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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 08:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.neptunesgardenproductions.com/squid.mpg
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Mxer83
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 08:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I used to ride with that guy, didnt recognize him without leathers,LOL
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 03:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's not a squid, its a cuttlefish. Squid propel themselves with a jet of water, not with fins. There are are some "squid" which are misnamed, such as Caribbean Reef Squid, which is also a cuttlefish.

Still funny though.
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Dongalonga
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 03:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Your wealth of knowledge never ceases to amaze! definately not what I expected to be watching either, but pleasantly funny.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 03:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My mother is a science professor. I didn't have toys when I was young because back then she was a single mom, jr. high science teacher. We were poor as dirt so she used to bring home all the different textbooks with pictures in them and I was always fascinated by the creatures of the sea.

I am now, and have been for years, a charter member of Steinhart Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific, Shedd Aquarium, and Aquarium of the Americas. All are excellent non-profits, doing great work all over the world.
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Dongalonga
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 03:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Man if I think we all need to stop giving our kids some many damn toys. I think you are on to something here. A more well educated society is definately in order.
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Hattori_hanzo
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 04:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cuttlefish...





Squid...





Calamari...mmmmmmmmmmm!



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Blackbelt
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 04:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

why is it when ever i see calamari I just lose my appitite? BLAHHHHH
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Doon
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 04:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My wife eats dried cuttlefish. I am not quite sure why, but she says it is tasty. To me it smells like that fish food that comes in the yellow containers with the brown lids I remember as a kid.
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Nitsebes
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 04:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bird owners use the cuttlefish bone to keep the beaks from over growing and to supplement it with Calcium.
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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 07:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The cephalopod in the movie is most likely a caribbean reef squid. While closely realated to the cuttlefish, a cuttlefish it is not.

"The Caribbean Reef squid is one our favorite cephalopods. It is often encountered among shallow reefs and is usually unafraid of divers, if not curious about them. The mantles of newly hatched squid are about 8-9 mm in length and the mantles in adult males and females reach 12-20 cm in length. Adult Reef squid closely resemble their cousins, the cuttlefish, in that their bodies are broad and less streamlined than many other squids. Reef squid can also move using jet propulsion by pressing water from the pallial cavity (in the mantle) through their funnel to move through the water."
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Skyguy
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 07:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I can't eat octopus. They are to darn intelligent. Most people have no idea just how bright they can be. I once saw a show where one was sneaking out of his tank at night to enter another tank and eat the fish. He would then return to his tank like nothing ever happened.

It had to travel over land around 20 feet to get into the other tank. The ocotopus actually closed the lids on the tanks when he left. The missing fish were perplexing the lab workers so they rigged a camera.

Pretty wild critters.
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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 08:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Another interesting experiment. Two octopi in separate tanks... One octopus had learned how to unscrew the cap off of a jar to get at the crab inside. Another special octopus never could figure out how to get at the tasty morsel. They placed the two tanks side by side so the one "slow" octopus could see the other. Sure enough, after watching the first "smart" octopus unscrew the lid and get the crab. Mr. Special octopus went over and unscrewed the lid on his heretofore unopened crab buffet.

They still taste great though.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 09:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Johnnylunchbox, I stand corrected. I guess my eyes don't work as well as they used to. I had a list of "squids" on my other screen, and I guess I cut and pasted the wrong one from the list. In either case, the point I was making is that many common "squid" are actually cuttlefish.

Forgive me in my vicodin haze...
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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 09:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pwnzor, I wasn't trying to be a know-it-all, no apology necessary. You had me doing a triple take too. True most people don't know what a cuttlefish is and simply lump them in with squid. Cuttlefish are also amazing creatures. I remember a PBS show where researchers were studying them, and the scientist would come in each morning, and the cuttlefish would be bouncing around like puppies waiting for him to put his hand in the tank. As soon as he put his hand in the tank the cuttlefish would grab on and use its "jet" to squirt a huge stream of water at him as a greeting. Their use of chromatophores in their color changing communication color shows is simply mind boggling as well. Amazing.
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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 11:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey JL that was neat, thanks for sharing.
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Aesquire
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 07:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you could get chromataphore paint, I bet squids would buy it!
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