Its eight arms (or more accurately, feet) were rooted in its head, which has earned these animals the name cephalopod; its arms stretched a distance twice the length of its body and were writhing like the serpentine hair of the Furies.
Lábaknak beillő nyolc karja a fejéből nőtt ki - ezért nevezik fejlábúaknak ezeket az állatokat. A lábak kétszer akkorák voltak, mint maga a test, s úgy kígyóztak, mint a fúriák[24] hajzata.