Friday Squid Blogging: Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Amazing pictures.
Note that it lives at 2000-3000 feet below sea level, in no light and almost no dissolved oxygen. On the other hand, it’s only a foot long.
Amazing pictures.
Note that it lives at 2000-3000 feet below sea level, in no light and almost no dissolved oxygen. On the other hand, it’s only a foot long.
Dom De Vitto • September 8, 2007 1:42 AM
Correction: They grow to just under a FOOT long – not an inch.
It also has the ability to appear like it’s moving away from predictors, and can deploy optical ‘chaff’ if it gets really worried.
Neat.
Chris Masters • September 8, 2007 5:27 AM
You’re linking to a squid-themed blog that does Friday Squid Blogging. Kind of makes your’s redundant, no?
PZ Myers • September 8, 2007 11:44 AM
There’s room on the web for an infinite number of blogs that do Friday Squid Blogging, and the web would be vastly improved if many more did so.
frog51 • September 8, 2007 12:43 PM
The optical effects this beast has are amazing – I like the whole turn inside out, turn on the headlights and squirt glowing mucus thing . . . wish I had thought of it!
KJE • September 9, 2007 9:44 PM
If I recall correctly, this squid’s name translates literally to “vampire squid from hell.” Best. Squid. Ever.
Rich Bryant • September 10, 2007 3:50 AM
Busted link, boss.
yoyo • September 10, 2007 7:59 PM
I think it’s great that you link to PZ, you both love squid and you both love science and clear thinking!
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sphincter • September 7, 2007 6:43 PM
I can imagine a new trend in cosmetic surgery and a market for spare arseholes 😉