A paddleboarder had a run-in with an injured giant squid. Video. Here’s the real story. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
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An early preview. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
The more they mate, the sooner they die. Academic paper (paywall). News article. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
There’s lots of video of squid as undersea predators. This is one of the few instances of squid as prey (from a deep submersible in the Pacific): “We saw brittle stars capturing a squid from the water column while it was swimming. I didn’t know that was possible. And then there was a tussle among … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Squid as Prey” »
The excellent Montreal chef Marc-Olivier Frappier, of Joe Beef fame, has created a squid and chips dish for Brit & Chips restaurant. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
It’s rare: Fishermen caught a 19-foot-long giant squid off the coast of Ireland on Monday, only the fifth to be seen there since 1673. Also the first in 22 years. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Caught Off the Coast of Ireland” »
In the oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana, males use body patterns to communicate with both females and other males: To gain insight into the visual communication associated with each behavior in terms of the body patterning’s key components, the co-expression frequencies of two or more components at any moment in time were calculated in order to … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Communications” »
A “mysterious squid” — big and red — washed up on a beach in Carteret County, North Carolina. Someone found it, still alive, and set it back in the water after taking some photos of it. Squid scientists later decided it was a diamondback squid. So, you think that O’Shea might know the identity of … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Live Squid Washes up on North Carolina Beach” »
Wow, is this cool. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
In another symptom of climate change, Chile’s largest squid producer “plans to diversify its offering in the future, selling sea urchin, cod and octopus, to compensate for the volatility of giant squid catches….” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Chilean Squid Producer Diversifies” »