Teuthida

Indeed, squid themselves are fearsome ocean predators.

But their most extraordinary adaptations are those that have evolved to help them thwart their predators.

Squid, which can be found mainly in estuarine, deep sea, and open-water habitats, often swim together in shoals.

Being out in the open without anywhere to hide makes them vulnerable, so as a first line of defense, they rely on large, well-developed eyes.

In the colossal squid, these are the size of dinner plates, the largest known eyes in the animal kingdom.

This way, a squid can sense an oncoming predator in even the dimmest waters.

Aware of the threat, a squid can then mask itself from a predator.

Squid skin contains thousands of tiny organs called chromatophores, each made of black, brown, red, or yellow pigments, and ringed in muscle.

So we've got...

Squid season opens on the 1st of November, and that must be what, Sunday?

Sunday.

Everyone's going to be keen to catch some southern calamari, so just make sure the weather's good and get out there and get your squid jigs going because it should be good out there.

I like the fact that, yeah, that's what we're turning our mind to is sort of getting ready for preparation for the next one because no doubt there will be.

Rodie, let's get into the fishing report, mate.

Rodie and Diz have been out on the water to bring you the news about where they're biting.

Now it's time for the fishing report.

Well, this is a great news story at the top about people sending in the fact that they've been seeing squid.

Yeah, Dizzy, a couple of different listeners have hit us up.

Yeah.

Squid was nasty, boy.

Squids are really

scary.

I

Like, if she looked like a freaking...

Squid or whatever.

I mean, I don't know

if

Crustaceans dropped 62 percent.

Squid, similar creatures, they fell nearly 60 percent.

And among those crustaceans, krill saw an even steeper decline of nearly 73 percent.

And there's another concern.

So then Rite Aid pre-trans Ellen Page takes the rifle and says, let me do it, and shoots it.

And with her magical feminine powers, the bullet causes an iceberg bigger than the one that sank the Titanic to splinter into a million pieces.

Now, you'd think, by the way, that, well, isn't that where the babies are, like where the eggs are on the iceberg or something? And so didn't you just kill all the babies? Wouldn't that make Squiddy really angry since her babies are in there? But I guess Squiddy understands that they're trying to help her.

So next, Josh Hartnett takes a fishing net and somehow wraps it around the remaining piece of iceberg, which is still probably like 90,000 tons, and then drags it into deeper water with a small fishing boat.

And that's enough to save the day.

That would just, like, be a nice day out for it.

Squid theme park.

[laughs]

Yeah.

I think that would be a ride for it.

Squid Alton Towers.

I, I really-- we're really not endorsing this.

[laughs]