ROV video offers clues on how rare squid catches prey
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 05:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Video captured by a camera aboard a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) off the coast of southern California is offering scientists clues to help explain how the rare squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi, manages to catch prey without benefit of suckers or hooks. The research team behind the project (with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) has published a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B describing their findings and offering a perspective on how the squid might use its unique appendage to capture prey.