Senior ocean analyst Kate Wing says that global warming has caused the waters off the west coast of North America to become anoxic, which has led to massive die-offs of sea life. But there is always life in death. As Wing so beautifully put it, all this death has resulted in a "jubilee for cephalopods."
Fishermen are reporting droves of giant Humboldt squid, who have come to the edges of these anoxic zones to feast upon the dead and dying hake. If I may quote more than one of my readers: I for one welcome our squid overlords.
Thanks for the article, Ida.
Photo source: io9.com
Feb 24, 2008
Jubilee for Cephalopods
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4 comments:
<3 Cephalopod LOVE!!!! <3
I'd be delighted for the squids if it wasn't such awful news for...well, us.
Cephs rule. And mostly they are beautiful.
And sometimes delicious--oh, sorry. Did that slip out?
YAY!
Intelligent AND tasty!
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