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The Fierce Humboldt Squid - KQED QUEST
The Fierce Humboldt Squid - KQED QUEST
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  • Published: 26 Mar 2008
  • Uploaded: 10 May 2011
  • Author: KQEDondemand
A mysterious sea creature up to 7 feet long, with 10 arms, a sharp beak and a ravenous appetite, has invaded ocean waters off Northern California. Packs of fierce Humboldt Squid attack nearly everything they see, from fish to scuba divers. Marine biologists are working to discover why they've headed north from their traditional homes off South America.
Vampire Squid Turns Itself
Vampire Squid Turns Itself "Inside Out"
The vampire squid can turn itself "inside out" to avoid predators. This new video was released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to emphasize the need to protect species like this in the deep oceans from the effects of human activities.
Piglet Squid, Other Bizarre Species Found
Piglet Squid, Other Bizarre Species Found
A football octopod and a piglet squid are just a few of the bizarre deep-sea creatures uncovered during the ten-year Census of Marine Life, which ends in 2010. Video Courtesy: Census of Marine Life
600 lbs of Squid
600 lbs of Squid
Night airs Wednesdays at 10pm on Animal Planet. animal.discovery.com
Baby Squid, Born Like Stars
Baby Squid, Born Like Stars
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  • Published: 13 Jan 2007
  • Uploaded: 06 May 2011
  • Author: wholphindvd
When Brad Seibel's 2000 paper suggested squids brood, it was called "erroneous." Years later, with the help of Steve Haddock, Seibel had the opportunity to take a submersible 7000 feet below the sea where he captured this footage confirming his hypothesis. Take that, cephalopod traditionalists! The song is "I'll Read You a Story" by Colleen, courtesy of The Leaf Label with arrangement by Woodwork Music. From Wholphin No 2: store.mcsweeneys.net Visit Wholphin: www.wholphindvd.com
Sperm whale Vs giant squid
Sperm whale Vs giant squid
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  • Published: 18 Dec 2007
  • Uploaded: 09 May 2011
  • Author: tepapamuseum
Get the full length video on the Whales Tohora exhibition website: collections.tepapa.govt.nz ... Dive with a sperm whale and join the hunt for the giant squid. This amazing experience is based on real scientific data taken from digital tags (D-tags) placed on sperm whales. From Search and Destroy, Whales Tohora exhibition
Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise
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  • Duration: 2:55
  • Published: 14 Jul 2009
  • Uploaded: 05 May 2011
  • Author: rogeruzun
An earthquake offshore drives an invasion of Humboldt Squid to La Jolla's Shores. Can anything survive?
Squid Bikers
Squid Bikers
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  • Published: 21 Aug 2007
  • Uploaded: 09 May 2011
  • Author: jay06gixxer
Definition of a squid
Squid On Suzuki GSX-R Owned - Speeders Fight Back
Squid On Suzuki GSX-R Owned - Speeders Fight Back
Squid with the IQ of a tape worm loses in court and then wipes out in courthouse parking lot. Yes, Ray is truly a brown smear on the collective underwear of the biking community. (Please keep the comments PG rated. I know it's hard when commenting on this clown, but please try. Vulgar posts will be deleted.) The YouTube community has provided additional info on this celebrity rider. His name is "VERNON R WARD" and if you search The Florida Department of Law Enforcement you find a surprise. Or Google the words Florida 57147 and you'll get to see this "little stud's" face in another legal site!
Squid Dissection
Squid Dissection
Jumbo squid attacks camera
Jumbo squid attacks camera
Jumbo squid up to 2 metres long have invaded waters off the central coast of California and are devouring local fish populations More info at: www.newscientist.com
Stir-fried squid dish
Stir-fried squid dish
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  • Published: 10 Apr 2007
  • Uploaded: 06 May 2011
  • Author: Maangchi
Cooking Korean-style Stir-fried squid with Maangchi. Full recipe: www.maangchi.com
Colossal Squid
Colossal Squid
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  • Published: 04 May 2008
  • Uploaded: 10 May 2011
  • Author: carlace007
The Colossal Squid Unlike the Giant Squid, whose tentacles are equipped with suckers lined with small teeth, the suckers at the tips of the Colossal Squid's tentacles have sharp swivelling hooks. Its body is wider and stouter, and therefore heavier, than that of the giant squid. Colossal Squids are believed to have a longer mantle than giant squids, although their tentacles are shorter.
Vampyroteuthis
Vampyroteuthis "vampire squid from hell" - Planet Earth
David Attenborough narrates one of my favorite scenes from the Planet Earth Series
Genetix - Squid Attack
Genetix - Squid Attack
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  • Published: 28 Aug 2010
  • Uploaded: 11 May 2011
  • Author: InspectorDub
'Squid attack is like nothing I've ever heard before and sounds like an underwater bass barrage big enough to sink the titanic'. Previously known as Digiworx - Squid Attack, this ones being supported by the Circus Records crew and was featured in the massive Circus Records podcast just recently. Watch out for this one dropping on a 3 track EP on Audio Phreaks soon. www.zaudio.co.uk http
Giant
Giant "Long Arm" Squid Live
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  • Published: 28 Jun 2008
  • Uploaded: 10 May 2011
  • Author: giantaaron
This is Aaron Gregory, singer/guitarist of the band Giant Squid. I also work at the AQUARIUM OF THE BAY in San Francisco as a profesional diver. Today (6-27-08) a man who has been installing video equipment at the aquarium for the last several days, popped into our husbandry office and asked if we could possibly identify a "creature" that his friend, who works on an oil rig, caught on tape from an ROV. He described a manta ray like thing with 30ft tentacles!! He wasn't far off as you can see for your self. It doesn't get much more alien than this. I just identified it as belonging to the species Magnapinna, or Big Fin squid, though this one is more commonly known as the Long Arm Squid. They get as big as 5 meters! Take special note of the depth! 7828ft. Enjoy everyone!!
Squid and the Whale Trailer
Squid and the Whale Trailer
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  • Published: 03 Jun 2006
  • Uploaded: 06 May 2011
  • Author: GG3687
A special trailer for "The Squid and the Whale" to Pink Floyd's "Hey You." Edited by Greg Gingold GG3687@hotmail.com
Tour of Squid Labs
Tour of Squid Labs
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  • Published: 10 Apr 2006
  • Uploaded: 03 May 2011
  • Author: makemagazine
The MAKE team visited Squid Labs in Emeryville, CA - Squid Labs designs chips, electronics, robotics, materials, embedded systems, manufacturing processes as well as recently launching Instructables. Saul Griffith was kind enough to give us a tour of their work shop, fab lab and some of their projects. www.makezine.com
Despicable Me Squid Launcher
Despicable Me Squid Launcher
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Colossal Squid Gallery (www.tonmo.com)
Colossal Squid Gallery (www.tonmo.com)
A video slideshow of the best images of the most recent captures of the Antarctic cranch squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, aka the 'Colossal Squid'. No-one truly knows how large this grows, the largest male caught measured 10m in length, but it's thought the females grow even larger... If you like this, please have a look at my 'Living Giant Squid Gallery'. I've also added a short video on belemnites which were extinct cousins of squid and only known from fossils. For more information on this amazing animal, and other cephalopods, please visit www.tonmo.com.
Giant Squid: Caught on Camera (pt.2)
Giant Squid: Caught on Camera (pt.2)
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  • Published: 09 Jun 2009
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  • Author: DiscoveryTV
**Voting has now closed but you can check out the top 5 at www.discoverychannel.co.uk/20 Discovery UK is 20 years old this year and to celebrate Robert Lewellyn is asking you to pick your favourite ever Discovery show. There is an incredible list to choose from including Mythbusters, Deadliest Catch, Crocodile Hunter and American Chopper.
Hank Snow - Squid Jiggin Grounds
Hank Snow - Squid Jiggin Grounds
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  • Published: 07 Jun 2008
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  • Author: snowcatns
www.peoplestandup.ca The Squid Jiggin' Ground is a traditional song that describes a way of life of the local fisherman. The song is unique in that it describes the method of jigging for squid and the type of equipment and circumstance that revolve around the activity. Hank Snow was born May 9, 1914 in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Please visit our website for more songs, www.peoplestandup.ca Oh... this is the place where the fishermen gather With oil-skins and boots and Cape Anns battened down All sizes of figures with squid lines and jiggers They congregate here on the squid-jiggin' ground. Some are workin' their jiggers while others are yarnin' There's some standin' up and there's more lyin' down While all kinds of fun, jokes and tricks are begun As they wait for the squid on the squid-jiggin' ground. There's men of all ages and boys in the bargain There's old Billy Cave and there's young Raymond Brown There's a red rantin' Tory out here in the dory A-runnin' down squires on the squid-jiggin' ground. There's men from the Harbour and men from the Tickle In all kinds of motorboats... green, grey and brown Right yonder is Bobby and with him is Nobby He's chewin' hard tack on the squid-jiggin' ground. God bless my sou'wester, there's Skipper John Chaffey He's the best hand at squid-jiggin' here, I'll be bound Hello! What's the row? Why, he's jiggin' one now The very first squid on the squid-jiggin' ground. The man with the whiskers is old Jacob Steele He's gettin <b>...</b>
Assassin's Creed 2 Easter Egg- Giant Squid
Assassin's Creed 2 Easter Egg- Giant Squid
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  • Published: 25 Nov 2009
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  • Author: ttraider82
Action starts at 1:20. In the tomb, Santa Maria Delle Visitazione, get to the final chamber, which is half-filled with water. Actuate the lever on the right and approach the edge, straight ahead. Wait for just under one minute and a large, bulbous form goes from the right to the left. A large yellow eye glares at you, the a set of four long tentacles. If you step away and approach again, a tentacle will lash out against you, which Ezio narrowly dodges. This is the only Easter Egg I know aside from Uncle Mario's introduction. The clicking is a fan I need to work on. This was not found by me. A user named Anthony on Ubisoft forums found it by accidentally idling in the chamber. This video merely serves as first proof and explanation for others. TV is a Vizio VW32L. Frankly, a bargain brand from Walmart, but a great 720p TV for a spare bedroom. Filmed with a Sony HD handycam.
  • The Fierce Humboldt Squid - KQED QUEST...10:03
  • Vampire Squid Turns Itself "Inside Out"...2:46
  • Piglet Squid, Other Bizarre Species Found...2:06
  • 600 lbs of Squid...1:27
  • Baby Squid, Born Like Stars...5:52
  • Sperm whale Vs giant squid...2:36
  • Trouble in Paradise...2:55
  • Squid Bikers...5:09
  • Squid On Suzuki GSX-R Owned - Speeders Fight Back...5:24
  • Squid Dissection...7:24
  • Jumbo squid attacks camera...0:49
  • Stir-fried squid dish...8:52
  • Colossal Squid...2:56
  • Vampyroteuthis "vampire squid from hell" - Planet Earth...2:14
A mysterious sea creature up to 7 feet long, with 10 arms, a sharp beak and a ravenous appetite, has invaded ocean waters off Northern California. Packs of fierce Humboldt Squid attack nearly everything they see, from fish to scuba divers. ...
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Piglet Squid, Other Bizarre Species Found
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600 lbs of Squid
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Baby Squid, Born Like Stars
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Sperm whale Vs giant squid
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Squid Bik­ers
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Jumbo squid at­tacks cam­era
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Squid
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Squid
Zeenews
16 Oct 2010
Washington: New studies on the ordinary squid are providing clues about the origin and evolution of the sense of hearing. T. Aran Mooney, a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
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 Giant Squid - Marine - Fish /aaeh
KDVR
02 Feb 2010
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport...
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The Examiner
02 Feb 2010
Giant Squids AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo...

Business Insider Katya Wachtel | May 11, 2011, 4:40 PM | 255 | 4 A A A   x Email Article From To Email Sent!...
Newsvine When giant squid were found dead off Spain about a decade ago, scientists suspected that powerful sound...
The Independent To me, grilled or pan-fried squid smells of the blistering hot summers found in the Mediterranean. It is a fish best eaten on a lazy day, outside with friends. An accompaniment of sliced lemon is essential - and well-chilled wine is preferable. It should be served as fresh as possible - look for squid that is small - and cook over the very highest heat quickly so it remains...
The Independent The Great Vampire Squid was forced to face the people yesterday as Goldman Sachs held its widely anticipated annual general meeting. Wall Street's most powerful investment bank hosted shareholders at its building in Jersey City for the first time as it sought to head off anger about the fortunes it pays its top people and its role in the financial crisis. The bank has dealt...
MSNBC WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday. The squid, weighing an estimated 990 pounds and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said. The fishermen were...
Newsvine Thousands of Humboldt squid died off the coast of...
The Examiner According to a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,, the deaths of thousands of Humboldt squid, which died off the coast of Oregon in 2004 and 2008 weren't cause by a shift in deep-sea currents as previously thought--underwater noise pollution literally blew holes in their heads. Michel André of the Technical University of Catalonia in...
Newsvine Whales and dolphins aren't the only marine creatures bothered by the increasing amount of undersea noise. The first study to detail the...
MSNBC Noise pollution in the ocean can confuse and even injure marine species such as dolphins and fish. Now, a new study finds that the same is true of squid and other cephalopods. The research, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, finds that even short exposures to low-intensity, low-frequency sound can wreak havoc on the balance systems of...
The New York Times In his 2009 Rolling Stone article about Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi called the firm “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.” Say what you will about that description, but it does express a clear point of view. The same cannot be said for William D. Cohan’s...
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Squid

| image = Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Bigfin reef squid).jpg | image_caption = Bigfin Reef Squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana | authority = A. Naef, 1916 | subdivision_ranks = Suborders | subdivision = †Plesioteuthididae (incertae sedis) Myopsina Oegopsina }} Squid are marine cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles. Squid are strong swimmers and certain species can 'fly' for short distances out of the water.

Modification from ancestral forms

Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs such that the body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally. What before may have been the foot of the ancestor is modified into a complex set of tentacles and highly developed sense organs, including advanced eyes similar to those of vertebrates.

The ancestral shell has been lost, with only an internal gladius, or pen, remaining. The pen is a feather-shaped internal structure that supports the squid's mantle and serves as a site for muscle attachment. It is made of a chitin-like substance.

Anatomy

(Loligo vulgaris)|alt=Photo of squid with 8 short arms and two longer tentacles]] The main body mass is enclosed in the mantle, which has a swimming fin along each side. These fins, unlike in other marine organisms, are not the main source of locomotion in most species.

The skin is covered in chromatophores, which enable the squid to change color to suit its surroundings, making it effectively invisible. The underside is also almost always lighter than the topside, to provide camouflage from both prey and predator.

Under the body are openings to the mantle cavity, which contains the gills (ctenidia) and openings to the excretory and reproductive systems. At the front of the mantle cavity lies the siphon, which the squid uses for locomotion via precise jet propulsion. In this form of locomotion, water is sucked into the mantle cavity and expelled out of the siphon in a fast, strong jet. The direction of the siphon can be changed, to suit the direction of travel.

Inside the mantle cavity, beyond the siphon, lies the visceral mass, which is covered by a thin, membranous epidermis. Under this are all the major internal organs.

Nervous system

The giant axon, which may be up to 1 mm (0.04 inches) in diameter in some larger species, innervates the mantle and controls part of the jet propulsion system.

As cephalopods, squid exhibit relatively high intelligence among invertebrates. For example, groups of Humboldt squid hunt cooperatively, using active communication. (See Cephalopod intelligence.)

Reproductive system

In females the ink sac is hidden from view by a pair of white nidamental glands, which lie anterior to the gills. There are also red-spotted accessory nidamental glands. Both organs are associated with food manufacture and shells for the eggs. Females also have a large translucent ovary, situated towards the posterior of the visceral mass.

Males do not possess these organs, but instead have a large testis in place of the ovary, and a spermatophoric gland and sac. In mature males, this sac may contain spermatophores, which are placed inside the female's mantle during mating.

Shallow water species of the continental shelf and epipelagic/mesopelagic zones are characterised by the presence of hectocotyli, specially modified arms used to fertilise the female's eggs. Most deep sea squid lack hectocotyli and have longer penises; Ancistrocheiridae and Cranchiinae are exceptions. As such, deep water squid have the greatest known penis length relative to body size of all mobile animals, second in the entire animal kingdom only to certain sessile barnacles. and cross-linked proteins, and is used to kill and tear prey into manageable pieces. The beak is very robust, but does not contain minerals, unlike the teeth and jaws of many other organisms, including marine species. Captured whales often have indigestible squid beaks in their stomachs. The mouth contains the radula (the rough tongue common to all molluscs except bivalvia and aplacophora).

The eyes, on either side of the head, each contain a hard lens. The lens is focused through movement, much like the lens of a camera or telescope, rather than changing shape as the lens in the human eye does.

Squids appear to have limited hearing.

Size

in Melbourne Aquarium|alt=Photo of squid with prominiently visible eye]] The majority are no more than long, although the giant squid may reach .

In 1978, sharp, curved claws on the suction cups of squid tentacles cut up the rubber coating on the hull of the USS Stein. The size suggested the largest squid known at the time.

In 2003, a large specimen of an abundant but poorly understood species, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (the Colossal Squid), was discovered. This species may grow to in length, making it the largest invertebrate. Squid have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom. Giant squid are featured in literature and folklore with a frightening connotation. The Kraken is a legendary tentacled monster possibly based on sightings of real giant squid.

In February 2007, a New Zealand fishing vessel caught a Colossal Squid weighing and measuring around off the coast of Antarctica. This specimen represents the largest cephalopod to ever be scientifically documented.

Classification

]] ]] ]] ]] ]] ]] Squid are members of the class Cephalopoda, subclass Coleoidea, order Teuthida, of which there are two major suborders, Myopsina and Oegopsina (including giant squids like Architeuthis dux). Teuthida is the largest cephalopod order with around 300 classified into 29 families.

The order Teuthida is a member of the superorder Decapodiformes (from the Greek for "ten legs"). Two other orders of decapodiform cephalopods are also called squid, although they are taxonomically distinct from Teuthida and differ recognizably in their gross anatomical features. They are the bobtail squid of order Sepiolida and the ram's horn squid of the monotypic order Spirulida. The vampire squid, however, is more closely related to the octopuses than to any squid.

  • CLASS CEPHALOPODA
  • * Subclass Nautiloidea: nautilus
  • * Subclass Coleoidea: squid, octopus, cuttlefish
  • ** Superorder Octopodiformes
  • ** Superorder Decapodiformes
  • *** ?Order †Boletzkyida
  • *** Order Spirulida: Ram's Horn Squid
  • *** Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
  • *** Order Sepiolida: bobtail squid
  • *** Order Teuthida: squid
  • **** Family †Plesioteuthididae (incertae sedis)
  • **** Suborder Myopsina
  • ***** Family Australiteuthidae
  • ***** Family Loliginidae: inshore, calamari, and grass squid
  • **** Suborder Oegopsina
  • ***** Family Ancistrocheiridae: Sharpear Enope Squid
  • ***** Family Architeuthidae: giant squid
  • ***** Family Bathyteuthidae
  • ***** Family Batoteuthidae: Bush-club Squid
  • ***** Family Brachioteuthidae
  • ***** Family Chiroteuthidae
  • ***** Family Chtenopterygidae: comb-finned squid
  • ***** Family Cranchiidae: glass squid
  • ***** Family Cycloteuthidae
  • ***** Family Enoploteuthidae
  • ***** Family Gonatidae: armhook squid
  • ***** Family Histioteuthidae: jewel squid
  • ***** Family Joubiniteuthidae: Joubin's Squid
  • ***** Family Lepidoteuthidae: Grimaldi Scaled Squid
  • ***** Family Lycoteuthidae
  • ***** Family Magnapinnidae: bigfin squid
  • ***** Family Mastigoteuthidae: whip-lash squid
  • ***** Family Neoteuthidae
  • ***** Family Octopoteuthidae
  • ***** Family Ommastrephidae: flying squid
  • ***** Family Onychoteuthidae: hooked squid
  • ***** Family Pholidoteuthidae
  • ***** Family Promachoteuthidae
  • ***** Family Psychroteuthidae: Glacial Squid
  • ***** Family Pyroteuthidae: fire squid
  • ***** Family Thysanoteuthidae: rhomboid squid
  • ***** Family Walvisteuthidae
  • ***** Parateuthis tunicata (incertae sedis)
  • Commercial fishing

    According to the FAO, the cephalopod catch for 2002 was . Of this, 2,189,206 tonnes, or 75.8 percent, was squid. The following table lists the squid species fishery catches which exceeded in 2002. {| class="wikitable" |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; width:480px;"| World squid catch in 2002 | Loliginidae | | 225,958 | 10.3 |- | Ommastrephes bartrami | Ommastrephidae | Neon flying squid | 22,483 | 1.0 |- | Illex argentinus | Ommastrephidae | Argentine shortfin squid | 511,087 | 23.3 |- | Dosidicus gigas | Ommastrephidae | Jumbo flying squid | 406,356 | 18.6 |- | Todarodes pacificus | Ommastrephidae | Japanese flying squid | 504,438 | 23.0 |- | Nototoda russloani | Ommastrephidae | Wellington Flying Squid | 62,234 | 2.8 |- | Squids nei selenium, vitamin B12, and riboflavin.

    See also

    References

    External links

  • CephBase: Teuthida
  • Colossal Squid at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
  • Market squid mating, laying eggs (video)
  • Scientific American - Giant Squid
  • The Cephalopod Page
  • The Octopus News Magazine Online
  • Category:Edible molluscs Category:Commercial molluscs

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    Jumbo

    NameJumbo
    CaptionJumbo The Elephant
    SpeciesAfrican bush elephant
    GenderMale
    Birthdate1861
    BirthplaceFrench Sudan
    DeathdateSeptember 15,1885
    DeathplaceSt. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

    Jumbo (1861 – September 15, 1885) was a large African Bush Elephant, born 1861 in the French Sudan – present-day Mali – imported to a Paris zoo, transferred to the London Zoo in 1865, and sold in 1882 to P. T. Barnum, for the circus. After his time in the circus Jumbo retired to the San Diego Zoo where he inspired several animated characters including Disney's Dumbo the Elephant.

    The giant elephant's name has spawned the common word "", meaning large in size.

    History

    Jumbo was born in 1861 in the French Sudan, whence he was imported to France and kept in the old zoo Jardin des Plantes, near the railway station Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris. In 1865 he was transferred to the London Zoo, where he became famous for giving rides to visitors, especially children. The London zookeepers gave Jumbo his name; it is likely a variation of one of two Swahili words: jambo, which means "hello" or jumbe, which means "chief".

    Jumbo was sold in 1882 to P. T. Barnum, owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth," for $10,000. When Barnum had offered to buy Jumbo, 100,000 school children wrote to Queen Victoria begging her not to sell the elephant. In New York, Barnum exhibited the elephant at Madison Square Garden, earning enough from the enormous crowds to recoup the money he spent to buy the animal.

    Jumbo's height, estimated to be in the London Zoo, was claimed to be approximately by the time of his death.

    Death

    Jumbo died at a railroad classification yard in St. Thomas, Ontario, where he was crushed by a locomotive. Barnum afterwards told the story that Jumbo died saving a young circus elephant, Tom Thumb, from being hit by the locomotive, but other witnesses did not support this.

    Many metallic objects were found in the elephant's stomach, including pennies, nickels, dimes, keys, and rivets.

    Jumbo's skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The elephant's heart was sold to Cornell University. Jumbo's hide was stuffed by William J. Critchley and Carl Akeley, both of Ward's Natural Science, and the mounted specimen traveled with Barnum's circus for a number of years. In 1889, Barnum donated the stuffed Jumbo to Tufts University, where it was displayed until destroyed by a fire in 1975, coincidentally a fate that befell many of Barnum's exhibits during his own lifetime.

    The great elephant's ashes are kept in a 14-ounce Peter Pan Crunchy Peanut Butter jar in the office of the Tufts athletic director, while his taxidermied tail, removed during earlier renovations, resides in the holdings of the Tufts Digital Collections and Archives. A statue of an elephant, dubbed "Jumbo", was purchased from an amusement park and placed on the Tufts campus after the fire. Jumbo became the university's mascot, and remains such to this day.

    Legacy

  • The elephant's fame turned its name into a household word, with "Jumbo size" meaning "very large".
  • The central character of Walt Disney's Dumbo was named after Jumbo (cruelly nicknamed within the story as "Dumbo").
  • Jumbo was used on at least one Victorian trade card (1890) to advertise Fletcher's Castoria. The text read "Jumbo Feeds Baby Castoria. From peasant nurse to high born lady, All mothers know what's good for baby. While Jumbo, too, though not a lady, Follows suit and feeds the great baby." An image of the card is shown on Centaur.com. Barnum is quoted on the back of the card praising the benefits of the company's ointment Centaur Liniment.
  • A life-size statue of the elephant was erected in 1985 in St. Thomas to commemorate the centennial of the elephant's death. It is located on Talbot Street on the west side of the city.
  • Railway City Brewing Company in St. Thomas, Ontario brews the popular "Dead Elephant Ale" a richly hopped IPA devoted to Jumbo and St. Thomas's railway history. [www.railwaycitybrewing.com]
  • See also

  • The Greatest Show on Earth: A movie based on the story of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
  • History of elephants in Europe
  • List of historical elephants
  • References

    ;Notes

    ;Bibliography

  • Chambers, Paul. Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World, Andre Deutsch, 2007. ISBN 978-0-233-00222-4
  • Harding, Les. Elephant Story: Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top. McFarland, 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0632-1
  • External links

  • Jumbo at Find-A-Grave
  • 1942 photo of the 'stuffed' Jumbo at the Barnum Museum
  • Jumbo Images from the PT Barnum Collection at Tufts University
  • The Story of Jumbo's Death
  • Jumbo memorial in St. Thomas, ON, Canada
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    Hank Snow

    NameHank Snow |
    Landscape|
    Backgroundsolo_singer |
    Birth nameClarence Eugene Snow |
    AliasHank Snow |
    BornMay 9, 1914 |
    DiedDecember 20, 1999 |
    OriginBrooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
    Instruments|
    Genrecountry |
    Occupationsinger and songwriter |
    Years active1936–1999|
    LabelRCA Victor |
    Associated acts|
    Urlwww.hanksnow.com |
    Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-born American country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. This total includes the number 1 hits "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", and "Hello Love" as well as other top ten hits. He is a member of both the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Music Hall of Fame.

    Biography

    Snow was born in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He ran away from home to escape a brutal stepfather when he was 12 years old and joined a fishing boat as a cabin boy. When he was 14, he ordered his first guitar from an Eaton's department store catalog for $5.95, and played his first show in a church basement in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at age 16. He then sang in local clubs and bars in nearby Halifax, where he married Minnie Blanche Aalders in 1935 and had one son, Rev. Jimmy Rodgers Snow.

    Canadian years

    A successful appearance on a local radio station led to Snow's audition with RCA Victor in Montreal, Quebec. In 1936, he signed with the label, staying for more than 45 years. A weekly CBC radio show brought him national recognition, and he began touring Canada until the late 1940s when American country music stations began playing his records.

    Nashville calls

    Snow moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1945, and "Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger" (modified from his nickname, the Yodeling Ranger given him before his voice changed to a baritone), was invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same year he released his hit, "I'm Moving On." The first of seven number 1 hits on the country charts, "I'm Moving On" stayed at the top for 21 weeks, setting the all-time record for most weeks at number 1.

    That same year " "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" both hit number one with the latter remaining #1 for eight weeks.

    Along with these hits, his other "signature song" was "I've Been Everywhere," in which he portrayed himself as a hitchhiker bragging about all the towns he'd been through. This song was originally written and performed in Australia by Geoff Mack, and its re-write incorporated North American place names. Rattling off a well-rhymed series of city names at an auctioneer's pace has long made the song a challenge for any singer.

    While performing in Renfro Valley, Snow worked with a young Hank Williams.

    In the February 7th 1953 edition, Billboard Magazine reported that Snow's then seventeen year old son, Jimmy Rogers Snow, had "signed with Victor" (RCA Victor Records). Billboard reported that the younger Snow would "record duets with his father", as well as cover his own (presumably ghost-written) material.

    Elvis

    A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Snow persuaded the directors to allow a young Elvis Presley to appear on stage. Snow used Presley as his opening act and introduced him to Colonel Tom Parker. In August 1955, Snow and Parker formed the management team, Hank Snow Attractions. This partnership signed a management contract with Presley but before long, Snow was out and Parker had full control over the rock singer's career.

    Later career

    Performing in lavish and colourful sequin-studded suits, Snow had a career covering six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums. Although he became an American naturalized citizen in 1958, he still maintained friendships in Canada and remembered his roots with the 1968 album, My Nova Scotia Home. That same year he performed at campaign stops on behalf of U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace.

    Despite his lack of schooling, Snow was a gifted songwriter and in 1978 was elected to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Canada, he was ten times voted that country's top country music performer. In 1979, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.

    His autobiography, The Hank Snow Story, was published in 1994, and later The Hank Snow Country Music Centre opened near his ancestral home in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. A victim of child abuse, he established the Hank Snow International Foundation For Prevention Of Child Abuse.

    Death

    Snow died in 1999 at his Rainbow Ranch in Madison, Tennessee and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville. Minnie died in 2003.

    Legacy

    Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Ashley MacIsaac, Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris, among others, have covered his music.

    One of his last top hits, "Hello Love", was sung by Garrison Keillor to open each broadcast of his Prairie Home Companion radio show. The song became Snow's seventh and final number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in April 1974. At 59 years and 11 months, Snow became the oldest artist to have a top song on the chart. It was an accomplishment he held for more than 26 years, until Kenny Rogers's hit record in May 2000 (at 61 years and nine months), "Buy Me a Rose". (Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson subsequently reached the top of the chart at older ages as secondary duet partners on records fronted by other artists.)

    In Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville, Henry Gibson played a self-obsessed country star loosely based on Hank Snow. He was also mentioned in the film Smokey and the Bandit. When Cletus Snow, making a collect call, gives his name, the operator's response is not heard, but Cletus replies "No, I'm not Hank Snow's brother."

    Discography

    Albums

    Singles

    Guest singles

    See also

  • Music of Canada
  • List of best-selling music artists
  • References

  • Wolfe, Charles. (1998). "Hank Snow". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 494–5.
  • External links

  • Hank Snow Country Music Centre
  • Hank Snow at the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • Hank Snow discography at Discogs.com
  • Rev. Jimmy Rodgers Snow Ministries
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