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More! Giant! Squid! | May 04, 2004
Yay! An article about everybody's favorite elusive deep-sea creature! Plus a neato illustration! Check it out:
The researchers studied one of the squid's smallest features, a bonelike particle called a statolith that is not much larger than a grain of sand. Statoliths, which are found in the squid's head and help it maintain equilibrium, grow through the buildup of calcium carbonate in discrete rings.Dr. Landman analyzed isotopes of oxygen in statoliths from three southern giant squid, Architeuthis sanctipauli, from the Pacific Ocean. Like all specimens, these were caught in fishing nets or washed ashore. The proportion of isotopes gives an indication of the water temperature the squid lived in, and temperature can be related to depth.
That's really the only interesting bit. The giant squid's still not talking. The mysterious bastard.
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