QUEST Season 2 Web Premiere: The Fierce Humboldt Squid
March 26th, 2008 by Chris Bauer
A mysterious sea creature up to 7 feet long, with 10 arms, a sharp beak and a ravenous appetite, has invaded ocean waters off Northern California. Packs of fierce Humboldt Squid attack nearly everything they see, from fish to scuba divers. Marine biologists are working to discover why they’ve headed north from their traditional homes off South America.
If you haven’t read it already, see my Producer’s Notes blog post for this story for the real scoop on squid.
View the web-exclusive premiere of “The Fierce Humboldt Squid,” our first Season 2 QUEST TV story. Season 2 begins on broadcast TV next Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30pm on KQED, Channel 9 in Northern California.
See additional photos of these fearsome leviathans of the deep, including close-up tentacles, beaks and an actual squid necropsy.
Chris Bauer is a Segment Producer for television on QUEST, and is the producer for this story.
Tags: cephalopods, fishing, Humboldt squid, invasive species, KQED, kqedquest, mesopelagic, monterey, pbs, predator, QUEST, Science, squid, tentacle
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Yay! The new season is here!
Too bad, unlike the old episodes it doesn’t play on my iPod…
A quick inspection shows that the video track has been changed from H264 Baseline profile level 3 to H264 Main profile level 3.
Hi - thanks for the report, I will review those settings ASAP.
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