Archive for January, 2006

Thames whale died ‘trying to find squid’

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

From the Independent Online:
The Thames whale died from a combination of factors including dehydration, muscle damage and a reduction of kidney function, according to preliminary post mortem results today.
It had not been able to feed for up to three days after swimming in to the Thames.
Experts said it is likely to have swum into […]

Squid Hats

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Squidblog & Co finally got down to the Melbourne Aquarium today to see the Monsters of the Deep exhibition. Apart from the frozen Architeuthis we were not all that impressed with the exhibition. Apart from the frozen squid and a video of some Humboldt Squid, there wasn’t much else. There was also a small display […]

Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Dr. Steve O’Shea and Kat Bolstad have posted this excellent article on the TONMO website.
Abstract New diet information for the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is presented based on the identification of substantial identifiable prey items recovered from the gut contents of a specimen caught in New Zealand waters. Prey items are attributed to two species […]


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