Sun, 31 Oct 2004
I, for one, welcome our new Cephalopod masters
With the death of finned fish stocks due to
warming oceans and over-fishing comes the news that squid
are taking over the oceans. In fact, the total biomass of giant
squid now exceeds that of human beings -- not too surprising, given they've
got 70% of the planet to roam over and we've only got the dry, arid bits.
Dr George Jackson from the Institute of Antarctic and Southern
Ocean studies in Tasmania said squid thrived during environmental
disasters such as global warming.
The animal ate anything in that came their way, bred whenever
possible and kept growing.
"This trend has been suggested to be due both to the removal of
cephalopod predators such as toothed whales and tuna and an
increase of cephalopods due to removal of finfish competitors,''
said Dr Jackson.
If it wasn't a symptom of an environmental disaster so serious
that even The
Queen of England is paying attention, the opportunities for
fishy humour would be irresistible.
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