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Friday Squid Blogging: Newly Identified Ichthyosaur Species Probably Ate Squid

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This is a deep-diving species that “fed on small prey items such as squid.”

Academic paper.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Found in Australian Waters

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A bigfin squid has been found — and filmed — in Australian waters for the first time.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Diplomoceras Maximum

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Diplomoceras maximum is an ancient squid-like creature. It lived about 68 million years ago, looked kind of like a giant paperclip, and may have had a lifespan of 200 years.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Underwater Robot Uses Squid-Like Propulsion

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This is neat:

By generating powerful streams of water, UCSD’s squid-like robot can swim untethered. The “squidbot” carries its own power source, and has the room to hold more, including a sensor or camera for underwater exploration.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Chinese Squid Fishing Near the Galapagos

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The Chinese have been illegally squid fishing near the Galapagos Islands.

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Friday Squid Blogging: COVID-19 Found on Chinese Squid Packaging

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I thought the virus doesn’t survive well on food packaging:

Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday, urging anyone who may have bought it to get themselves tested.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Nano-Sized SQUIDS

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SQUID news:

Physicists have developed a small, compact superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) that can detect magnetic fields. The team l focused on the instrument’s core, which contains two parallel layers of graphene.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Calamari vs. Squid

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St. Louis Magazine answers the important question: “Is there a difference between calamari and squid?” Short answer: no.

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