Haikus By Cephalo-Poets
The mighty cephalopod never fails to inspire. This year, cephalo-lovers around the world set their tributes to verse.
From their three hearts to their eight arms to their clever, mysterious ways, the mighty cephalopod inspires. This year, the Twitterverse turned to verse to honor our favorite tentacled creatures. Dive into some of these masterpieces composed by you, the 2018 cephalo-poet laureates:
Cephalopod week
Squids are cute, but I’m feeling
A little nauti pic.twitter.com/XlXtFvXvhz— Loren Sztajer (@lorensztajer) June 19, 2018
Oh Red Octopus,
A rare tidepool find indeed…
You rule sea… and land? pic.twitter.com/QZRCyH6JCp— Alison Young (@alisonkestrel) June 19, 2018
Plural octopus
Technically is octopodes
Or octopuses.And though you might say
Octopi, which is not right,
We know what you mean.Watch them as they swim
Or walk or crawl through the sea.
These creatures are great.#CephalopodWeek pic.twitter.com/TNqOUuSdfk— Jason Lederman (@Lederman) June 19, 2018
[Meet the seamstress who became known as the “Mother of Aquariums.”]
Where’s the Octopus?
Changing it’s chromataphores
To stay out of sight https://t.co/FaQpHmNJdb— Rachel Bouton (@RMBouton) June 19, 2018
Luminous suckers
Stauroteuthis syrtensis
Unique among cephs#CephalopodWeek #haikuchallenge pic.twitter.com/SI8RuMZzLD— Prof Louise Allcock (@DrShmoo) June 19, 2018
Slide, twist, squeeze and crawl.
An escape artist supreme!
How do we catch you?As if eight or ten
Arms were enough to hold your
PersonalitySmarter than tuna,
More fabulous than flounder
Yet you’re on menus?Cephalopods? Cephs?
You know you fascinate us
Don’t you? Admit it.— ClemsonResearch (@ClemsonResearch) June 19, 2018
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About Johanna Mayer
@yohannamayerJohanna Mayer is a podcast producer and hosted Science Diction from Science Friday. When she’s not working, she’s probably baking a fruit pie. Cherry’s her specialty, but she whips up a mean rhubarb streusel as well.