I am calling shenanigans on DS for stealing my tiger mojo and this thread seems about the best place to do it
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| Author: | Micheal [ Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:24 am ] |
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Hundreds of anime fangirls run to the beaches to protest the hunting and killing of their potential lovers. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290667,00.html MONTEREY, Calif. — Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday. An aggressive predator, the Humboldt squid — or Dosidicus gigas — can change its eating habits to consume the food supply favored by tuna and sharks, its closest competitors, according to an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. "Having a new, voracious predator set up shop here in California may be yet another thing for fishermen to compete with," said the study's co-author, Stanford University researcher Louis Zeidberg. "That said, if a squid saw a human they would jet the other way." The jumbo squid used to be found only in the Pacific Ocean's warmest stretches near the equator. In the last 16 years, it has expanded its territory throughout California waters, and squid have even been found in the icy waters off Alaska, Zeidberg said. Zeidberg's co-author, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientist Bruce Robison, first spotted the jumbo squid here in 1997, when one swam past the lens of a camera mounted on a submersible thousands of feet below the ocean's surface. More were observed through 1999, but the squid weren't seen again locally until the fall of 2002. Since their return, scientists have noted a corresponding drop in the population of Pacific hake, a whitefish the squid feeds on that is often used in fish sticks, Zeidberg said. "As they've come and gone, the hake have dropped off," Zeidberg said. "We're just beginning to figure out how the pieces fit together, but this is most likely going to shake things up." Before the 1970s, the giant squid were typically found in the Eastern Pacific, and in coastal waters spanning from Peru to Costa Rica. But as the populations of its natural predators — large tuna, sharks and swordfish — declined because of fishing, the squid moved northward and started eating different species that thrive in colder waters. Local marine mammals needn't worry about the squid's arrival since they're higher up on the food chain, but lanternfish, krill, anchovies and rockfish are all fair game, Zeidberg said. A fishermen's organization said Tuesday they were monitoring the squid's impact on commercial fisheries. "In years of high upwellings, when the ocean is just bountiful, it probably wouldn't do anything," Zeke Grader, the executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations. "But in bad years it could be a problem to have a new predator competing at the top of the food chain." ================================================== I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent earthquakes rocking the Humboldt coast? Will we need to recruit King Kong or Godzilla to fight off the Super giant squid daddy making his way to the surface to protect his young? |
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| Author: | Serienya [ Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:30 am ] |
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Nom nom nom! Fishermen have been having fun catching them. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:34 am ] |
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Enjoy your cholesterol rich Calamari. Cthulu will come for you first. |
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| Author: | darksiege [ Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:15 pm ] |
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:09 pm ] |
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I am calling shenanigans on DS for stealing my tiger mojo and this thread seems about the best place to do it
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| Author: | darksiege [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:59 am ] |
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Hopwin wrote: I am calling shenanigans on DS for stealing my tiger mojo and this thread seems about the best place to do it Better? |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:53 am ] |
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This was my avatar on Glade 1.0 thru the demise of 3.0 I believe... :p 
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:49 am ] |
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Midgen wrote: This was my avatar on Glade 1.0 thru the demise of 3.0 I believe... :p Then I call shenanigans on you too. |
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