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Yes, now multiply that by about 50-100 squid and you'll get the picture :wink:. The ink is absolutely terrible, the wooden floor of the jetty is stained by the thousands of inking squids brought up there.The size of the squids caught range from 2.5 - 25cm ML.

Are you talking bout the transfer to the public aquarium? Its madness if the cuttles ink apon death, they seem to let go every last bit of ink they have in their bodies. :smile:
 
My first hands on experience with cephs was with squid in college. We would take a shrimp boat a mile or two offshore in North Carolina and pull a trawl for samples. Most of the little squids(~2 inch mantle) would be damaged or dying but a few would be fine and swim around in a 20 gallon tub for the couple hours we were out. They seemed very charasmatic and would reach out and grab your finger and hold on even if you picked them up out of the water. I never saw one ink, maybe they were out of ink by the time they got to the boat.
 
joel_ang said:
Yes, now multiply that by about 50-100 squid and you'll get the picture :wink:. The ink is absolutely terrible, the wooden floor of the jetty is stained by the thousands of inking squids brought up there.The size of the squids caught range from 2.5 - 25cm ML.

Are you talking bout the transfer to the public aquarium? Its madness if the cuttles ink apon death, they seem to let go every last bit of ink they have in their bodies. :smile:
:shock:

Uh...

What are you catching the squid for?
 

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