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Title: Squids


1
Squids
  • The Threat is Real

Tom Quetchenbach E 10 Spring 2005
2
Covert Tactics
  • Infiltration of all levels of society
  • Impersonation of clergy
  • 1187 Sea Monk
  • Aquariums

call-of-the-sea.com
3
Motives
  • Revenge
  • Commercial fishing
  • World Domination
  • Beyond?

Wikipedia
4
What is a Squid?
  • Shell-less mollusks
  • Cephalopods
  • Order Teuthida
  • Also octopuses, nautiluses
  • 298 Species

5
Anatomy of a Squid
Fin
Head
Mantle
Arms
Tentacle
Warmus.com
6
A Word About Squid Sizes
  • Measures
  • Mantle length (ML)?
  • Total length (TL)?
  • TL hard to measure
  • Tentacles are stretchy!
  • ML standard measure

tonmo.com
7
Squid Species
  • Market Squid (Loligo)?
  • ML 7-20 cm
  • Well studied minimal threat
  • Giant Squid (Architeuthis)?
  • Never observed in wild
  • ML up to 2.8 m
  • TL up to 17m
  • Mesonychoteuthis
  • ML 2-4 m?

BBC
ML 1.5m
8
Squid Weapons
  • Conventional
  • Tentacles
  • Suckers
  • Beak
  • Nuclear
  • Unknown

amnh.org
9
Communication and Stealth
  • Color changing
  • Iridophores
  • Chromatophores
  • Camouflage
  • Communication
  • Cuttlefish
  • Can change pattern instantly

planula.com.au
10
Squid Defenses
  • Sepia
  • Darkness
  • Inaccessibility
  • Deep Scattering Layer
  • Effective
  • Giant squid never observed alive in natural
    environment

nhm.ac.uk
11
Intelligence Gathering
  • Difficult
  • Many tools, none proven
  • Manned submersibles
  • ROVs
  • Whales
  • Examination of carcasses

mnh.si.edu
12
Next Steps
  • Diplomacy
  • Requires caution
  • Significant language, cultural barriers
  • Military action
  • Only as a last resort
  • Do not strike first

13
The Future
  • Squid-dominated future a possibility
  • Hopefully the human being and squid can coexist
    peacefully.
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