More biology/fandom crossovers...

[senoritafish]

A few weeks ago, DP found a juvenile squid in a load of Loligo, and managed to get it to someone at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History who specializes in squid. She finally heard back from him today (after some prodding), with an ID: it was a juvenile Moroteuthis robusta, a robust clubhook squid, and especially interesting because there were none in their collection that were that small - the mantle of this one was only about three inches long, and these guys have been found washed up on the shore up to 9 feet long. If I could only find my pictures from when I was a foreign fisheries observer - I think this must be the three foot squid we used to get in hake trawls, as one of the descriptions says something about longitudinal ridges on the mantle.

I was trying to find some pictures of a live one, by Googling the scientific name, and imagine my suprise when this little story popped up.

boys! grow giant squid in your bathtubs!

megthelegend,you should recognize the site as you pointed me there first. I spent a few happy hours there when LJ broke down completely a couple of months ago. I have no idea what Bruno and Boots is, but a delightful, slightly slashy story nonetheless.

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[poetpaladin.livejournal.com]

You just have to read the Bruno & Boots stories about their antics at McDonald Hall, a boarding school in Canada.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look some of them up. Checking out Amazon as we speak type...

[megthelegend.livejournal.com]

Hee! Giant squid!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I have my doubts about how long Moroteuthis would last in a bathtub, but hey, suspension of disbelief is a wonderful thing!