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Giant Squid geneticss shows they nearly kicked it.
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Giant Squid geneticss shows they nearly kicked it.
http://www.nature.com/news/dna-reveals-g...th-1.12641

Apparently all giant squid are of the exact same species, suggesting they almost went extinct rather recently, since their genetic diversity is also really marginal.
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RE: Giant Squid geneticss shows they nearly kicked it.
Same with their main predators, the sperm whale. Interesting to see if their respective population bottlenecks coincide.
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RE: Giant Squid geneticss shows they nearly kicked it.
And when it coincided, if they do. And why.
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RE: Giant Squid geneticss shows they nearly kicked it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHEc-VbPAk


(The one on the python is pretty cool, too.)


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