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  1. says

    gorgeous, beautiful, and strange… alas every single one of them will have been blinded by light many times brighter than they would ever see in their lifetimes *sighs*

  9. Lago says

    I am not saying the Squid Flash drive looks like something else in the package. I simply will not go there…

  11. Russell says

    One of the enjoyable things about sailing on the ocean at night is that the wake kicks up the luminescent plankton. On a clear night, from the cockpit, it’s almost like sailing on a faint milky way that mirrors the much brighter one above.

  12. Ken Mareld says

    There it is again. My last name. Mareld. It’s and old Swedish/Viking word that translates to ‘sea light’ or sea fire’. Which means bio-luminescence. My Grandparents took the word as their name around 1918. They did this because when they met on a boat it was all around them. That and they had the Swedish equivalents of Smith and Jones (Gustafsson and Petersson). Is that romantic or what? Perhaps I should have studied more Biology. Wait I am studying more Biology. At 51 years of age I’m back in school studying to become a Registered Nurse. Last quarter I had great satisfaction in grokking the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction. Next quarter is Microbiology.

    Ken

  14. Odonata says

    That’s amazing! What wonderful footage they captured. It was definitely worth waiting for it to load.

  17. Kat says

    I think it’s likely to be a species of Gonatus (see
    http://www.tolweb.org/Gonatus on the Tree of Life) – Seibel et al. (2000, 2005) reported the brooding behavior and egg mass you can see in the video. The photo under ‘Life History’ on the ToL page also shows the egg ‘sheet.’ Beautiful video!

  18. TAW says

    Will they really go blind?

    and how can a squid that size produce an egg mass that size? is it a male caring for the eggs of many females or something?

  19. says

    I think it’s likely to be a species of Gonatus (see
    http://www.tolweb.org/Gonatus on the Tree of Life) – Seibel et al. (2000, 2005) reported the brooding behavior and egg mass you can see in the video. The photo under ‘Life History’ on the ToL page also shows the egg ‘sheet.’ Beautiful video!

    Kat,
    You are probably right considering that this video was actually made by Seibel to defend said paper. Here’s the description from the person who posted the video on YouTube:

    When Brad Seibel’s 2000 paper suggested squids brood, it was called “erroneous.” Years later when Seibel had the opportunity to direct a submersible he captured this footage confirming his hypothesis. Take that, cephalopod traditionalists!

  22. Neil says

    Several years ago, I was fortunate enough to be scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef on that one evening each year that the coral spawn. The scene was very similar, although not nearly so deep. You sort of have a silent reverence (if I may use that word on this blog ;-) just for being a witness to such an ancient and beautiful process. Thanks for sharing this.

  23. zzz says

    Have any of you seen the new BBC series Planet Earth ? Episode 11 Ocean Deep has some stunning deep sea photography. Worth getting the series just for that alone.

  26. Azkyroth says

    Your psychological reactions are merely electrical impulses in your meat brains, humans.

    What’s your point?

    (Why is this post suddenly on the “most emailed” list? O.o)

  27. Brian says

    It’s a shame Clatu’s electrical impulses weren’t able to produce a more worthwhile comment. Go read some Nietzsche and feel sorry for yourself in some other corner. This is just a cool video.