Researcher Sheds Light On 'Man-eating' Squid; Finds Them Timid, Non-threatening
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 09:40
in Biology & Nature
Recent news reports about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of a University of Rhode Island biologist. As a leading expert on the species who has dived with them several times, he calls the reports "alarmist" and says the squid's man-eating reputation is seriously overblown.