beak

Heyooooo TONMO, it's been a while (kids/COVID/teaching... life) but ALCES / AUT Squid Squad are still here, and we're heading to Wellington NZ next week for Squidmas! It's our annual(ish) event where we visit NIWA and Te Papa to help them process cephalopod specimens that have accumulated in...

Hello, I hope I'm writing in the correct forum. This one seems to fit best to my question - sorry if not! I would like to ask if there are any publications on the maximum beak sizes of Architeuthis and Dosidicus? I could only find the maximum size for Mesonychoteuthis with a LRL of 48-49 mm...

Hi! During one of my science talks on cephalopods at the Dutch Natural History Museum I was asked by a young child how an octopus brushes its teeth. I thinks it's a brilliant question. Of course, I explained that all cephalopods have a beak, but then I kept wondering about the real question...

So, a few years ago a fisherman contacted me and wanted me to have this huge Humboldt beak from a very large one he had harvested on his squid boat. He also sent round toothed sucker rings.

Alexander Remeslo is the copyright owner of this famous photo of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (Colossal Squid). We've been exchanging emails and he gave me permission to share this photo and also his story - (I've only edited it for grammar per his request; he is from Russia). Click to enlarge...

Does anyone know a good way of removing all of the meat from squid and octopus beaks? Greg

Ok, I've had Ocho since around mid July. Normally I had been feeding Live Purple and/or Striped shore crabs that I would catch after a surf session. I would get around 20 which would last a few weeks. I hadn't been able to get to the beach for awhile and I was running a little low on crabs so I...

Here are some close-up, more detailed shots of the Mesonychoteuthis than you'll find in the syndicated stories. Unfortunately I can only post three at a time... These are overviews of the whole animal, and the beak.