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[senoritafish]

Someone turned on the tv in the breakroom during lunch, and following all the innawguration folderol, there was a story about several hundred Dosidicus gigas (Humboldt squid) beaching themselves in Newport Beach. This happened a few years ago in La Jolla and at Catalina Island. Seems a little early for them to be showing up here. We were given one last year in April, that one of the purse seiners caught in his net. We later found a home for it at one of the local museums, where it'll help educate school children about cephalopods.

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[calypso72]

Any idea why they're beaching in such large numbers? Protesting the inauguration?

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure they really know - chasing fish, weird currents, turbidity from the recent storms?

I just know the news guy started talking about how they are such a big fishery here, and my co-worker VT starts yelling at the screen "Different species, idiots!" That's her forte, so I guess she's entitled.