Bucket o' squids

Because I noticed that Squidblog is back as a tumbler.

Giant cannibalistic carnivorous squid-bats

If you have been paying attention to squids, you probably noticed the mighty humbolt squid has invaded california. The NYT and AP had high profile stories on it of late.
This weeks nature-news online had a nice little article on the squid here (I guess it is subscribers only, dammit), which had little new to note except this stunning video of the squids in action. I love the completely chaotic squid disco at the end of the video.


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These are photogenic little buggers, with creepy photos from the AP

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and the NYT:

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Also a boring video linked through the nytimes here and a much better one with the humbolt squid masticating/crushulating its kill here

Great stuff, go squids, may you start eating surfers soon so squid panic strikes the land and there is a large resurgence in squid horror films.

All that and an octopus

for just 6.99?


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Dammit, What are you doing

to save the Pacific NW tree octopus?


click to do something



I am telling you about it so you can go do something.

Go! Do! Something!

Squid meet cat

Ummm,

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Squid is a nice blog that goes from the ridiculous to the scientific and then back to the absurd. Usually good stuff. If you have an abiding interest in the state of the squid, peek in from time to time.

I used to have a road find squid zip tied to the seatstay of my brokded bike beakham:


click for bigger view of the bike, or go here for another photoset of beakham

That was one good bike.