![Giant Plumose Anemone](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/840/28246692427_849757fa2b_b.jpg)
The word “plumose” comes from the Latin: “pluma” meaning down or “plumosus” meaning full of down or feathers. Further exploration suggests that it means something like “having multiple filaments coming off one axis, like a feather”. This gets more interesting when you look at the historical examples: “a plumose leaf”, “plumose tentacles”, or as in this example “plumose anemone”.
Basically, “plumose” means “feathery but not, you know, having anything to do with actual feathers”
![Japanese Spider Crab_3](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/43116118741_9842abeeb7_b.jpg)
Unlike their namesake*, the Japanese spider crab only has two eyes. This is one of them.
* The “spider” part, not the “Japanese”** part
** Japanese people*** have two eyes, as do most animals**** that live there.
*** Well, most of them anyway
**** But not spiders
![Sarcastic Fringehead_1](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1822/29243733558_eda11d36ce_b.jpg)
No. I have no idea why it’s called a sarcastic fringehead. It’s not like I live at a point in history where the majority of human knowledge is immediately available or anything.
![Giant Pacific Octopus_3](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/28246696777_1bca6e4138_b.jpg)
Some days you just need a hug.
![Fish_5](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/917/42211452785_5ab3d189bb_b.jpg)
Hermann Rorschach actually stole his inkblot idea from mermaid psychologists who have used the technique for millenia.
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