You think they’re friendly and that they just want to cuddle, but really they want to eat you. Nothing cute about it, they’re hungry. Kind of like my cat.
Pharyngula
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You think they’re friendly and that they just want to cuddle, but really they want to eat you. Nothing cute about it, they’re hungry. Kind of like my cat.
That video should be titled “Diver holds onto squid.”
Man, PZ, if your cat is like a Humboldt, I’m really sorry for you! How do you deal with the constant blood loss?
The diver was lucky. Humbolt squid usually hunt in packs, and can gang-gank their prey, spinning it and pulling it rapidly to the deeps. Also, they don’t have gentle squishy suckers. Instead they have retractable hooked claws down the length of their tentacles. Another diver who survived such an attack had multiple deep contusions, his eardrums ruptured and nearly lost his breather to an inquisitive squid.
Oops. I forgot to embed the pic to go with my post. For your viewing pleasure, and recurring nightmares…
http://cdn2.arkive.org/media/DD/DD6724AC-FBA2-466F-B226-3EF214DFE96D/Presentation.Large/Humboldt-squid-tentacles.jpg
LOL
no.
Humboldt squid rarely attack divers, and the one in this video was flashing white and squirting ink. it was afraid.
stop it, just stop it.