"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Chasing the red devil in the Sea of Cortez

I talked today to my zoology students about cephalopods, and shared with them this video of William Gilly and his work with Humboldt, or "jumbo", squid.



And then found this. Gilly is currently in the Gulf of California (as the Sea is more commonly known) on board the research vessel New Horizon on an NSF-funded project studying the big squid. Since this site takes its name from a quote in Steinbeck's Log from the Sea of Cortez, it seems appropriate to follow the expedition. 
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