Re: NANFA-- Hawaiian bobtail squid

Moontanman_at_aol.com
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:21:54 EST

In a message dated 2/25/04 7:47:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com writes:

> Squid are rather difficult to keep in captivity. Nothing like cuttlefish,
> they are very nervous and hard to settle down.

These "Bobtail squid" are really more like cuttlefish. They have been bred in
captivity. They are a member of a group that is somewhere in-between squid
and cuttlefish. They are tiny little things usually less than 3". they only live
to be about 3 months old. They would be good as a colony in a refugium. One
of the other odd things about them is that they glow in the dark due to a pouch
of bacteria they carry around for camouflage.

Moon
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