Jun 18, 2014 at 6:54 PM -
Nancy: Hi,D!
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM -
Nancy: I show 9 people online. - who else is around?
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM -
chrono_war01: I am
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM -
DWhatley: love having two monitors
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:56 PM -
Nancy: Yes, it's hard going between audio and video
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:57 PM -
DWhatley: The size difference in the giant and colossal is another unexpected piece of info as well as the flexibility of the beak wings
Jun 18, 2014 at 6:58 PM -
Nancy: Appreciate you relaying this information
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:01 PM -
DWhatley: First squid was female, second is male
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM -
chrono_war01: Ladies first.
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM -
DWhatley: As
@Thales might say, squid jizz coming up
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:07 PM -
DWhatley: Forgot to note that Kat mentioned that the giant squid is not supposed to have photophores but a previous specimen suggested it might and they will be looking for one in these
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:08 PM -
Nancy: That's interesting. The squid does not seem to be all that large
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:09 PM -
DWhatley: Eyes: Two eye specialist (missed the names) talking about studying squid eyes and interested in how they grow since human eyes don't
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:09 PM -
Nancy: The video and the audio that accompanies it is quite good!
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:11 PM -
chrono_war01: Our very own Matt Jones is on it.
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:11 PM -
chrono_war01: Also the man on the official AUT account
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:12 PM -
DWhatley: The optometrist mentioned that eyes are energy expensive so the giant squids' eyes are unusual not only in size but size for energy costs
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:13 PM -
neurobadger: human eyes actually grow a little bit from birth to adulthood - the infant eye is 66% of the size of the adult eye
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:13 PM -
DWhatley: Oh joy, Kat is going to flip this slippery monster after much attention to laying it out so it does not slip down the drain
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:14 PM -
DWhatley: Intelligence: tiny brain for size, most is dedicated to optic processing, not the brightest light in the ceph family
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:15 PM -
neurobadger: i think the brightest light in the ceph family is the common cuttlefish
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:15 PM -
chrono_war01: @Whatley, perhaps they're good for making sure the squid gets enough food.
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:15 PM -
neurobadger: although i'd have to find a copy of The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods to get the best idea
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:15 PM -
chrono_war01: So it's a fair trade off
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:16 PM -
neurobadger: i wish i still had my stack of copies of cephalopod brain dimensions
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:16 PM -
neurobadger: also i got tired of live tweeting
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:16 PM -
chrono_war01: Cuttlefish are very underestimated. Don't have much science to back myself up but I observed a batch of them from a few days old up to a little over a month old
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM -
chrono_war01: I managed to make them learn how to not do cannabalism
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM -
chrono_war01: Then they learned how to tackle prey via teamwork
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM -
neurobadger: by encephalization quotient i think they've got the largest of the cephs, although they're not so big with the arms
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM -
DWhatley:
@neurobadger, I would vote octopus but that is based upon reading, small species of cuttles and personal enjoyment, not scientifically backed
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:17 PM -
neurobadger: octopus are after cuttlefish, i think
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:18 PM -
chrono_war01: Current official rankings are octo first, then cuttes, then squids with nautalis coming in dead last.
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:18 PM -
neurobadger: although they have in many ways very different camouflage capabilities
Jun 18, 2014 at 7:18 PM -
neurobadger: by what metric, chrono_war01?