Giant Humbolt Squid "LOVE" Rockfish

I saw a video on the Humbolts. There is a guy, Scott Cassell, who wears chain mail and dives down at night to mix in with them. According to marine biologists, their brain size puts them at about the intellect of a Spaniel. Frankly, that's cunning enough, given their size, that I would avoid encounters. They are rapacious also--when they hook one, often enough, they never get it to the surface--its school members eat it. Its factual information about nature and teh cycle of life not sea monster tales. Nonetheless, the marine biologist who thinks they are jsut bug puppies reminds me of that naturalist who thought the same about Grizzly Bears when he lived among them--until they killed and ate him.

Read about it: http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.03-10-2005/cover/Article.cover_story

I just saw a PBS special last night. This loco guy went night diving off Santa Rosalia in Baja. That's where fishermen have been killed by Humboldt squid. He rigged this light bar to flash a line of strobes, which is how the squid show aggression. The squid came up from the depths and started to attack the light bar. Then one of them calmed down and nuzzled the light bar! It was totally calm, just checking the guy out. It hung around for a while and then disappeared into the depths. That guy was nuts, but the footage was amazing!