PRESSURISED: 056 - Colossal squid

Our short and to-the-point PRESSURISED version of episode 56. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!

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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, its a birthday special. Our favourite 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, about the colossal squid.

Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!

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Reference list

Original colossal squid description
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...

Pure Ocean Fund
https://www.pure-ocean.org/en/

Intrepid Travel
https://www.intrepidtravel.com/en

Auckland Aquarium - SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium
https://www.visitsealife.com/auckland/

Us testing the camera in the aquarium
   • Project ESCA testing at Sea Life Kelly Tar...  

Mantis Sub underwater housings
https://www.mantis-sub.com/

Otago University and the NZ Whale and Dolphin Trust
https://www.otago.ac.nz/
whaledolphintrust.org.nz

Importance in sperm whale diet
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/...

Colossal and giant squid eyes
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/...

Toothfish predation by colossal squid one and two
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Whales vs squid arms race
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/...

Ceph Ref and GoFundMe
https://cephref.org/
https://gofund.me/5e00ac9a


Glossery
Umwelt - the sensory world an animal lives in.
Intraspecific - between the same species
Interspecific - between different species

Credits
Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
Logo image: Thom Linley
Happy birthday: The guests aboard the Ocean Endeavour