Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey for January 25, 2024

Important question.

You might think it amazing, but Sherman could use it as an inexhaustible supply of snacks, one arm at a time.

That’s disarming.

The odd time Sherman manages to hit one out of the lagoon.

Now I’m envisioning tattooing an octopus…

Valid question

Finding out the answer would require unilateral disarmament.

You know, I’ve always wondered that, too….

Probably not.

I’ve often wondered if the dye used on ancient mariner tattoos came from squid or octopus ink.

What a fortuitous travelling companion for Sherman! She always has 8 self-regenerating shark snack bites!

Somehow, I doubt it, Sherman.

That sounds like Sherman still believes in Lamarckian evolution.

I didn’t know octopuses had it in ‘em. In my zoology class it had a picture comparing them and cuttlefish. Octopuses have a special arm to do it as far away from eachother as possible, they weren’t even looking. Whereas the Cuttlefish were all up in eachother’s faces.

I sort of thought that Sherman would suggest that he could have a little snack of tentacle, in the knowledge that Marina could grow one back.

Depends on whether Toomey is an adherent of Lamarck or Darwin.

To tattoo an octopus without tears train them to make 3D images on command.

But sharks cannot regrow lost fins.