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[*] posted on 7-7-2008 at 05:39 PM
Handle with care


Squid are very well equipped to do serious damage to the careless handler. The suction cups arrayed on all ten arms are ringed with fine teeth, and that powerful black beak, in even this foot-long specimen, could snip a pinkie right off.


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[*] posted on 7-7-2008 at 06:21 PM


Quite a beak!

And here's a close up of one of the many hundreds of suckers from a five-foot-long specimen.

Guardian Angel Island.

Squid Sucker.jpg - 34kB




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