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056 - Colossal squid birthday special
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Coming to you from an Airbnb, above a ski hire shop, next to a construction site in Ushuia, Argentina… It’s a very special episode as we continue to pester Antarctica.
Alan checks in from Barcelona for mysterious reasons. We’ll have to get the reason out of him later…
Lots is going on in the news; deep-sea fish keep turning up, including a little Melanocetus anglerfish - sometimes called a black seadevil. This has had a real impact on people. The media tried to call it a monster, but the people fell for this little fish. An orfish, the doomsday fish, also turns up, but is that really a sign of doom?
The Prof managed to have some downtime with the family in Antarctica and has some great stories to tell, he’s a chopper guy now. He’s over subs and only into helicopters now… the subs of the sky.
Kat kicking off the birthday celibrations aboard the Intrepid Travel vessel, Ocean Endeavour
There’s a new giant isopod, and it’s named after Darth Vader - Bathy-normouse! We get excited about Beryllium-10 and ponder neutrinos.
But what we are really here for today is a very special birthday. Our favorite and most elusive colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, has been described for 100 years! We are having a birthday bash for the big girl. Joined by Kat Bolstad of the Auckland University of Technology, Squid Squad.
We learn what we do know, what we don’t know, and the project Thom and Kat came up with to try to find it.
Keep up with the team on social media
Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke | Thom - @ThomLinley |
Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley
Bluesky: Thom - @deepseapod.com
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Further resources
NEWS/Articles mentioned
Anglerfish
Orafish
Interview and wider reading
Original colossal squid description
Auckland Aquarium - SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium
Mantis Sub underwater housings
Otago University and the NZ Whale and Dolphin Trust
Importance in sperm whale diet
Toothfish predation by colossal squid one and two
People mentioned
Kat Bolstad of the Auckland University of Technology, AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology and Systematics (ALCES), AKA, the Squid Squad.
Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Twitter: @ALCESonline
Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand
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Credits
Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
Logo image: Thom Linley
Happy birthday: The guests aboard the Ocean Endeavour
Anglerfish poem: Tadhg
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