Humboldt squid - cannibalistic killers or just jumbo mollusks? Diving amongst 'killer' cephalopods - photographing the Humboldt squid

摘要

Fellow shell enthusiasts, sometimes an experience, a species, or an idea, while not specifically about shells, demands an article detailing the same. What follows is one of those instances. I recently had the opportunity to dive and photograph the "killer" cephalopod known as the Humboldt squid over the course of a week in the Sea of Cortez off Bahia de Los Angeles. What follows is a chronicle of my experiences accompanied by what is hopefully informative scientific observations as well as some heretofore never before photographed behavior.