How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)A Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) dashing in front of the ROV camera. This photo was taken at a depth of -481.8 meters in Sur Canyon as a part of a deep-sea coral expedition conducted by NMFS aboard the R/V Shimida in December, 2010.From SIMoN
Dr. Roger Hanlon who studies cephalopod camouflage at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA describes the mesmerizing "passing cloud" pattern displayed by the male Giant Australian cuttlefish.
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Greece, Thessalia, Magnisia, Alonnisos, Chrisi Milia, at 3 m depth, collected 2004-08-00, ex coll. J. Trausel. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker.
The Cephalopod. atlasJerusalem :Israel Program for Scientific Translations ; Springfield, Va. : available from the U. S. National Technical Information Service,1975.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32124297
