Is Global Warming causing jumbo squid to invade California?
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I remember how quick they flipflopped on the disappearing lake caper. Global warming has become to us what "nuclear fallout" was to the 50s when they made all of those cheesy sci-fi movies, my favorite of which was "Them" where fallout from nuke testing made ants grow to gigantic size and then they invaded LA's water system.
OH, BE SERIOUS! Its not even close to being an "invasion."
Read the article?! Overfishing of its predators has allowed their population to grow and them to expand the areas of where they can (somewhat) safely live.
Not very likely.
It's just a matter of time before some restaurant starts serving them up on a platter.
"Jumbo" squid, or Humboldt Squid by their proper name, migrate up and down the coast of California all the time. They are a permanent resident of the Gulf of California, and their migrations sometimes takes them into waters frequented by that most deadly of ocean predators, the California Sport Fisherman.
They usually appear in California waters in the winter time and don't always reappear year after year, but this year have stayed around into the summer months. Rare but not unheard of. They are voracious eaters and will eat everything they can catch in an area before they move on. However, the ocean being what it is, the depleted stock of bait fish and other larger fish will replenish itself once the squid are gone.
They are incredible creatures and great fun to catch. But only catch what you and your friends can eat. The biggest squid (the 7+ footers) can give up to 10 lbs. of calamari for your dining pleasure. Go fishing with heavy tackle and be prepared to get wet and maybe inked, as they are extremely pissed-off when landed. And don't stick your finger near their beaks at the center of the tentacles! You can lose a finger before you know it!
I haven't seen any
And once they have wiped out the hairless apes all that will be left to do is fight a war with the killer tomatoes for total control!
We all laugh now - there are more people than you can count on Y!A that believes tsunamis are created by global warming.
They are WAY ahead of you:
http://abcnews.go.com/technology/story?i...
http://environment.newscientist.com/arti...
http://signsofwitness.com/?p=475...
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.
Well I hope that Jaws likes to eat squid,he lives here in Ca, also.Go Jaws.
Yes, you forget that EVERYTHING is proof of AGW.
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