Humboldt squid

Humboldt squid encounter underwater photo

Marine creatures send signals to each other by combining bioluminescence and skin pigments.

Giant Squid. They have a really nasty Beak that must give the whale a hard time in combat.

Humboldt Squid // Calamar de Humboldt // Dosidicus gigas

GIANT HUMBOLDT SQUID BEAK Dosidicus gigas Eastern Pacific Ocean The Humboldt, or Jumbo, Squid, is a large - Available at 2010 June Beverly Hills, CA...

Giant Squid by Herckeim on DeviantArt

Researchers have learned new information about the Humboldt squid after attaching a camera to the elusive creature.

Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas (D’Orbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847), aka jumbo flying squid or Humboldt squid, have many former scientific names (synonyms): Ommastrephes gigas (D’Orbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847), Dosidicus eschrichtii (Steenstrup, 1857), Ommastrephes giganteus (D’Orbigny, 1839-1842 in Férussac and D’Orbigny, 1834-1848), Dosidicus steenstrupii (Pfeffer, 1884), Sepia nigra (Bosc, 1802) and Sepia tunicata (Molina, 1782).

Humboldt Squid

You don't have to be Dr. Caligari to love calamari though it helps to have an appreciation for the strange and bizarre, and squids are both of those and more! These 8 amazing squids span the globe's oceans while expanding the walls of any cabinet of curiosities.

Photographer Jon Schwartz [blog] writes in: "I was kayaking in La Jolla last week and saw a red frothing ball of squid on the surface. I jumped in with my…

The portfolio of illustrator Lisa Grabenstetter. Full of trees and monsters.

Humboldt squid communicate with each other using changing patterns of light and dark pigment in their skin.

PLANKTON- small drifting organisms that are in the open ocean (pelagic zone) Sea foam is created when plankton crash on the shore and disintegrate.**************************************************…

Jumbo squid ( Dosidicus gigas ) first appeared off Monterey, California during an El Niño event which warmed waters in 1997. Since 2002 they have taken up permanent residence Video: Watch the jumbo squid off California eat fish, attack the camera, and release ink (Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) Ferocious, pack-feeding jumbo squid have …

Over the last five years, large, predatory Humboldt squid have moved north from equatorial waters and invaded the sea off Central California, where they may be decimating populations of Pacific hake, an important commercial fish. Ironically, these squid may have benefited from the decline of large tuna and billfish in the Equatorial Pacific. Historically, such large commercial fish preyed on and competed with the Humboldt squid for food.

"Highly intelligent, with powerful tentacles and a razor-sharp beak—the Humboldt squid is a true terror of the deep." In this intense clip from episode 8

Humboldt squid in the Sea of Cortez. ~via Diving & Photography, FB

Artist Laura Hines has done a couple of gorgeous illustrations of Humboldt squid.Humboldt Squid #1 (above) is a rendering of this photograph from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute:It's a great example of how illustration can improve on photography.