") Azureus means "deep blue." The name is fitting.

LWotP: rana -ae f. "frog."

The seven-armed octopus:

Friday Cephalopod: Septopus!

I would rather call it a Heptapus (from Greek ἑπτά + πούς)!

LWotP: heptapus -odis m. "seven-armed octopus."

Oddness:

Scientist: Dolphins are stupid

Dolphins may have big brains, but a South African-based scientist says laboratory rats and even goldfish can outwit them.

How strange! We should wait and see what other scientists have to say about it.

LWotP: sollers -rtis "smart."

Amusing:

Friday Cephalopod: Explicit!

Octopus cyanea means "Dark-Blue Octopus." It looks like Octopus is a feminine word here.