She be live!

There's still explanatory text required on the website; persevere with us for a wee while.

http://www.thesciencesite.info/

Click on the squid, or better still, the little text underneath that says 'continue', and you'll find the good-old TONMO logo there for all to see ...

Haha, I love it! :D A very impressive camera, too, with the tilt and zoom. Can't wait until the little guys hatch!

-Brandon

very cool steve!

I also see some huge potential for the odd wee joke moment ;)

Awww heck. Of course, I need to get new software to run the program...aaaarrrggg...
It must be great! Congrats Dr SOS !!!

I'll need the new software myself, but the stills look marvelous! 8)

Best of luck with this :)

--Carl
http://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/per126.gif

WOW...what kinda computer is that?! a live web-cam with controls, and usable by everyone who wants to...oh, and did I mention LIVE?! Sheesh, yer comp must be about to have a meltdown...talk about HIGH server load...

You should put a paypal donation icon on the squidcam website, Dr. O'Shea; I think this is sure to spark interest in your endeavor, and you could capitalize on it to help reduce costs.

-Brandon

You can actually see the embryos in the lower clumps of eggs - two faint/black eyespots and a ghostly shape of the little fellas inside!

Charging people? Hmmmmm. It would certainly help with operational costs, but I'd rather have a heart attack trying to raise monies elsewhere than deny people access to something like this.

When they hatch (a couple of days), and start to grow (~ 20 days into it) you'll be able to track the little cherubs quite easily. It'll be cool.

soo cool cant wait till they hatch!!??

Drew :)

Charging people? Hmmmmm. It would certainly help with operational costs, but I'd rather have a heart attack trying to raise monies elsewhere than deny people access to something like this.

I meant as an optional donation. I think people would be interested in helping make tank-grown giant squid a reality, and it would be rewarding to see the baby squid thriving after having helped pay for operational costs. Hell, you're guarenteed at least a few donors from Tonmo fanatics like myself.


When they hatch (a couple of days)...

The vigil begins. :shock:

-Brandon

Charging people? Hmmmmm. It would certainly help with operational costs, but I'd rather have a heart attack trying to raise monies elsewhere than deny people access to something like this.


I don't think he meant that you would actually charge people, just put out a hat in case they want to tip you for the great entertainment.

Umm, yeah, like he said.....

Hmmmmmm, an 'adopt a squid' type programme?

I'll do some thinking.

Those embryos in the lower egg mass are getting extremely close to hatching!!! You can see myriad little black eyes staring at you ... do a CU

8) This is way cool.

The TONMO.com plug looks great, Steve, thanks!!

BTW, if you want a chance to see these things hatching, you'd be best to check it out ~ 0700hrs NZST; be looking at the lower egg capsules.

BTW, if you want a chance to see these things hatching, you'd be best to check it out ~ 0700hrs NZST; be looking at the lower egg capsules.

Hmm... not sure how the conversion goes, with daylight savings time and all, but I think that's about noon here in California. Will be watching =)

For those who might be witnessing the joyous event of squid hatching. Please do get a few screen capture (Print scrn on the keyboard, open sofware such as photoshop or even Paint iirc and crtl+v to paste the screen capture) :proud:

TPOTH
--unlikely to be awake that early

Tottaly cool Dr. O!!! Can't wait till da squid hatch!

:whalevsa: ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They're hatching! :squid: :baby: :squid:

Haven't seen one actually emerge from an egg yet, but you can see a few of the little guys swimming around now!

edit:
The first baby squid picture from this batch:
http://www.lifetrance.com/babysquid.jpg
The squid (white blur) is swimming to the left. Yes, horrible quality, but I'm having to fight with other spectators to control the camera; makes it hard to get a good shot.

edit2:
Well, I don't see a tank full of squid. Did I jump the gun and call some other tiny beast a squid?

-Brandon

The webcam is going to be down most of tomorrow afternoon, while I install a sump and the chiller unit. You'll probably hear me swearing from where you are (in fact it would be a hoot if I left the cam on and you saw me in operation, swearing).

I dislike sumps ... as in balancing flow rates, and I've got to keep the flow real low, as there's squid in a second tank in there right now (they've been separated as they'd die in the present flow regime), so there are going to be valves on each and every line (hope I don't burn out power heads). Cross fingers we don't have a flood!

WOW now thats cool!!! 8)

this is great... thanks Steve!!

I love the controls!!! fantastic!!!

You should be able to see squid tomorrow; they're doing fine. Have been running around like a mad man today and didn't get a chance to sort out the tank.

Have been running around like a mad man today
I can vouch for that...although Master O did look exactly the same as every day 8)

TPOTH

Well, we've had a full-on day and had to empty the tank and install new fittings, sump, banjo filters, chiller unit, air pumps ... and .... shudder .... against my better judgement for recently hatched squid ... a protein skimmer, all in the sump, and now use the powerhead to pump water from the sump to the main tank (this recirculating system makes me rather nervous; read a number of the 'sump' threads on 'Tank setup and maintenance'; Col, Nancy, you two do a marvelous job!!)). Unfortunately you cannot see any of this 'behind the scenes' stuff, and to me it's the most interesting part.

I've still separated the larvae from the main tank, even though it is now suitable for them, but will add them tomorrow, once water quality/clarity improves, and maybe even remove the clump of eggs (and keep this separate; you need two totally different tank/water flow environments for the two; they cannot be kept together in such a small system). So, if you tune in tomorrow you should see live squid - there should be ~ 100 in there (but remember, the paralarvae are small - it will still be ~ 20 days away before you can track them or observe them properly); they'll probably be hanging around the surface.

Touch wood all goes to plan.
Us

I have some pictures of todays work if I'm allowed to post them :P

Hmmmmm; ok - go away & post (coz I've not seen the prep disarray pics myself); tank is nice & cleaned up now; any hour I'll get the squid in there.

Incidently, why am I now a General Post Office? What does GPO stand for?

Steve,
what photoperiod are the eggs getting? When i check in it must be your night but the eggs are always lit...

Matt, you're not a General Post Office! You're a Giant Pacific Octopus.

The software is set up to give you a designation depending on the number of posts you've contributed. (Except that moderators and supporters don't have any such designation.)

Nancy

There be a ton of squid in there now

Wow, the place has come alive 8)

How big are these little guys right now?

--Carl
:squid:

:)

They're only ~ 4-5mm in total length, so that's a pretty amazing camera to pick them up. In ~ 2 weeks you'll easily be able to see them (they'll be twice that size).

They tend to hang around to the upper right, next to the banjo screen.

I've had to introduce a light/dark cycle in the tank; you'll have noticed earlier that the egg mass was constantly illuminated (Colin sure did ... I thought I could get away with it until I admitted the squid, without anyone noticing). Now I've put a fluoro tube quite some distance from the tank, but it's really cut the illumination level down, and certainly makes for difficult viewing during the austral night (although I can still see them, but I know what to look for). What I'll do tomorrow is TRY (I'm not sure if I'll stick with it) a small fluoro directly above the tank; it will make for easier viewing, but might not be the best thing for the squid (and I'm afraid squid come first).

Here they are at day 2; flooded the tank with mysid shrimp this morning - should keep them going for a couple of days.

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3405

and a CU (they're still extremely small; we'll get better pics as this goes on).

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3406

Day 5 or 6 - I forget - too many things on ...

Hungry little things!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3436

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3437

OK, I've changed the night light system to benefit the US/northern hemisphere folk. I've bounced a 500w lamp off the ceiling so that diffuse light hits the tank. The lighting actually appears better than it does during the day, although considerably dimmer than the daylight/fluorescent lighting.

I'm not too sure how this will work as far as the squid are concerned, so if someone in the UK or US can take a pic during their morn and post online so that I can see how the squid are behaving I'd sure appreciate it.

I might change this lighting yet again, just to lower it, or throw in a 250w lamp instead.

The squid seem to have dropped a little in the water column, and the mysid shrimp risen, which is a good thing! Places predator and prey alongside each other.
Ta
Me

Hi Steve

The ligting looks fine, though of course, the needs of the little guys come first here. :)

Here's a shot of the SquidCam at 7:10 AM CST here in Tennessee.
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/SquidCam_041012_0710_CST_90.jpg

Here's another shot looking towards the surface at 7:12 AM CST.
http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/files/SquidCam_041012_0712_CST_90.jpg

Hope that helps,
--Carl
http://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/div34.gif

pictures look really good, hope everything goes well with the experiment - any outstanding findings so far?

Rather bizarre behavior today; the squid are very low in the water column, many even below the egg mass.

The small mysid shrimp are dispersed throughout the water column, but the larger, gravid-female mysids are on the bottom of the tank. I'm just wondering, 6-or-so days into this, whether they're already targetting the larger, lower food source. I must replenish it tomorrow, and do a substantial water change; you'll probably notice a reduction in water clarity (sorry in advance).

Cheers
O

:wink:

That's a pic by the computer, not through SQUIDCAM, but it will not be long ...

~ 25,000 views in just over a week!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3443

That's a nice picture.

Hmmmmmm; not quite sure how to take that Matt.

Personally I don't quite think it captured the bags under my eyes, the wrinkles, the lost weight, and the gray hair or two in the burns.

Hmmmmmm; not quite sure how to take that Matt.

Personally I don't quite think it captured the bags under my eyes, the wrinkles, the lost weight, and the gray hair or two in the burns.

Well you have less grey hair than me!

Well, my wife and I were just checking out the SquidCam when a suspiciously human looking hand appeared and waved :shock:

Either there's someone there, or these little guys were spawned near a nuclear test site and are starting to mutate :?

--Carl :cyclops: and Barbara :cyclops:

Twas Lady TTF; we were just showing them to a film crew ....

:mrgreen: Couldn't resist. Usually it's :oshea: .

Well it was nice meeting you Lady TTF http://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/div17.gif

When you did that, I cracked up laughing. :roflmao:

It was my wife's first visit's to the SquidCam and she wanted to know how to extend the range on the camera's controls to look around the rest of the room :mrgreen:

A couple of questions here:
How big will the broad squid be when you have to release them, and what is their final adult size? :?:

--Carl - saying pleasedtameetcha to Lady TTF
http://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/per31.gifhttp://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/per19.gifhttp://protask.nl.eu.org/~dennis/emoticons/per124.gif

I'm removing the egg mass today, placing it in a separate container, and placing the protein skimmer in the sump. The tank will look rather empty, but in a few weeks the squid should be more obvious (they're moving everywhere - some hovering near the bottom, some at the top).

Wow thats so cool....... :shock:

Sorry for being quiet of late; there are a few things happening that have kept me offline.

Tomorrow I'll probably move from a mysid to an estuarine fish for prey. I've long-since forgotten how old these things are - they've actually proven the least difficult to maintain of any (thankfully), and have almost been neglected - but you will start seeing some rather sudden differences in behavior and size over the next week or so. They've certainly grown in recent weeks!

Kat (aka Lady TTF) and I went for a rather pleasant dive last weekend and did collect another bunch of eggs (and Kat even saw her first live octopus in the wild :) , after I'd promised her she would for many years), and I should be fishing tomorrow night, again, so you should see some interesting things happen over the next few weeks. In the interim I'm afraid I'll continue to be rather quiet though. It will all be worth it in the end.

Well, it took ~ 0.0002 of a second for the squid to attack the fish (Gambusia affinis), so obviously they were ready for considerably larger prey (the fish easily 1-1.5 times the length of the squid).

At last count 3 of the 4 squid were dining away; the 4th, the smallest, might need mysid shrimp for another week.

You should start seeing a massive jump in their growth rate now, and they'll be considerably easier to see (not always hiding up the very top [where the tank curvature distorts the image] - they'll move through the water column). Another 30-or-so days and I'll put them on juvenile yellow-eyed mullet (Aldrichetta). I also bumped the temperature up another 1°C, so it is currently running at 20°C (I started some weeks ago at 16°C and have periodically increased it a degree at a time).

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen! Didn't realize it was possible to control the camera! Awesome!!!

Carol

This is a most frustrating lot of squid!!! Last-years lot devoured the 'guppies' (Gambusia), but this batch just attack and then drop. They have to be near-starved to eat them!

I've seen 3 Gambusia get whacked today, but they're doing so rather reluctantly. This eve I'll go out and collect further mysids - although they really are too small a prey item for these squid now.

Perhaps I'll try and collect some small shrimp this weekend, to see whether this particularly fussy lot prefer them.

I'm scratching my head over this; what works one year doesn't the next.

Crazy things!! Have just spent the evening on a mudfalt (as one does) and collected a ton of mysids. The squid went absolutely ballistic.

Don't know why but this lot prefer small prey for an extended period of time (or perhaps the Gambusia taste horrid).

Lady TTF and Master Nik went for a wee dive last night and collected a squillion batches of eggs and a Yucktopus.

I'll place a few 1-day old squid (just hatched) in the tank today (probably later this evening) just so that you can compare the size of hatchlings to the present squid; I think you'll be surprised!!

Looking good!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3674

Whewwwwwwwwww. I'm glad you posted that Tony!! Have had 'one of those days' today; the short while I could watch them I never once saw them express an interest in the fish. Now I know that they are eating 'when I am not watching'!

I've just added ~ 6 x 1-day-old squid to the tank, and a ton of mysids. I'm not too sure how the new squid will do as the larger squid show a disconcerting level of interest in them (I've seen a couple of the babies being attacked, but immediately dropped). Size-wise the 1-day-old squid are about the size of the larger squids eyeball (they are tiny).

Behind the scenes there are many hundreds of other squid; we're about to release many into sea cages ... as soon as I build them, anchored to the seafloor, with subsurface buoys. There's no way we can feed the number that we have, so we're going to trial out something different - different mesh sizes to allow different-sized prey into the cages, but prevent the squid from escaping - and then to compare lab with field-maintained squid. We'll certainly post images of this.

Just FYI, the squid in there are now ~ 6 weeks old (had to do the arithmetic one of these days).

Glad I could help! I need to post that SquidCam link somewhere more prominently on the homepage, let me look into that.

Ta T.

I was pleasantly surprised this morning for a number of reasons. First, the 6 baby squid are still alive and well; it seems that the larger squid didn't eat them afterall (they are very high in the water column - you can't see them yet). Second, the squid completely cleaned out the tank of all mysids that I'd put in there yesterday (many hundreds). Third, despite having 'hammered' my mysid-collecting spot yesterday, I was back there again this morning and managed to collect twice as many; bizarre! (The greatest majority of mysids are being stocked to feed the cohorts of younger squid (all doing very well).)

The larger ones are definitely growing now!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3678

Big gamble today; increased the temp in the main tank by 2°C, so it's currently running at 22°C (I don't think I'll increase it that much more). Also, trialling a new food in there right now; there are abundant mysid shrimp (still), the majority at the bottom of the tank, but hiding away at the very surface are ~ 10 very scared juvenile yellow-eyed mullet. Have seen one get nailed already (by one of the smaller squid).

A few pics of the other tank follow....

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3696

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3694

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3695

WOW COOL! I have a couple of questions...
1: Arent squid sposed to be canibals? Why arent they like all gone? I mean in a small enclosr like that I thought if there were that many they would go into like a frenzy...
2: I had the squidcam all to myself a little while ago and I got a pretty good look! It was really cool. But why were the squid schooling together?
3: Can the squid see the camera, because I could have sworn they were running from it. And one was just hovering there looking directly at it!
Thx!

3: Can the squid see the camera, because I could have sworn they were running from it. And one was just hovering there looking directly at it!
Thx!

It is so funny that you should say this Octomush, because I have sworn that they were doing the very same thing to me on many an occasion.

The tank is in its own room, under lock and key, and nobody goes in (other than me). So, the squid are disturbed in no way whatsoever!!!

The transparent acryllic tank has black card around 3/4 of its diameter, leaving the window there for the camera to peer through. The camera is sitting on a bucket quite low down. When you pan the thing up, down, left, right ... it does move, but it is such a small thing and the movement is quite subtle. Mind you, it is one of the only things in their environment that does move that is not under their control, so they probably are aware of it.

Cannibalism ... well, they actually did eat the baby squid I put in there (2 days into it), but the larger squid show no aggression towards each other. Squid naturally shoal/school, so their behaviour is quite normal.

That is brilliant Steve!!!

How am I meant to get work done now?!?!?!? :)

One of the other things we noticed recently was that squid are very sensitive to magnetic field. I placed several weak magnets around a smaller tank with other baby squid in it and the squid IMMEDIATELY became quite disoriented and began spinning.

I've long thought many of these larger squid migrate to and from various locals for breeding. Looks like they're quite capable of navigation by magnetic field.

I tried this experiment because I noticed squid in one long and narrow (round-ended tank) always swam back and forth across the short axis (rather than long), facing one way in the morn and the other in the eve, instead of swimming the length of the tank. It turns out that the tank was oriented North/South, and perhaps East/West would have been a better orientation (for the squid); being several thousand litres and fixed to the floor (a show tank at Kelly Tarlton's .... couldn't really move it) I simply removed the squid from the tank and placed them elsewhere.

Be rather careful what you have around a tank that will release any serious magnetic field.

Interesting observation (I'm sure that Phil could have a field day with this!!). Of all the egg masses that we had, regardless of current flow in the tank, the one that faired the best was one that has a camouflaged crab cohabiting the mass (a species of Notomithrax - family Majiidae).

It just dawned on me that this crab's movement through the egg mass prevented the build up of bacterial scum - it probably cleaned the egg mass. Next time we do this I'll ensure there's at least one crab per bunch of eggs (as an alternative to cutting and ligating individual strands, then suspending them on some gauze).

i think this is simply awesome.
i also think that lifetrance's suggestion
to allow paypal optional donations is a good one.

JMO... a.f. (the new Larval Mass)

Mr. O'Shea: cool images. :)

Tonmo: you forgot to say i'm the one in the middle (below) :D

Still looking good!

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3729

One of the other things we noticed recently was that squid are very sensitive to magnetic field. I placed several weak magnets around a smaller tank with other baby squid in it and the squid IMMEDIATELY became quite disoriented and began spinning.

Hi steve,

Thats also worth noting for people keeping cephalopods in the home environment. Make sure that your tanks are not too close to the TV, PC, Stereo speakers or other appliances that may give off a magnetic field.

Very interesting about the Notomithrax crab. Do you think there is any more to this crab being there amongst the eggs than just hiding in there?

Cheers
Colin

Do you think there is any more to this crab being there amongst the eggs than just hiding in there?

I'd like to say so, but I really should do a little more field work to look at the frequency of crab/egg-mass habitation. It's one of those things that could easily make its way into a doco/become pupularised, but with a little research might prove to be on the rare side, fortuitous for us and not planned by either crab or squid.

When we collect the eggs we always bring a bit of weed back with us; the crab could have been on the weed and moved to the eggs, or could have been in the eggs all along. There is nothing else in the tank for the crab to hold on to, so by default he went to the eggs.

Still, I think it's a great idea for the future - to use a biological cleaner - as long as it doesn't feast on the eggs (there wasn't any sign of this).
Cheers
O

3: Can the squid see the camera, because I could have sworn they were running from it. And one was just hovering there looking directly at it!
Thx!

It is so funny that you should say this Octomush, because I have sworn that they were doing the very same thing to me on many an occasion.

That's also worth noting for people keeping cephalopods in the home environment. Make sure that your tanks are not too close to the TV, PC, Stereo speakers or other appliances that may give off a magnetic field.

Hmmmmmmm. I wonder if there's something in this Colin?

Most bizarre; was really getting worried as the squid wouldn't take any of the fish I was feeding them. The alternative today, a last-ditch, was to feed them baby flounder (the things that can turn around and eat the very squid).

Two of them pounced and consumed ... and there are a couple of other rogue flounder swimming around in the tank. Touch wood nothing horrible happens!

Finally they're taking Gambusia!!! This has been an uphill battle.

Each actually has a fish in its arms

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3834

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3833

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3832

They're really ripping into the fish now; no problems with feed any longer. Must take some pics from above the tank - there are some sensational colour displays going on (that you cannot see with the webcam), and will also try and get the camera moved (and reprogramed) so that you can see the squid 99.9% of the time (instead of getting frustrated, as I do, when they're out of frame up top).

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3852

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3853

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3854

.... and just a few more (must also get those scratches off the tank)

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3855

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3856

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3857

you guyz are great to share with rookies like me.

Sorry, the system is down for a day (as in the squid have been relocated to another tank). Builders in the area dumped a ton of cement dust into the tank sump (my fault, it wasn't covered ... but I wasn't warned of construction in the room) - lost 2 squid as a consequence, and I'm not too happy..

It should be up and running again tomorrow sometime.
O

... a few teething problems (as in getting the camera settings correct, and moving it to a more appropriate position, rather than at the bottom of the tank; and sorting out the lighting), but it's back online and should NOT go off again (unless builders dump concrete dust in the sump again ... and I hope that's not going to happen anytime soon)! Sorry for what happened there.

I placed a couple of smaller squid in with the two remaining larger ones, but they lasted about 2 seconds before getting chomped to pieces. I'll not try that again in any great hurry (some of the more recently hatched squid are about the size of these fellas eyeball).

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=3912

Ooops - turns out that nobody outside of AUT could actually view the squidcam .... all fixed now. 1000's of apologies!

Awesome! I love watching those little fellas! I would like towatch them being fed... I have never seen them eating before. Live I mean.

I just checked back on the cam after sometime and its amazing to see how much the squid have grown, they were barely visible when they first hatched and now they're.............more visible :heee: There seems to be only a couple of squid left, did i miss out on something?

Long story Joel - someone did some construction in the tank room - concrete dust settled in the tank ... 24hrs is all it took.

We'll be moving the camera again shortly, to give you a better view - it's impossible right now. I've a ton more squid but whenever I add them to the tank these larger squid just devour them ... and I don't want to lose any more than I have to (I'd rather let them go in sea cages)

Why do those squid have to look exactly like each other, and move so dang fast?! :bonk: Oh well, time to start over: you are Zack, Bill, Susan, Ja- DANGITTY! Oh well, at least I got 3! It's a new record! :heee:

LOL

Update please!

It was driving me mental, not being able to see the squid, so despite the honking great big sign posted (by IT) on the outside of the tank

"DO NOT MOVE THE WEBCAM"

I moved it!

Now you can see them!

I'll probably get my wrists slapped, but I don't see anyone else in here on Xmas day ... so :heee:

Wait, why was there construction going on in the tank room? And why wasn't any sort of protection put over the squid tank?

Oh, and good job on moving the camera. Your disobedience is commendable.

Oh, and good job on moving the camera. Your disobedience is commendable. :wink:

Hey, O'Shea,

Believe it or not, I AM fourteen years old. I am an eighth-grade student at Lakeview Middle School in Warsaw, Indiana

:shock:

Well, you write like a :grad: , so I expect some truly amazing compositions and research from you in the future!

It's still not 100% right, but is better than it was. When IT are back early next year I'll get the camera mounted way-up high so that we're not looking at a distorted picture through the tank wall curvature.

They're eating quite a few of these fish a day now (it was a bit of a struggle getting them to eat them). Now that they are their growth rate will explode.

http://www.tonmo.com/phpBB/download.php?id=4023

Steve: my tank is sorted; please remit (again) email. tia. ~a.f.

Very good visit with the squidlets this morning! I was so excited to be able to see how big they have gotten and I could swear they check out the camera! How many are left now?

Happy new year to the squid!! They've certainly grown, having devoured some 30+ fish since last week. I've just flooded the tank with more fish this morning ... and I couldn't believe the difference in size of the animals (it's hard to get an idea of scale when looking through the camera).

Here are a couple of the latest images .... (both with a fish in their arms)

... and I watched this squid catch this fish right before my eyes! Buzzz (even though I've seen it a thousand times before)

They're eating me out of house and home!

A few more

... couldn't help myself

Did you just take these??? I am visiting right now!!!!