Wow, Giant Squid are Endangered Species? And Cannibals?

[Bald Evil]

Here's an interesting, if factually spurious, news story out of New Zealand, starring Steve and Kat:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2679986a11,00.html

My favourite line: "The discovery that they seem to be turning on each other at such a pivotal point in the species' existence could be unsettling to squid lovers all over the world."

CAN I PANIC NOW?!?

 

[um...]

'Dr. Kat Bolstad'? Congratulations, Kat! Why no mention by name in the actual atricle? Disrespectful sonsof....

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Spurious?

Hmmmm. We speaketh naught but the truth down under ... we just put a spin on things. The 'cannibalism' release has actually been 'released' a number of times, but was never picked up (it's mentioned in the New Scientist article, and I recall somewhere on the BBC site also).

Must have been a quiet news day.

Kat's omission was a tad bad (it was in the release). Call it karma .... my Neil D poster remains MIA.

 

[um...]

Call it karma .... my Neil D poster remains MIA.

Is she just being cruel, or is she trying to help you? I have oodles of respect for you, but this Neil Diamond thing? C'mon, Steve.

I got a song been on my mind
And the tune can be sung and the words all rhyme
Deedle-ee deet deet deet deet deet deet deet dee dee

Not suited to a man of your intellect.

 

[tonmo]

Good coverage! Congrats Steve and Kat, keep up the good work under there...

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Ahhhh, but that's commercial nonsense - even I don't listen to that; it's the stuff they don't play on the radio - the man bares his soul to the world. Exposing one's vulnerability is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Go find a quiet place, then listen to "I am I said", or "Be", and you tell me, honestly, whether it moved you or not.
Cheers
Me

 

[Steve O'Shea]

Good coverage! Congrats Steve and Kat, keep up the good work under there...

Ta T ... we're scheming away on other things right now.

 

[Jean]

Go find a quiet place, then listen to "I am I said", or "Be", and you tell me, honestly, whether it moved you or not.

Not! ( I need an emoticon with fingers in it's ears!!)

CAN I PANIC NOW?!?

Nah, according to Ron O'Dor Cannibalism is good!

J

 

[Bald Evil]

I didn't think the report of cannibalism was spurious; I was more referring to the characterization of the 'giant squid' (which appears to be referring to any squid bigger than a breadbox) as an endangered species. :P I was under the impression that we had to at least have a vague idea of how many of something there were before they could be considered endangered!

 

[tonmo]

More coveraage:

Grisly find in squid stomach

 

[Jean]

I was of the understanding that it's not uncommon for squid to be cannibals! When ya gotta eat, ya gotta eat! over 20% of my samples had munched on school mates! Steve......comments?

J

 

[tonmo]

Jean:

To your point... There's a new news story on the front page of TONMO.com about fishermen who catch some Humbolt... they observed one stuck on a line, being attacked by its own brethren!

 

[Jean]

Yeah I've heard of that before, when talking to squid fishers, personally I think it's just that they're not fussy eaters, if it moves eat it!

J

 

[Steve O'Shea]

.... but giant squid eating each other ..... we do mention cannibalism, but we don't go anywhere near 'eating each other', as in pointy- to branching ends. Sigh. What have we started?

Off to hide.

 

[Jean]

.... but giant squid eating each other ..... we do mention cannibalism, but we don't go anywhere near 'eating each other', as in pointy- to branching ends. Sigh. What have we started?

Well Notototodarus do munch the lot! But then I think they're a lot more predatory in general than Archi My worth!

BTW t'was in the new here yesterday too check out

www.telstraclear.co.nz/newsfeed/news_item.cfm?id=42799

J