How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy! Find out how Operation Calamari unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new Giant Squid on display. Photo Credit: Glenn Rankin, Smithsonian Institution Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 3:33Published: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)A Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) dashing in front of the ROV camera. This photo was taken at a depth of -481.8 meters in Sur Canyon as a part of a deep-sea coral expedition conducted by NMFS aboard the R/V Shimida in December, 2010.From SIMoN
Male of Ocythoe tuberculata Raf. (=Philonexis catenulatus, Fer.), Mediterranean, showing three stages, A, B, and C., in the development of the hectocotylus arm; h.cy, hectocotylus still in the cyst; c'y', spoon-shaped cyst at the end of the arm when freed; th, thread-like organ freed by the rupture of c'y'....