Ecology & Zoology
- Return Of The Weirdest Octopus
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On October 8th, Octopus Day, I wrote about the incredibly strange Seven-arm Octopus, Haliphron atlanticus. I invoked its tremendous size, irregular arms, habitat flexibility, and peculiarly small body as proof positive of its weirdness. But I didn't p ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 17 2011 - 6:55pm
- A Brief Arthropod Diversion
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Here at Squid A Day, we are all about the cephalopods. Specifically, the decapod cephalopods, the ones with ten appendages (eight arms and two tentacles). That's my tenuous excuse for veering off in an entirely different phylogenetic direction this ev ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 18 2011 - 12:23am
- Squid Fight Recession
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Times are tough all over. But did you know that the Atlantic longfin squid is doing its part to help the economy? In an article by Kirk Moore of Asbury Park Press about the decline of river herring in New Jersey, I learned that river herring spend months f ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 19 2011 - 2:18pm
- Going Ad-Free
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I have a love/hate relationship with advertising. Ads are specifically designed to manipulate people, and I hate being manipulated. On the other hand, I love using free services that are supported by ads. Science 2.0, as you may have noticed, runs ads, an ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 20 2011 - 10:22pm
- Squid Embroiled In International Politics (East Asian Edition)
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A lot of the ships fishing for squid off the Americas come from China, Korea, and Japan. If they're willing to cross the Pacific to feed their squid habit, you can bet they're not overlooking the resources in their own backyard. Squid fishing is ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 21 2011 - 7:46pm
- What's Going On With Pakistani Squid?
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South Korea isn't the only place fishermen are worried about losing their squid. According to a recent article in Pakistan's The News, ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 24 2011 - 2:11pm
- Squid By The Tide Of Humber
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Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Shouldst rubies find. I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood... ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 26 2011 - 6:25pm
- Cat Cruelty Supernatural Now Australians Rediscover Traditional Chinese Solution
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The cat is possibly the cruelest hunter, and like with so many bad things, humans are to blame for turning something naturally not so good (Natural Born Killers) much worse. Some deluded apologists, most of them female and overweight, hold that even with ...
Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 27 2018 - 2:05pm
- The Short Legs Of The Neanderthal
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Neanderthals had shorter legs than their Homo sapiens contemporaries, leading many to believe that the locomotion of the former was less efficient (basically, they have to take more steps to traverse a certain distance). But a new study, performed by rese ...
Article - Gunnar De Winter - Oct 27 2011 - 9:03am
- Really, Don't Trust Seafood Labels
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I've been hearing about issues with seafood labeling (and mislabeling) for years. As it turns out, if you don't have a PCR machine in your kitchen, there's no way to know if the red snapper you picked up at the store is actually tilapia. It& ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 28 2011 - 4:47pm
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