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Mass Humboldt Squid Stranding in La Jolla

Posted by Scott A. On July - 13 - 2009

Coinciding with a 4.0 magnitude earthquake centered approximately 20 miles offshore on Saturday, July 11, was a mass stranding of Humboldt squid. According to news reports dozens of squid averaging 3-4 feet in length and up to 40 pounds beached themselves in La Jolla.

However, Scripps Institute is indicating the mass stranding was not caused by the earthquake, but was perhaps triggered by rapidly changing ocean temperatures, or a contaminated diet. Check out the CBS news report and some raw video footage from NBC…

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