{"id":719,"date":"2010-02-07T23:34:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/?p=719"},"modified":"2010-02-07T23:34:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:34:05","slug":"when-squid-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/when-squid-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"When Squid Take Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-720\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Squid Overlord\" src=\"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/media_httplaughingsqu_xvfhhscaled500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy of LaughingSquid.com\" width=\"441\" height=\"883\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy of LaughingSquid.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Be ready to bow down to the tentacles before you when giant squid take over.<\/p>\n<p>Just a little clarification &#8211; what the media have been referring to as &#8220;giant squid&#8221; the last several months are not actually squid of the genus <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_squid\" target=\"_blank\">architeuthis<\/a>, but <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humboldt_squid\" target=\"_blank\">Humboldt squid<\/a>, an unusually large species of squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh up to 100 pounds. A squid of formidable size, and certainly large, but maybe not <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_squid\" target=\"_blank\">giant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Humboldt squid are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktla.com\/news\/landing\/ktla-oc-squid,0,7108902.story\" target=\"_blank\">once again storming the shores of the pacific coast<\/a>, and have been doing so for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/17\/science\/17brfs-INVASIONOFTH_BRF.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">almost half a year<\/a> now. A quick search of one of my favorite (revived?) blogs, <a href=\"http:\/\/squid.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Squid.us<\/a>, confirms that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-470778\/Aggressive-giant-squid-invade-Californian-waters.html\" target=\"_blank\">this is not<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metroactive.com\/metro\/03.29.06\/squid-0613.html\" target=\"_blank\">the first time<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/squid.us\/?sort=&amp;search=invasion\" target=\"_blank\">this has happened<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The much feared squid, known as &#8220;red devils&#8221; among other nick names, are known for their carnivorous, predatory nature, which can be so vicious at times that they become cannibalistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be ready to bow down to the tentacles before you when giant squid take over. Just a little clarification &#8211; what the media have been referring to as &#8220;giant squid&#8221; the last several months are not actually squid of the genus architeuthis, but Humboldt squid, an unusually large species of squid that can grow up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/when-squid-take-over\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When Squid Take Over&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-squid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arielservadio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}