[News]: Voracious 7-foot long jumbo squid invade California waters - KESQ

[octobot]

Voracious 7-foot long jumbo squid invade California waters
[SIZE=-1]KESQ, CA - 9 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](AP) - A new study out today finds that the jumbo squid that can grow up to seven feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds is invading central California ...[/SIZE]


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[Melissa]

Invading central Cali? I so want the Humboldts to visit the Governator in Sacramento.

 

[Clem]

Melissa,

Think he knows how to spell voracious?

"Maria, my mighty heart is breaking. I'll be in the humvee."

Clem

 

[tonmo]

Yeah, you know, I just changed the title of octobot's post to fix KESQ's spelling error. Octobot deserves better!

 

[Tintenfisch]

Although 'Voratio' would be an excellent name for a pet ceph...

 

[octobot]

[News]: Squid on the Move - seattlepi.com Microsoft blog

Squid on the Move
[SIZE=-1]seattlepi.com Microsoft blog - 19 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Giant squid have invaded the coast off California! Yikes! Beware! Don't worry too much though... there won't be Jaws-like attacks of giant squid on surfers. ...[/SIZE]


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[octobot]

[News]: Invasion of the jumbo squid - San Jose Mercury News

Invasion of the jumbo squid
[SIZE=-1]San Jose Mercury News, USA - Jul 24, 2007[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Paul Rogers This photograph of a Humboldt squid shows its feeding tentacles reaching out to capture a small fish. It sounds like something out of a ...[/SIZE]


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[pipsquek]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_sc/jumbo_squid_invasion

Just before TONMOcon 1 I went to MBARI to visit Lou while he was dissecting some of these beasties. No 7 footers though....

 

[octobot]

[News]: California Squid Invasion Threatening "Fish Stick" Species - National Geogra

California Squid Invasion Threatening "Fish Stick" Species
[SIZE=-1]National Geographic, DC - Jul 27, 2007[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A species of 100-pound (45-kilogram) predatory squid previously confined to more tropical climates has taken up residence in coastal California waters, ...[/SIZE]


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[octobot]

[News]: Science Notebook - Washington Post

Science Notebook
[SIZE=-1]Washington Post, United States - 9 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They are the predatory Humboldt squid, known scientifically as Dosidicus gigas and colloquially as jumbo squid. Researchers who have tracked them say they ...[/SIZE]


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