I always wondered about this photo...

[cuttlegirl]

Only 132 pages... really interesting reference, though. The first Archi found alive was 1872!

My favorite entry...

Date found: 1981/February
Location: Hawaiian Islands, Oahu, Kanehoe Bay
Method of capture: Hook and line.
Measurements: WL (total length) ?20 ft.
Miscellaneous: Taken alive, while trolling...attacked by a false killer whale during retrieval

Can you imagine???

 

[bathypol]

Yeah, can't help but notice how many are from Newfoundland Main reason why I moved here!

 

[bigGdelta]

That brings up an interesting question-- if archie is one species with a world wide distribution why do the carcasses seem to cluster in certain areas? Is it a factor of post breeding mortality (with several localised breeding sites) or what?

 

[bathypol]

Around here, I beleive someone told me that it has something to do with the water getting cold on the shelf and they get caught there before they can make it do the deeper water....not sure though....I could be totally wrong

 

[cuttlegirl]

Originally posted by bathypol
That is, if they had eyelids...do they have eyelids? Wow, need to get better at my anatomy.

I don't know about Archi, but cuttlefish have eyelids...

 

[bathypol]

wow, did not know that

 

[cuttlegirl]

See this...

 

[bathypol]

I always thought it was the shape of their pupals...silly me

 

[cuttlegirl]

Bathypol, maybe you are right...

From Righty's article
http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/cuttlefish.php

Cuttlefish have amazing eyesight having 'w' shaped pupils which, according to cephalopod specialist Mark Norman "when closed, forms two separate pupil openings."

 

[Clem]

I'm afraid I don't have the rest of the photo, and I don't know what type of squid it is.

One day, Phil woke up and said, "It's time to vex TONMO, again."