Giant Squid Found off Florida
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By , on June 29th, 2011 2 comments   Cephalopods!    

Robert Benz and his buddies were fishing Sunday about 12 miles offshore from Port Salerno when they spotted something floating in the water. It turned out to be a 23-foot long giant squid.   The main part of the body was about 11-feet long, but with its two long tentacles, it barely fit in the . . . → Read More: Giant Squid Found off Florida

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From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
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By , on June 8th, 2011 4 comments   Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing, Industry & Government   , , , , , ,  

How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund?  The well-known panda logo was designed by the famous conservationist Sir Peter Scott. one of the founding members of WWF.  The idea originated from a panda named Chi Chi transferred into the London Zoo in the same year . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean

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From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce
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By , on January 30th, 2011 5 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Cephalopods!   , , , , , , ,  

In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing (inspiring awe or admiration or wonder) “New York is an amazing city”; “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”; “the awesome complexity of the universe”; “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce

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Giant Squid in an Aquarium
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By , on February 3rd, 2010 3 comments   Cephalopods!   , , , ,  

Steve O’Shea’s end game is to rear a giant squid in an aquarium.  Step 1, try something easier first. He is rearing broad squid, Sepioteuthis australis, and has set up SQUIDCAM – a movable web-cam which operates 24/7 – so that enthusiasts around the world can monitor his progress. Earlier attempts in 2000 saw him reach . . . → Read More: Giant Squid in an Aquarium

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Architeuthis Caught In Gulf of Mexico
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By , on September 21st, 2009 3 comments   Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, Expeditions   , , , ,  

NOAA scientists with giant squid aboard the NOAA research vessel Gordon Gunter. (Credit: NOAA) From NOAA… Scientists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service have captured a giant squid while conducting research off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. This is only the second known giant squid obtained from the Gulf of Mexico – the . . . → Read More: Architeuthis Caught In Gulf of Mexico

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Squid Fail
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By , on July 20th, 2009 13 comments   Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!   , , , , , , ,  

Point 1: The Giant Squid  is Architeuthis dux.  The Humboldt (or the Red Devil or Jumbo) Squid is Dosidicus gigas Point 2: The Humboldt Squid while large at ~2m in length and 45kg is not as large as the Giant Squid at 10-14m in length and 200-300kg. Point 3: The Humboldt Squid can be found . . . → Read More: Squid Fail

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Archive: Architeuthis is 3 Degrees from Kevin Bacon
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By , on December 22nd, 2006 11 comments   Cephalopods!   , , , ,  

How separated is Architeuthis and Kevin Bacon you ask? As you might remember although the Giant Squid had some cameos in previous B movies, it really was not until 1954 in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea that Mr. G. Squid hit the big time. In this movie, the Giant Squid shared the screen with . . . → Read More: Archive: Architeuthis is 3 Degrees from Kevin Bacon

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Giant Denizens of the Deep are Molluscs!
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By , on December 22nd, 2006 Leave a comment   Cephalopods!   , , , , ,  

The new squid diva is 24ft long. How does she measure up? I just happen to have data sitting on my computer to address that issue. Don’t ask…I lay awake at night thinking about the body size of marine organisms. Below is a histogram of every documented Architeuthis capture before 1997 (data are from The . . . → Read More: Giant Denizens of the Deep are Molluscs!

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