Comments on: Giant squid, what big eyes you have. All the better to spot sperm whales with, my dear. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jason R http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14637 Jason R Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:58:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14637 Neat post. Thanks. To get a sense of the size of a giant's squids eye, take a look at this picture I took of a dead one in the hand of a researcher. It's distorted from the dissection, but it's also not a full-sized specimen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cephalopodcast/330524794/ Neat post. Thanks.

To get a sense of the size of a giant’s squids eye, take a look at this picture I took of a dead one in the hand of a researcher. It’s distorted from the dissection, but it’s also not a full-sized specimen.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cephalopodcast/330524794/

]]> By: Winterwind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14636 Winterwind Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:58:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14636 It's creepy how human and melancholy the squid's eye looks in that photo. Great article. When I was a little kid I was enthralled by the idea of the sperm whale and the giant squid battling in the darkness of the deep. It’s creepy how human and melancholy the squid’s eye looks in that photo.

Great article. When I was a little kid I was enthralled by the idea of the sperm whale and the giant squid battling in the darkness of the deep.

]]> By: Brian Too http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14635 Brian Too Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:40:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14635 Which would, by implication, make ichthyosaurs and their predators, benthic creatures, yes? Is this known or merely suspected? Which would, by implication, make ichthyosaurs and their predators, benthic creatures, yes? Is this known or merely suspected?

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14634 Tom Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:02:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14634 The DOI is the same on the journal page. There's seems to be an error with it. You can go via this URL: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(06)02523-1 Thanks for the great blog Ed! The DOI is the same on the journal page. There’s seems to be an error with it.
You can go via this URL:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(06)02523-1

Thanks for the great blog Ed!

]]> By: erbarker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14633 erbarker Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:33:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14633 I agree that this is a great article and fun to read. I agree that this is a great article and fun to read.

]]> By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14632 Daniel J. Andrews Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14632 According to Nature, they use their eyes to spot the Shadows, and their tentacles to tie binary knots in the Transparent Death so as to pass along their knowledge. nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7387/full/483118a.html (not sure if people can access the article so I'd better mention this is not a research article but the one page work of sci-fi type fiction that they have on their last page. The Shadow were the sperm whales, and the Transparent Death are the fishing filament lines, and a particularly inventive squid came up with a way to pass along knowledge using "knot", "no knot" binary code). According to Nature, they use their eyes to spot the Shadows, and their tentacles to tie binary knots in the Transparent Death so as to pass along their knowledge.

nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7387/full/483118a.html

(not sure if people can access the article so I’d better mention this is not a research article but the one page work of sci-fi type fiction that they have on their last page. The Shadow were the sperm whales, and the Transparent Death are the fishing filament lines, and a particularly inventive squid came up with a way to pass along knowledge using “knot”, “no knot” binary code).

]]> By: Steve Esterly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14631 Steve Esterly Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:54:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14631 The DOI for the original paper in Current Biology is failing with a "DOI not found" error The DOI for the original paper in Current Biology is failing with a “DOI not found” error

]]> By: Elena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14630 Elena Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:51:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14630 The eyes in the picture don't look that large it would be good to see a photo with some comparable object. The eyes in the picture don’t look that large it would be good to see a photo with some comparable object.

]]> By: Photovoltage http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/15/giant-squid-what-big-eyes-you-have-all-the-better-to-spot-sperm-whales-with-my-dear/#comment-14629 Photovoltage Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:51:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6571#comment-14629 Great article - I've seen the whole squid at Te Papa - AWESOME! Great article – I’ve seen the whole squid at Te Papa – AWESOME!

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