Squid vs. scuba: Invasion of jumbo squid off San Diego coast spooks and intrigues divers

SAN DIEGO — Jumbo flying squid — aggressive 5-foot-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles — have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches.

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  • josie_osborne loves how great You Tube is working to get the Humboldt Squid strandings out in the media! http://bit.ly/4mkGoZ
  • WilliamsMystic Day 3 of California: Whale watch (sea lion eating a Humboldt squid), Point Lobos (breathless views), and... http://bit.ly/22pBHi
  • josie_osborne is hoping that the float plane pilot who saw a Humboldt squid feeding frenzy on the Central Coast will be able to send some video or photos!
  • Weirdside Cracks propagate through glass at over 3000 mph. A human can only run 26. Humboldt squid's mandibles can crush steel. Do the math.
  • josie_osborne Reading heavily about Humboldt squid and their ability to suppress their metabolism at great depths and thus survive hypoxic (low O2) water.

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  • herbguy Haven't tasted yet. This coming week's menu RT @langdoncook: @Herbguy Taste of giant Humboldt squid compare to small Pacific squid
  • dellatlas WA state lets fishermen sell salmon-eating squid - The News Tribune - Tacoma - Northwest: Large Humboldt squid h.. http://bit.ly/q9lOS
  • herbguy Humboldt Squid on menu this week! RT .@langdoncook: Latest horror flick @ the Northwest drive-in: Salmon-Eating Squid! http://bit.ly/5HUCL
  • asspress WA state lets fishermen sell salmon-eating squid
  • dennisfa Reel Time Northwest | Giant Humboldt squid flooding into Strait of Juan de Fuca at Sekiu | Seattle Times Newspaper - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009833464_giant_humboldt_squid_flooding.html
  • herbguy @Podchef This Giant Humboldt Squid was caught somewhere between Seiku and the middle of the Sound. So you may be in luck!
  • fwccliff Those damn Humboldt Squid keep moving up the coast. Worries me what they will do to the Salmon runs http://twurl.nl/rkg4q7
  • herbguy GIANT SQUID INVADE PUGET SOUND: on the menu 10# Humboldt Giant Squid> http://pic.gd/337fd0
  • rosemontfarm @theoceanharvest thanks, I've had some disappointments before in Astoria! I will check the eyes ;) & humboldt squid it is! thx
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