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Old 02-11-2005, 03:30 AM
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Wow, 4-3 for the eel, but it hasnt won yet.


I saw a thing recently where they were checking the claims that humboldts are super aggressive. it turns out, they are when they are being fished for. On a day to day basis, they are acytually very intelligent and calm, but when people start hooking tham and yanking them out of the water, they go psycho.


They dont actually glow (although quite a few species do), they change from white to red very quickly, which in low light may as well be glowing.

Oddly enough, Giant squid DO have bioluminescence (the same thing that makes fireflies glow)

I did a paper on it in high school.
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