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A Cosmopolitan species in fact that can be found from Naples to Florida, Alaska to Santiago de Chile, Sidney to Madagascar and from Norway to South-Africa. Conq

A Cosmopolitan species in fact that can be found from Naples to Florida, Alaska to Santiago de Chile, Sidney to Madagascar and from Norway to South-Africa. Conquered every single ocean except the poles and the Eastern part of the Mediterranean. And yes, is a truly spectacular big predator. A little like the invertebrate version of a big cat, specially with that claws.

dekhn 2y ago
If pacific squid are humboldt squid, they are limited to the eastern pacific ocean.
- pvaldes 2y ago
  They are talking about the cool spaceship disguised as cephalopod: Tanigia danae (2 meter long). https://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/Taningia-danae.jpg https://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/Taningia-danae.j... All that their preys see is two big oblique glowing cat-eyes before to be snared by lines of sharp hooks and killed by a bite. "Night at the African Savannah" style, but without all the roaring.
  - Reason077 2y ago
    A favoured snack for sperm whales! However the sharp squid beaks sometimes get lodged in the whale's intestines, which is suspected to lead to the production of ambergris.
    - pvaldes 2y ago
      I had found it in several species of pelagic dolphins and beaked whales. Is not uncommon in some cetaceans but the beaks are very plain, square. Lacking distinctive features aren't really easy to identify, except after discarding all the other species. A curious fact of the species is that the lights are enclosed into skin folders shaped as eyelids, so the animal can hide it, show it partially, or blink at will. Those are among the biggest light producing organs evolved by a life-being (if not the biggest known).
  - dekhn 2y ago
    I see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae even though the title says "Pacific Squid".
  - hinkley 2y ago
    I’m getting real strong Pennywise vibes here.
tkcranny 2y ago
It’s Sydney mate.

dekhn 2y ago

If pacific squid are humboldt squid, they are limited to the eastern pacific ocean.

pvaldes 2y ago
They are talking about the cool spaceship disguised as cephalopod: Tanigia danae (2 meter long). https://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/Taningia-danae.jpg https://schmidtocean.org/wp-content/uploads/Taningia-danae.j... All that their preys see is two big oblique glowing cat-eyes before to be snared by lines of sharp hooks and killed by a bite. "Night at the African Savannah" style, but without all the roaring.
- Reason077 2y ago
  A favoured snack for sperm whales! However the sharp squid beaks sometimes get lodged in the whale's intestines, which is suspected to lead to the production of ambergris.
  - pvaldes 2y ago
    I had found it in several species of pelagic dolphins and beaked whales. Is not uncommon in some cetaceans but the beaks are very plain, square. Lacking distinctive features aren't really easy to identify, except after discarding all the other species. A curious fact of the species is that the lights are enclosed into skin folders shaped as eyelids, so the animal can hide it, show it partially, or blink at will. Those are among the biggest light producing organs evolved by a life-being (if not the biggest known).
- dekhn 2y ago
  I see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taningia_danae even though the title says "Pacific Squid".
- hinkley 2y ago
  I’m getting real strong Pennywise vibes here.

tkcranny 2y ago

It’s Sydney mate.