Re: Kraeken on NPR science Friday

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

McK did invoke vampire squids in his interview.  He also suggested it 
could be a giant squid, which in contrast with what the octopus 
researchers say in your link below.  But hey, why let data get in the way?

Dan


On 10/14/2011 2:27 PM, Mike Keesey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Dan Chure<danchure@easilink.com>  wrote:
> > Does anyone know 1) how deep the water is when these ichthyosaurs came to
> > rest on the ocean floor, and 2) the acuity of the octopus visual system,
> > i.e. was the water depth deep enough it was unlikely the octopus could see
> > well enough to even see to arrange the bones?  It is equally likely that
> > Triassic benthic bower birds arranged the bones.
> Like bower birds, octopuses didn't exist in the Triassic (although
> they get a little closer, originating in the Jurassic). There were
> stem-octopods, but to use the EPB for those we'd have to look at
> vampire squids as well.
>
> If you're interested in what cephalopod experts have to say, here's an
> interview with two:
> http://microecos.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/because-we-know-we-cant-be-found/