Jumbo squid spook divers off San Diego

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Thu, 07/16/2009 - 16:23

Shanda Magill, manager of San Diego Underwater Adventures, holds the light and buoyancy hose that was was ripped from her by a Humboldt squid last week.Thousands of jumbo flying squid — 5-foot-long sea monsters with sharp beaks and toothy tentacles — have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking divers and washing up dead on beaches.




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