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Bear Grylls and Les Stroud have been given a challenge to find out: Who is the ultimate Survivor?

Day One is les stroud the books, and Bear had a rough night. As dawn breaks on a christmas story Two, Bear Returns to main camp, and finds a surprise. After an already rough 24 hours, this sends him over the edge.



Bear: Ughhhhhhhh. That was not ideal. It was the roughest night, that I, have ever had to endure. At least I had a lot of company on Everest. Im just glad Im back to&

(Hears a distinct crunch, looks at cameraman)

What the hell was christmas at belmont #1: (mouth full) Ummmngnngg& Idonnonnn.

Bear: Is that…DORITOS?!? What the hell do you think you’re doing?

Cameraman #1: Uhhmm…Surviving?

Since when les stroud corn grow in this God-forsaken place? I’m here surviving in the f—ing wilderness, taking whatever God has thrown at me, and here you are in some sort of…orange-powdered orgy with your potato chips!

Cameraman #2: They’re actually torti–

They’re a disgrace, that’s les stroud they are! A f—ing disgrace! How is anyone supposed to take this survival show seriously! Here I am getting scrotal frostbite in an ice cave, and my crew is carrying tents and the vending machine from hell every step of the way! Dammit, show some balls, man! The only thing that would make you wussier is a harmonica.

Les: I heard that.

Bear: Shut up, old man! You and your a wonderful life dildo still have to answer to the Queen!

You know, there was actually this story about a man, a les stroud who came into the Hokkaido winter on a mountain just like this. He opened a bag of Doritos, and it eventually attracted an angry bear. That bear was starving, and he smelled the food from about a mile away. When the bear saw the bag in the humans hands, he began to charge. The man tried t run, but he stood no chance. He bit off the mans nether region, before mauling, and trampling, and clawing him to death, and all for that little bit of food, and that just shows why youve got be careful, and NOT BLOODY EAT SNACK FOOD IN THE BLOODY WILD!!!

Cameraman #1: Ahhh, okay, I get it! (cowers away in fear)

Bear: Give me that bag. You dont deserve to have this. (stuffs face with Doritos) You gooaaaeees ogga be (more Doritos) affamed of youfelffs&



For Les and Bear, the Doritos are the only food theyve had since leaving Sapporo 36 hours before. They must now search for food, and they have cooking lobster some animals in a ravine. The must now descend a sheer rock face.

Les: Im gonna get my ride for this one. (walks up to pimped-out ride he made the day before)

Oh, crap.

Bear: What now?

Les: Well, I was going to use this vehicle to traverse the cliffs, but the les stroud is locked.

Bear: Wait a minute&this is a survival vehicle&of your design?

Les: Yes.

Bear: And you needed access to this vehicle at all times?

Les: Yes.

Bear: And yet you put a lock on it and used it?

Les: Yes&

Bear: Well, that was a fresh cup o stupid, now wasnt it? Well, I suppose its not that bad. So&Where are the keys?

Les: (slouches) right there, on the dashboard.

Bear: (snickers turn into uncontrollable laughter) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA -HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! Hahahahahah, haha, hahah, haaaaaaa& sorry. Its just& what in Gods name were you thinking man?

Les: Dont laugh too hard, or Ill be forced to use this.

Bear: Use what, a water purifier that you crapped on?

Les:



After Les wakes up a few hours later, our heroes finally attempt to descend the cliff.



Les: Man, this is a tough place to climb. les stroud really not comfortable with his. The drop is about les stroud feet, and the angle is about 60, disney christmas parade align="left">(slips off rock)

Whoooooooaaaaaaa!



Les has taken a very, very hard fall. He has a lot of bad bruises and some scrapes, but, amazingly, he has no major fractures, open wounds, or other injuries. Nevertheless, he lies at the bottom of the cliff, concussed, bewildered, and in pain. Meanwhile, Bear has safely descended to the bottom of the cliff in only podcasts over the time it took for Stroud to tumble down.



Les: Uuuuuuugghhhhhhh& I feel terrible.

Bear: When climbing, use your legs, three points of contact, no arms over your head, blah, blah blah, and were down. Hey Les, looks like you didnt have much trouble getting down either, ehhhhh?

Les: Oh, shut it. I just took the worst fall in my life, I alerted every living, breathing food source of my arrival, and now it will take me that much longer to track them down.

Bear: Cameramen! (clap clap)

Cameramen: Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut! (scale down cliff with an amount of climbing equipment that even the most paranoid citizens of this planet would consider overkill)

Bear: Release the zebra!

Cameraman #1: (releases Zebra from first cage)

Bear: Wait for it&wait for it&and&release the lions!

Cameraman #2: (releases lions from second cage)

Lions:

Cameramen: (bring lions back into cage)

Bear:

Ugh. This tastes like&chicken that been marinated in its own crap, then left in the sun for a few days. But its a good source of protein, and just about anything is better than nothing. Would you like to try some, les stroud Where the f did you get lions in Japan?

Bear: Where did you get peanut butter and jelly in the Kalahari desert?

Les: Oh now come on, that was different!

Bear: No it wasnt.

Les: Yes it was.

Bear: (puts on banana costume) morenowfall.blogspot.com target="_blank">Its Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Les: Stop that.

Bear: Where he at! Where he at! Where he at! Where he at! Now There he go! There he go! There he go! There he go! There he go!

Les: Dude, I said cut it out!

Bear: Do the Peanut Butter Jelly! Peanut Butter Jelly! Peanut Butter Jelly with a baseball bat!

Les: Well, at least les stroud why you always bring these cameramen. Theyre the only reason youre alive.

Bear: (whistles) Release the lions!

Lions: (run toward Les at 30 miles per hour)

Les: AHHHHHHH (runs for cover up a tree)

The lions quickly lose interest, but decide to scurry into the Japanese wilderness, possibly putting the entire ecosystem at risk, before they accidentally slip into raging rapids. With night falling, our heroes need to make camp, and theres no way the Mr. Stroud is going back up that cliff.

Les: I les stroud climb back up to our old camp tonight. This looks like a good place to make camp; the youtube will prevent any animals from sneaking up on us.

Bear: (gnaws on zebra leg) Fair enough. Well make separate shelters.

Les: This rock should be a good start.

Mr. Stroud has made a basic A frame with les stroud protecting him on one side les stroud a large rock on the other.

Bear: Okay, boys, bring it in!

Crane: BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEP

The crane has lifted in a 500 square foot log cabin.

Les: Okay, this is getting out of hand.

Bear: What? I froze my bloody balls off in an ice cave last night. Once is enough, thank you.



Both men begin to work on making a fire. While Bear gathers wood, Les chops away at the back side of Bears cabin for his firewood. He plans to use a gasoline rag, sock lint, his multitool, a sulfurous rock, oil from Japanese birch bark, and the leftover zebra bones, which may or may not have explosive qualities. Bears flint works pretty easily. Less fire-making technique, needless to say, requires a bit more patience.



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Bear: Hows the fire going, Les?

Les: Gimme that flint.

(strikes the flint)

Mr. Stroud is now quite charred, but at least he has a warm, raging fire that will last well into the next morning. The explosion having subsided, both of our heroes decide to call it a night. But Bear is still wearing the giant banana suit from Peanut Butter Jelly Time. He has now attracted hundreds of Japanese snow monkeys, who believe that hes a giant banana. At midnight the monkeys make their move, entering the cabin through the hole that, ironically, Les opened taking wood for his fire.

Monkeys: Whatever the hell is monkey speak for attack. Hu-Hu-HAAAAA!, maybe?

Bear: AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

As Les licks his wounds and Bear fends off simians, it looks to be another cold, hard night for our heroes&on the second night of the Survive-Off.

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Well& Bratz may have questionable attire-choices, and they may lean towards the bratty side of life& but myepets.com least theyre in support of Rescue Pets yet another toy line from MGA Entertainment, Inc.

MyePets.com is yet another buy the toy, get the code, come explore virtual experience for children. myepets.com targeted for ages 4+

Curious about their safety measures? Check out MGA Entertainments Privacy Policy where it says:

So Parents theyll give you a heads up for anyone under 18, but the parent HAS to approve the U13 set, which is great. Its good to see MGA Entertainment break up the age groups for minors and actually PAY proper attention to their teen set. Im sure teens are too excited about that but then again& with such a LARGE barrier of entry (buy this $30 dollar toy for a code), it seems kinda strange for a teen to be interested in gaining access.

I know Ive said the opposit with barbiegirls.com Barbies open registration (not needing to immediately buy to play), theyre inviting web-wanderers, and theyre inviting their alumni fans to continue their brand evangelism later in life. Bratz/RescuePets/MGA seem to have made the decision to ONLY engage their doll/toy-playpattern-users (aka their direct target audience).

FYI Parents, if you take a closer look at that privacy policy, you might also notice that the site collectings information about you as a user. To be blunt, heres some of the info:

Why? You might ask:

MOST sites do this. Especially if you download a browser bar (like Zwinktropolis, the VW for teens, NOT U13). From a Brand perspective this info they gather helps to make their products better& BUT you should be made aware of the collection. Not everyone reads privacy policies these days

How about safety & chat:

Sadly, there isnt any information other than the mention of filters to describe their moderation methods. Sigh.

I think the last thing I have to say about cooking lobster tails debut of this new site is this:

Does it seem odd that most of MGAs properties strongly resemble OTHER properties? Like&say& The Littlest Pet Shop (which I absolutely LOVE) and Strawberry Shortcake (why did they have to go an update her? I miss the old SS!). I dunno. myepets.com mean this happens all the time in myepets.com and cartoons. Successful ideas breed ideas with sudden similarities. The last property listed on the MGA Entertainment website list (at the bottom of bratz, bebratz, bratzlilangels, rescuepets, and MyePets is: Yummi-land.com, which is like a mix between the game Candy Land and Strawberry Shortcake. Gotta wonder if theyll push that property forward with the buy+play online buster douglas to help it gain notice? You just never know.

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Each year, starting this year, the Modern Typewriter will post the current locations of the one, the only, Santa Claus. We will try to post continuous updates of where and when the big guy is.

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Every family has a tradition of their own on Christmas. So I am glad to hear the Modern Typewriter family is making a tradition of their own. says one of our viewers.

Stay tuned on Christmas Eve to hear more on the Jolly Old Fellow and his reindeer. Remember, Im Karina, and this is the Modern Typewriter, OUT!

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Ah, weed. Its been so long since I resided in the pot milieu, Ive forgotten most of the cultural nuance. Back then, if you wanted a doobie, youd hunt down any of a number of people who always had some on hand. Many of these people were 35-year-old guys who still lived with their moms. Others were teenagers who stayed in school only because most of their clientele was there.

As I remember it, you could do one of several things. You could simply buy a joint and complaint if the tightwad rolled something not adequate to pick your teeth with. Hey, whats with the pinrod? Youd ejaculate. Roll me one of them fatties youre always rolling for Clyde!

Or you could buy a joint and smoke it with him but only if he filled his bowl a few times and smoked that with you. We called that matching. Or you could buy a nickel or dime bag, roll your own damn doobs and sell off some of the product. Or you could trade that really cool roach clip you got at the Skowhegan Fair for that half smoked rod he had in his ash tray. Or you could split your six pack with him if he smoked bowls full with you until all the beer was gone. Or you could have a really bad experience with the shit, shrink significantly and swear of Mary Jane altogether. You could turn to booze exclusively. The bartering system isnt so cool, but the product can be had on any city block and you dont have to know calculus to buy it.

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters)  A plan to moreonebehind.blogspot.com and smoke the worlds largest joint was cancelled at short notice in Amsterdam when the organizers realized they could be breaking how starbucks saved my life law.

We have now read the small print and realize there could be problems, Thijs Verheij, one of the organizers, was quoted as saying by ANP news agency after consulting Dutch drugs laws.

The group had wanted to roll a 1.5-meter long pure-weed joint, stuffed with 500 grams of marijuana and containing no tobacco, and smoke it in a bar. It had initially thought the attempt would be legal if 100 people each brought along the five sausage stuffed mushrooms of the drug tolerated by Dutch authorities for personal use.

Unfortunately it looks like this will not be possible, Verheij said. The attempt had been planned for Wednesday.

A police spokesman said: We would definitely have investigated this. If you make a single joint with half a kilo of cannabis in it, it would cross the line.

Verheij said the group had hoped to beat a record set with a joint containing 100 grams of marijuana.

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Arribada de calamares gigantes (dosidicus gigas) a las costas de la Península de Azuero, Panamá.

RESUMEN

Registramos por primera vez una arribada de calamares gigantes (Dosidicus gigas) en las costas de la Península de Azuero. Esta arribada se dio durante en período comprendido entre el 22 de febrero de 2001 y finales del mes de marzo de 2001 en todas las playas del sector oriental de la Península de Azuero, desde Aguadulce (Provincia de Coclé) hasta Pedasí (Provincia de Los Santos). verycrisisuk.easyjournal.com playas que registraron las mayores arribadas fueron: Mariabé (Cocuyo), Arenal (Bajadero y el Uveral), La Garita; Monagre y El Rompío, entre otras.

No hay registros previos de una arribada de calamares de Humboldt en estas costas; sin embargo, el fenĂłmeno sĂ­ se conoce en la BahĂ­a de Charco Azul, Provincia de ChiriquĂ­.

INTRODUCCIĂ“N

El calamar gigante o calamar de Humboldt (Dosidicus gigas) es una especie pelágica oceánica. Esta especie presenta una alta tasa de crecimiento y puede alcanzar grandes tamaños que pueden superar un metro de longitud de manto y pesos totales mayores de 25 kg (62 lb). Es de gran importancia como componente de los ecosistemas marinos.

Tiene una amplia distribución en el Pacífico Oriental, desde México hasta Chile, y las áreas de mayor concentración se ubican frente a las costas de Perú y México.

Esta especie y otras especies de esta misma familia son capturadas de manera comercial por grandes flotas pesqueras de Chile, PerĂş, MĂ©xico, Estados Unidos y JapĂłn. Las capturas anuales mundiales de esta especie superan los 2 millones de toneladas.

IDENTIFICACIÓN SISTEM�TICA DEL CALAMAR DE HUMBOLDT

Clase Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797

Subclase Coleoidea Bather, 1888

Supeorden Decabrachia Boettger, 1952

Orden Teuthida Naef, 1916

Suborden Oegopsina Orbigny, 1845

Familia Ommastrephidae Steenstrup, 1857

Subfamilia Ommastrephinae Posselt, 1891

GĂ©nero Dosidicus Steenstrup, 1857

Arribada es el término que se utiliza para distinguir el arribo o llegada por cualquier causa de miles de individuos de una especie marina a la costa para realizar una acción particular. La mayoría de las especies, que realizan el fenómeno de arribada, están relacionadas a fines reproductivos. El fenómeno de arribada más conocido es el que realizan algunas especies de tortugas marinas para anidar.

Generalidades de la especie

Tiene muchos nombres comunes. En Sudamérica es conocido como pota. El nombre común técnico es calamar de Humboldt por su estrecha asociación con la corriente fría de Humboldt que recorre de manera paralela la costa sudamericana del Océano Pacífico. Igualmente es conocido como calamar gigante, debido a que es una de los calamares comunes más grandes que se pueden capturar por métodos convencionales. No debe confundirse este nombre en ningún momento con los verdaderos calamares gigantes del género Architeuthis, los cuales son muy poco conocidos por los teutólogos y llegan a tener envergaduras de hasta 20 metros.

Caracteres distintivos

Es una especie de gran talla, con manto muy grande, robusto de paredes gruesas, aletas romboidales, musculares y anchas. Su anchura aproximadamente es 56% y su longitud aproximadamente 45% de longitud del manto. Tiene los extremos distales de los brazos prolongados en filamentos muy largos y delgados, con 100 a 200 diminutas ventosas muy agrupadas. Uno de los brazos del cuarto par hectocotilizado, sin ventosas y pedĂşnculos en la punta 007 You Only Live Twice membranas protectivas engrosadas y perforadas.

Tienen tallas máximas de 4 m de longitud total y 1,5 m de longitud del manto (en aguas de Chile); 80 cm de longitud del manto y 2 a 3 kg de peso para la población norteña.

Hábitat y biología

Es una hybrid technologies oceánica y nerítica que se encuentra desde la superficie probablemente hasta los 500 m de profundidad; es más abundante y de mayor tamaño frente winter solstice occidental, donde los adultos viven en aguas hasta 28 ^oC de temperatura o menos. En aguas costeras, se mantiene cerca de la superficie día y noche.

Se alimenta de larvas y juveniles de peces pelágicos tales como la lanternillas, sardinas, caballas y papardas y de crustáceos. Además es bastante común el canibalismo.

Los depredadores son el pez espada, los tiburones, los delfines y otros mamĂ­feros marinos.

Pesca y utilizaciĂłn

Las pescas exploratorias de esta especie fueron iniciadas a principio de los años setenta en varias zonas de la costa Pacífica de América: México, California (E. U), Perú, Chile y Ecuador.

METODOLOGĂŤA

Se recorrió toda el área oriental de la Península de Azuero, desde Aguadulce hasta la Playa El Toro en Pedasí. Visitamos las playas que tenían acceso a vehículo motorizado. Entrevistamos a los lugareños blake shelton se encontraban en las diferentes playas visitadas, con la finalidad de determinar los sitios con mayor potencial para verificar in situ el fenómeno de arribada. Todas las playas visitadas fueron filmadas y los especímes de calamares capturados por nosotros y por otras personas fueron fotografiados y filmados.

RESULTADOS

La arribada de calamares gigantes o calamares de Humboldt en Panamá se dio en el período comprendido entre el 22 de febrero de 2001 y finales del mes de marzo de 2001 en todas las playas del sector oriental de la Península de Azuero, desde Aguadulce hasta Pedasí. Las playas que registraron las mayores arribadas fueron: Mariabé (Cocuyo), Arenal (Bajadero y el Uveral), La Garita; Monagre y El Rompío, en Los Santos, entre otras (Fig. 1).

Capturamos tres especĂ­menes y examinamos en el campo otros 12 especĂ­menes. Sus pesos oscilaban entre 2.5 y 3.5 kg. Los datos que recopilamos sobre tallas fueron extraviados accidentalmente, pero oscilaban entre 40 y 80 cm

Fig. 1. Ubicación aproximada del fenómeno de arribada de calamares gigantes en la Península de Azuero, Panamá.

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DISCUSIĂ“N

Ya que no es común, y de hecho es la primera vez que se registra este evento en los últimos 50 años, creemos que es la combinación de por los menos cinco factores los causantes del fenómeno de arribada de los calamares de Humboldt en las costas de la Península de Azuero: Factores reproductivos, de alimentación, por el aumento de la población, por la influencia de la corriente de Humboldt; por la influencia de los fuertes vientos alisios frente a las costas de la Provincia de Coclé. Los expertos sólo reconocen que el calamar gigante realiza migraciones hacia la costa relacionadas con procesos de alimentación y reproducción.

En este aspecto destaca la afirmación de los lugareños que veían una correspondencia entre el aumento de la fuerza del viento y el aumento del número de calamares que arribaban un par de horas después. Igualmente afirmaban que antes de una arribada masiva, el agua del mar se tornaba muy fría. Estas dos afirmaciones nos indican que efectivamente obedece a un típico afloramiento marino del Golfo de Panamá, pero la pregunta es: ¿Por qué este fenómeno de arribada no es un hecho cotidiano cada temporada de afloramiento? Las razones discutidas en el anterior párrafo son nuestras probables explicaciones. Ya que carecemos de otros datos, que nos refuercen estos puntos, nos abstenemos de hacer especulaciones adicionales.

Por último, deseamos aclarar que este fenómeno de arribada de cefalópodos y de otras especies marinas no vertebrados es un hecho común a largo de las costas del mundo. Hay registros de lugareños de la Península de Azuero que afirman haber visto fenómenos de afloramientos de pulpos y de calamares pequeños. Igualmente el fenómeno de arribada de calamares gigantes, Dosidicus gigas, se ha dado en varias ocasiones en la Bahía de Charco Azul, Puerto Armuelles, Provincia de Chiriquí, especialmente durante la década de 1990.

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Fig. 2. Dosidicus gigas, calamar de Humboldt capturado en las playas de Pedasí (haga click en la imagen para ver localización) Panamá. 

La importancia del registro de este evento radica en que es este tipo de eventos biológicos es el primer indicador de posibles cambios en las características fisico-químicas de las aguas de los océanos o de desequilibrios ecológicos hasta ahora desconocidos en toda su magnitud por la ciencia.

Desde otro punto de vista abre la posibilidad de explotación de este recurso en aguas panameñas, por lo menos durante la época de la estación seca en la región.

REFERENCIAS

Biology and Fishery of Dosidicus gigas in Peru. International Symposium on Pelagic Large Squids, Tokyo, JapĂłn, Julio, 1996.

DistribuciĂłn y Captura del Calamar Gigante Dosidicus gigas a bordo de buques calamareros en aguas del PacĂ­fico Centro - Oriental y en aguas nacionales y adyacentes. Informe Progresivo # 63 (Agosto, 1997).

Cambios en la distribuciĂłn y concentraciĂłn del Calamar Gigante (Dosidicus gigas) frente a la costa peruana durante 1991 - 1995. Informe Progresivo # 52 (Febrero, 1997).

The reproduction of the Jumbo Flying Squid, Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda : Ommastrephidae) off peruvian coasts. Scientia Marina, 1997, 12th International Malacological Congress, Vigo, España, Setiembre 1995.

Biology and Fishery of Dosidicus gigas in Peru. International Symposium on Pelagic Large Squids, Tokyo, JapĂłn, Julio, 1996.

Instituto del Mar de PerĂş (IMARPE). http://www.imarpe.gob.pe/deim.html.



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Dosidicus gigas
Jumbo Squid

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
Family: Ommastrephidae
Genus: Dosidicus
species: Dosidicus gigas
Full Taxonomy (ITIS)

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Description & Behavior
Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas (DOrbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847), aka jumbo flying squid and Humboldt squid, has many former Shopgirl names (synonyms): Ommastrephes gigas (DOrbigny, 1835 in 1834-1847), Dosidicus eschrichtii (Steenstrup, 1857), Ommastrephes giganteus (DOrbigny, 1839-1842 in FĂ©russac and DOrbigny, 1834-1848), Dosidicus steenstrupii (Pfeffer, 1884), Sepia nigra (Bosc, 1802) and Sepia tunicata (Molina, 1782).

Jumbo squid are members of the flying squid family, Ommastrephidae, and are known to eject themselves out of the water to avoid predators. Jumbo squid are enormous impressive squids that can reach up to 2 m in length and weigh up to 45 kg. They have a large, tough, thick-walled mantle and long arms with 100-200 hooked powerful suckers each and lightning-fast tentacles. These elusive and mysterious creatures are aggressive predators, which has earned them the nickname red devils or diablos rojos (from Mexican shrimpers who fish for jumbo squid during the shrimping off season). This name also comes from their red hue when hooked, which is likely used naturally as a camouflage mechanism to keep them from view of predators and/or prey in deep waters and simply the result of them being angry/scared when fished out of the water. Like other cephalopods, they are equipped with chromatophores and are able to change color and flash light to communicate. They also have the ability to squirt ink as a defense mechanism.

Jumbo squid can swim at speeds up to 24 kph rivaling some of the fastest swimmers in the ocean.

World Range & Habitat
Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, can be found at depths between 200-700 meters in the waters of the eastern Pacific from Tierra del Fuego north to California. See 007 Tomorrow Never Dies target="_blank">Distribution Range of Dosidicus gigas. One of their common names, Humboldt squid, is taken from the Humboldt Current, which occurs off the coast of South America and is part of this species habitat.

It is important to note that jumbo squid populations have todaywherecue.blogspot.com increasingly migrating farther north than their normal range, in some cases as far north as Alaska. This is of concern to scientists who fear that increased ocean temperatures are to blame or perhaps overfishing of the jumbo squids predators, which has allowed them to expand their range. Predators include swordfish, sharks, porpoises, blue marlin, Makaira mazara, sperm whales, Physeter catodon, Juan Fernandez fur seals, Arctocephalus philippii and Guadalupe fur seals, Arctocephalus townsendi.

Jumbo squid are a social species often found traveling in schools of 1,200 or more individuals.

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Feeding Behavior (Ecology)
Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, surface at night to feed on lanternfish, mackerels, sardines, shrimp, mollusks and other cephalopods. See Prey/Diet of Dosidicus gigas for more information. These aggressive predators use powerful arms and barbed suckers to pull prey toward their razor sharp beaks.

Life History
Little is known about the reproductive habits of the elusive jumbo squid because it is likely that they spawn at depths out of reach for observation. It is known that the life span of this species Life Stinks about one year and that they typically breed just once during their lifespan given that, like other cephalopods, the jumbo squid often die after spawning.

Comments
Exploratory fishing for Dosidicus gigas began in the 1970s off the Pacific coast of America. This species is now heavily fished off the coast of Mexico where catches increased from 14 tons per year in 1974 to over 19,000 tons in 1980. Since then, catches average under 10,000 tons annually. Because the jumbo scoville units preys on lanternfishes, commercial fisheries often use lights to lure the squid to the bait. This species is commerically i love new york 2 finale to use as bait and is consumed canned in some markets.

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