| Vodstok |
02-12-2007 06:20 AM |
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Originally Posted by yourlastmistake
(Post 550201)
National Geographic did a show on the Humboldt squid about a year ago. A team of divers wanted to study their feeding habits. They were told by local fisherman that they could be very agressive when being fished, as you said.
It was eerie to see them rise from the depths at night and go into a frenzy when feeding, not only would they attack each other, some to the point of death but a few even attacked the divers. I imagine their sharp beaks could take a nice little chunk out of you.
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One thing you missed in posting this, though, was that they were able to prove (or at least strongly suggest) that the frenzies were brought on by the squid being fished with big nasty looking barbed hooks. The fishermen start snagging them with the barbs, the squid freak out, which freaks out the other squid, and they start going batshit. |
