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Developer promises and the 'rental guarantee'
ThaigerFriday, October 5, 2018
According to a recent report from CBRE, more than 80% of Phuket condo sales offered rental guarantees in reported sales in the first six months of 2018. The report says that most of these condo sales were for properties less than 5.5 million baht.
The CBRE report also noted that there were 458 condos and 56 villas sold in the same period.
The Thaiger, who keeps in contact with many of the island's property developers, spoke to three developers of unconnected current projects which reported 180+ sales – that's just three developments. Speaking to a leading, reputable real estate seller in the region, they reported just over 70 signed deals during the same period. They also said that sales in the luxury villa market were, by their estimates, well in excess of the figures quoted in the CBRE report.
Seeking information from CBRE, clarifying the numbers quoted in their report, we received replies about the trends they've identified in the local Phuket market. James Pitchon is the Executive Director – Head of Research, Consulting, Global Workplace Solutions, Thailand for CBRE.
"The resort condominium market is now driven by buyers of affordable, investment-oriented products that offer rental management programs and/or guaranteed returns rather than buyers looking for a just a holiday home. Sales of entry-level products accounted for over 80% of the total sales, with limited sales in the high-end segment. However, there were a few exceptions such as the Residences at Sheraton Phuket Grand Bay where the developer was able to sell higher priced product "
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James also backed up the recent CBRE report, and the trends, indicating a slowdown in the top end of the market.
"The luxury villa market continued to move at a slow pace with most sales at the lower end of the market but one unit was sold in Andara Signature Villa, a hotel managed property, for more than 200 million baht."
The reality is that there is no centralised reporting system in place to prepare accurate property sales information in Phuket. James didn't divulge how CBRE gathered their statistics.
The 'elephant in the room' mentioned in the report has been highlighted by an article on thailandproperty.com where the issue of rental guarantees is raising eyebrows in the island's real estate community.
The rental return guarantee schemes are where developers 'guarantee' a return of, say, 10% of the purchase price for 5 or ten years, or even more. The guarantees are often made as monthly payments.
Some of the more 'optimistic', published, rental guarantees currently on offer include a 10% return for 10 years.
"Turnkey investment – Receive your rent every month".
Another one…"Rental guarantee 10% for 10 years on Freehold, or 15 years on Leasehold"
This offer is very opaque… "Our up to 20-year selective rental agreement generates a fixed annual income of up to 10%, with the option of 5-year buy back program for the investor."
How can these developers make such offers?
Robert Teulings, the Sales Manager at New Nordic Phuket, says there are several factors that play a role in making New Nordic enable to meet their promises.
"One of the factors being the very active holiday village at Pratamnak Hill in Pattaya which we are still fully operating almost 10 years after development started. We always keep 30% of the area in every building for ourselves for retail and F&B purposes. The team also takes care of condominiums on behalf of owners, some of whom live thousands of kilometers away from the given New Nordic destination. In addition, the F&B department not only caters for New Nordic Group's own residents and visitors but also for outside clients.
"With these core business ideas and values in mind, we have successfully never missed a payment to any of our clients and are certain we will continue keeping our promises and developing beautiful holiday villages across the globe."
We have made contact with two other companies making these offers to find out how such generous guarantees can be made and what 'fine print' there is in the contracts. At this stage only New Nordic Phuket responded to our request for information. (Here's their Phuket website HERE.)
Desmond Richard Lewis Hughes, from Hughes Krupica Lawyers in Patong, says that 'guarantees' should be properly contracted and be open to scrutiny in the due diligence process.
"Anything called a guarantee should be capable of being presented to a bank in and used as security. If a so-called guarantee isn't capable of that, then really it is at best a promise supported by intention and that intention may be good, bad or indifferent."
Desmond advises all people being offered a rental guarantee to check the background of the company making the offer.
"If a company with small paid up capital, directors who are not overly concerned about commercial risk and a short history of operations offers a 'guarantee', then the guarantee will have little substance compared to say – the guarantee of a public company."
But despite The Thaiger's skepticism, the companies selling condos on these conditions are, mostly, keeping up with their 'guarantee' with few reports of defaults at this stage.
One agent, who has asked not to be named, but who had sold quite a few properties with these guarantees, said that he's been pleasantly surprised by the follow-through with key developers honouring contracts and paying out the monthly fee – usually minus costs.
"Each company has their own way of guaranteeing the monthly payments. In some cases a portion of the rental guarantee is built into the sales price. In other cases the developer works hard to rent out the properties and receives a rental return to fund the guarantees. There are many variations as to how it can work. But, so far, most of the schemes are working as promised."
Phuket's market, along with its tourism, has evolved and matured quickly over the past decade.
"The Phuket residential resort property market has changed significantly since the global financial crisis of 2008/9. Sales volumes are lower, the type of buyer has changed as has the type of product." said James Pitchon from CBRE.
"There is still demand for luxury hotels in Phuket, despite becoming a mass market destination, as we have seen from the opening of the Rosewood Phuket last year and the recently announced Mandarin Oriental at Laem Singh Beach due to be to be completed in 2022. However the increase in tourist arrivals has not led to a big increase in demand for residential resort properties."
James Pitchon, Executive Director – Head of Research, Consulting,Global Workplace Solutions, Thailand for CBRE
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Q: How to get mysqli update to remove substring x amount of times? Ok, in my database I have two columns, mastered and collecting. Both of them should hold just a string. In collecting I have newdeck01, newdeck02, newdeck03... etc all the way up to newdeck15.
What I want to happen is that all the "newdeck"'s be removed from collecting and "newdeck-(date here)" added to mastered. The mastered part is working perfectly, but when I run the code, even though it TELLS me:
newdeck01, was removed from collecting
newdeck02, was removed from collecting
newdeck03, was removed from collecting
etc...
ONLY newdeck15 is removed. I don't understand why it would echo each one, but not actually run the query each time. Any direction would be greatly appreciated!!
$select=mysqli_query($connect, "SELECT * FROM `members` WHERE name='$_SESSION[USR_LOGIN]'");
while($row2=mysqli_fetch_assoc($select)) {
    $collecting=$row2['collecting'];
    $mast=$row2['mastered'];
    $id=$row2['id'];

    $newmastered=$master."-".$date.", ";
    $mastered=$mast.$master.$newmastered;

    for($i=1; $i<=$count; $i++) {
        if($i<10) {
            $in="0".$i;
        }
        else {
            $in=$i;
        }
        $remove=$master.$in.", ";
        $newcollect=str_replace($remove,"",$collecting);
        $update = "UPDATE `members` SET collecting='$newcollect' WHERE id='$id'";
        if (mysqli_query($connect, $update)) {
            echo $remove."was removed from collecting
";
        }
    }
    $update1 = "UPDATE `members` SET mastered='$mastered' WHERE id='$id'";
    if (mysqli_query($connect, $update1)) {
        echo $newmastered." was added to the database.
";
    }
}

A: The problem is that each time through the for() loop, you're doing the str_replace() on the original value of $collecting. So even though you're removing one of the newdeckXX items from it, you're putting that one back the next time. You need to set $collecting to $newcollect each time, to remove all of them.
Or better yet, make all the changes to $collecting in the loop, and then do a single UPDATE.
for($i=1; $i<=$count; $i++) {
    $remove = sprintf('%s%02d, ', $master, $i);
    $collecting = str_replace($remove, '', $collecting);
}
$update = "UPDATE `members` SET collecting='$collecting' WHERE id='$id'";
if (mysqli_query($connect, $update)) {
    echo $remove."was removed from collecting
";
}

Note that if (mysqli_query(...)) only tells you if the query got an error, not whether it actually updated anything. If you want to know if anything was updated, use mysqli_affected_rows($connect) to get the number of rows that were updated.


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Dealer Harry Eveleigh, aged 22, hid almost 100 grams of the former legal high in a soap powder box and in his dirty laundry, but prison officers found the drugs in a routine cell search.
The prisoner, only a few weeks into a long stretch for a knife attack, smuggled the Spice when he was transferred from Exeter Prison.
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Opening very soon in local theaters nationwide this May 24, majority of the proceeds from the box-office receipts of "Ang Araw sa Likod Mo" will be donated to Help Educate and Rear Orphans (HERO) Foundation, Inc. The foundation aims to uplift the families of soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines who were killed or incapacitated in the line of duty by providing educational assistance to their children to obtain a college degree or vocational course. In return, this will help them to have a wider range of opportunities in their future and our society.
By taking care of their children, HERO Foundation salutes the Filipino soldiers for their sacrifices.
Director Dominic Nuesa is also an avid supporter of HERO Foundation, Inc. His support to HERO Foundation started when he directed a corporate video for the organization. From this project, he met the scholars of HERO Foundation and was inspired to tell their stories into film. He was inspired by their stories and was compelled to help raise awareness. It then became his mission to tell fellow countrymen that the HERO Foundation needs the nation's help, and that their fathers or mothers, both soldier and civilian, need to be honored.
"Ang Araw sa Likod Mo" is a testament to heroism and sacrifice, and challenges us to be more knowledgeable and understanding when trying to make sense of violence and national security. Fighting for a cause, or making a stand, one eventually must sacrifice something and ultimately asks if it was worth it.


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Q: Getting the contents of the toolbar search box using the Mozilla Firefox Add-on SDK I am developing a Firefox addon and I was wondering how to get the contents of the search box in the toolbar using the Mozila Addon SDK?  I finally found the chrome URL where it resides (at least I think: chrome://browser/content/search/...), but I'm still a little unsure as to how to reference this to get the contents of the search box into my addon.  I tried: document.getAnonymousElementByAttribute(this, "anonid", "searchbar-textbox"); but this gives a "document is not defined" error, probably because Firefox has no idea what 'searchbar-textbox' is and this is outside the scope of the addon (in a different 'document').  I'm relatively new to addon development, so there's probably a fairly straight forward way to do this, it is just that this solution is unknown to me.  Thanks.

A: Your "main" module (and other lib/ modules) do not have any document attached. You need to first use some low-level API such as the window/utils .getMostRecentBrowserWindow() function to obtain the DOMWindow for the active browser window. After that it's just getting the #searchbar element and checking the .value property (exposed through XBL).
Complete example:
const {getMostRecentBrowserWindow} = require("window/utils");

require("sdk/widget").Widget({
  id: "log-search-field",
  label: "Log Search Field",
  contentURL: "http://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico",
  onClick: function() {
    let win = getMostRecentBrowserWindow();
    console.error("Search text: " + win.document.getElementById("searchbar").value);
  }
});


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TAG Heuer Men's WAR211A.BA0782 Carrera Automatic Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch
TAG Heuer traces its roots to the small Swiss village of St-Imier where, in 1860, a watchmaker named Edouard Heuer opened his first shop. His vision was to create remarkable timepieces that pushed the envelope of innovation and precision. The company's reputation grew, and Heuer's first patent for a chronograph mechanism in 1882 was followed by a long list of achievements: the first stopwatch accurate to 1/100 of a second, the first dashboard stopwatch for race cars, the first miniature electronic timekeeping device accurate to 1/1000th of a second, and the first automatic movement with a microrotor, to name just a few.
Over the years, Heuer's reputation for gold-standard precision earned the company the privilege of providing official timing services for a number of world-class competitive sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the FIS Ski World Cup, and the FIA Formula 1 World Championships. To this day, TAG Heuer maintains a close association with the world of competitive sports and enjoys a devoted following among sports celebrities and enthusiasts. In 1985, Heuer joined the TAG (Techniques D'Avant-Garde) group, and the TAG Heuer name and logo were created. Now one of the most recognized and sought-after watch brands in the world, TAG Heuer continues its reputation of innovative design and technological excellence, creating prestigious timepieces that are always at the cutting edge of precision, reliability and style.
Polished stainless steel watch featuring black dial with stick markers and date window
39-mm stainless steel case with anti-reflective sapphire dial window
Swiss-automatic movement with analog display
Stainless steel bracelet with fold-over clasp with double push-button safety
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Q: Timer (HH:MM:SS) with javascript for online task I want to implement a simple Timer (HH:MM:SS) for calculating the time spend by user doing online task, the timer should start when the page is loaded and stop when the user press the button to submit a result of his task.
HH: hours
MM: minutes
SS: seconds

A: Code for maintaining time :-
$(document).ready(function() {
  updateClock();
  setInterval('updateClock()', 250 );
});

function updateClock ( )
{
  //Set Current Time Variables
  var currentTime = new Date ( );
  var currentHours = currentTime.getHours();
  var currentMinutes = currentTime.getMinutes();
  var currentSeconds = currentTime.getSeconds();
  var currentMiliSeconds = currentTime.getMilliseconds();
  var rounded = currentSeconds + (currentMiliSeconds / maxmilisecs);

  //Get Color Percentages based off time.
  //Percentage of 255 for Color
  //Percentage of 100 for Position
  rednum = (Math.round(255 * ((currentHours) / maxnumhours)));
  rednum100 = (Math.round(100 * ((currentHours) / maxnumhours)));
  greennum = (Math.round(255 * ((currentMinutes) / maxnummins)));
  greennum100 = (Math.round(100 * ((currentMinutes) / maxnummins)));
  bluenum = (Math.round(255 * ((rounded) / maxnumsecs)));
  bluenum100 = (Math.round(100 * ((rounded) / maxnumsecs)));

  //convert to HEX
  redhex = hexifyWithZeroLead(rednum);
  greenhex = hexifyWithZeroLead(greennum);
  bluehex = hexifyWithZeroLead(bluenum);

  //Create the Hex Strings
  var hex = "#" + redhex + greenhex + bluehex;      //Total HEX Value
  var fullredhex = "#"+redhex+"0000";               //RED Only Hex
  var fullgreenhex = "#00"+greenhex+"00";           //GREEN Only Hex
  var fullbluehex = "#0000"+bluehex;                //BLUE Only Hex

  //Text to indvidual color sliders
  jQuery("#red_display").html(redhex);
  jQuery("#green_display").html(greenhex);
  jQuery("#blue_display").html(bluehex);

  //Position and animate color sliders
  leftpos = (rednum100 * 0.01 * 575) + 25;
  jQuery('#red_display').animate({left: leftpos}, 200);
  jQuery('#red_display').css('background-color',fullredhex);

  leftpos = (greennum100 * 0.01 * 575) + 25;
  jQuery('#green_display').animate({left: leftpos}, 200);
  jQuery('#green_display').css('background-color',fullgreenhex);

  leftpos = (bluenum100 * 0.01 * 575) + 25;
  jQuery('#blue_display').animate({left: leftpos}, 200);
  jQuery('#blue_display').css('background-color',fullbluehex);

  //zerolead the time for display
  currentHours = ( currentHours < 10 ? "0" : "" ) + currentHours;
  currentMinutes = ( currentMinutes < 10 ? "0" : "" ) + currentMinutes;
  currentSeconds = ( currentSeconds < 10 ? "0" : "" ) + currentSeconds;

  //append the values
  jQuery("#clock").html(""+ currentHours + ":" + currentMinutes + ":" + currentSeconds + '');
  jQuery("#hex").html(hex);

  //change the background of the page to current HEX color
  //jQuery('.skin-blue .logo').css('background-color',hex);
  //jQuery('.skin-blue .navbar').css('background-color',hex);
  //jQuery('.skin-blue .sidebar a').css('color',hex);
}

Here is your div element

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A: I won't write the whole code out for you as you haven't shown any of your own work but I will set you on your way.
You can create an date object var firstDate = new Date; on page load. Create a  function that creates another date object and get the difference between them. This gives the time in milliseconds. This can be converted into seconds, minutes and hours using mod and Math.floor(). You can then print this to the page using .innerHTML or .textContent. Then use window.setTimeout("yourTimerFunction()",1000); which re-calls your function every second.


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NPS just announced this year's peak dates for synchronous firefly viewing in the Great Smoky Mountains
Here's how to score tickets to view this popular phenomenon
By Anna Hider
Synchronous fireflies in the Smokies in 2017. | Photo: Flickr/Niemand für Polyphemus
For those in the midwestern and eastern United States, one of the most magical harbingers of summer is the flickering glow of fireflies once the sun sets.
These bioluminescent beauties take one to two years to mature from larvae—but, like summer, they are short-lived, spending only about 21 days as mature adults. This means that timing a firefly lights show viewing at an optimal time can be tricky.
The rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that May 30 through June 6 will be the peak days for its popular synchronous firefly viewing—or, as we like to think of it, the unofficial start of summer.
Photinus carolinus fireflies mostly live in Tennessee, but can be found as far north as Pennsylvania. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Radim Schreiber
Nineteen different species of firefly call the National Park home, but the synchronous firefly is extra special. Every species of firefly has a unique flash pattern that helps males and females identify one another for mating reasons, but only the Photinus carolinus fireflies synchronize their flash patterns, all lighting up at once.
Areas of the park can have thousands of synchronous fireflies, and one particular spot, near the Elkmont Campground, has the largest population of synchronous fireflies in the Western hemisphere. As you can imagine, seeing that many lightning bugs light up at once is pretty spectacular.
The Elkmont Campground is named for the abandoned resort town it sits next to. | Photo: Anna Hider
Naturally, word has spread about the natural lights show. To ensure that the natural habitat of the fireflies remains intact, the NPS has implemented a lottery system to score parking passes and shuttle rides out to a firefly viewing area. Only about 140 parking passes are available each night during the seven days of peak firefly viewing, and only about 1,000 people per evening will get to watch the magic.
Fireflies in the Smokies in 2015. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Rick Shu
The lottery opens a few days after the dates are announced, on Friday, April 26 at 8 a.m. Eastern time, and it will close Monday, April 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Applicants will be notified on Wednesday, May 9 if they were awarded a pass.
Anyone who wins a spot is then able to buy the $25 parking pass, which is required to park at the Sugarlands Visitor Center. From there, a shuttle will transport visitors to the synchronous fireflies viewing area near Elkmont.
Synchronous fireflies can also be found at the back of Cades Cove. | Photo: Anna Hider
For anyone who scores a pass, remember to bring snacks, $2 in cash for the trolley shuttle from Sugarlands to the viewing area, bug spray, and a chair or blanket to sit on.
If you aren't so lucky, but still want to make this the year you see synchronous fireflies, you might be able to spot them in other parts of the park—like the back end of Cades Cove near the Abrams Falls trailhead or at Catalooche Valley—between 9:30 p.m. and midnight. Or try planning a visit three or so days before or after the peak dates.
Keep in mind that the weather can affect the natural phenomenon; cooler, rainy, or misty conditions make for less bright lights.
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Squid are cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda . These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles modified from the primitive molluscan foot...
s of the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle
Mantle (mollusc)
The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...
, and arms
Cephalopod arm
A cephalopod arm is distinct from a tentacle, though the terms are often used interchangeably.Generally, cephalopod arms have suckers along most of their length, as opposed to tentacles, which have suckers only near their ends. Octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish...
. Squid, like cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda . Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs....
, have eight arms
arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacle
A tentacle or bothrium is one of usually two or more elongated flexible organs present in animals, especially invertebrates. The term may also refer to the hairs of the leaves of some insectivorous plants. Usually, tentacles are used for feeding, feeling and grasping. Anatomically, they work like...
s. Squid are strong swimmers and certain species can 'fly' for short distances out of the water.
Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs such that the body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally.
What squid are common of pass through the So Cal Bight besides market squid or humboldts more in the 1-2 pound range in large numbers. Does Todarod...
Dose squid have limbs
Dose squid have lims
What are the characteristic features of squids?
What is the average size of squids?
What are the common featured of all squid?
How do jeweled squid maintain buoyancy?
Are there any changes in the squids body that link them with molluscs today?
Modification from ancestral forms
Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs such that the body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally. What before may have been the foot
The foot is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws...
of the ancestor is modified into a complex set of tentacles and highly developed sense organs, including advanced eyes similar to those of vertebrate
The ancestral shell has been lost, with only an internal gladius, or pen, remaining. The pen is a feather-shaped internal structure that supports the squid's mantle
and serves as a site for muscle attachment. It is made of a chitin
Chitin n is a long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine, a derivative of glucose, and is found in many places throughout the natural world...
-like substance.
The main body mass is enclosed in the mantle
, which has a swimming fin along each side. These fins, unlike in other marine organisms, are not the main source of locomotion in most species.
The skin is covered in chromatophore
Chromatophore
Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, and cephalopods. They are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in cold-blooded animals and are generated in the neural crest during embryonic development...
s, which enable the squid to change color to suit its surroundings, making it practically invisible. The underside is also almost always lighter than the topside, to provide camouflage
Camouflage is a method of concealment that allows an otherwise visible animal, military vehicle, or other object to remain unnoticed, by blending with its environment. Examples include a leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier and a leaf-mimic butterfly...
from both prey and predator.
Under the body are openings to the mantle cavity, which contains the gills (ctenidia) and openings to the excretory and reproductive system
The reproductive system or genital system is a system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are also important accessories to the reproductive system. Unlike most organ systems, the sexes...
s. At the front of the mantle cavity lies the siphon, which the squid uses for locomotion via precise jet propulsion
Jet propulsion
Jet propulsion is motion produced by passing a jet of fluid in the opposite direction to the direction of motion. By conservation of momentum, the moving body is propelled in the opposite direction to the jet....
. In this form of locomotion, water is sucked into the mantle cavity and expelled out of the siphon in a fast, strong jet. The direction of the siphon can be changed, to suit the direction of travel.
Inside the mantle cavity, beyond the siphon, lies the visceral mass, which is covered by a thin, membranous epidermis
Squamous epithelium
In anatomy, squamous epithelium is an epithelium characterised by its most superficial layer consisting of flat, scale-like cells called squamous epithelial cells...
. Under this are all the major internal organs.
The giant axon
Squid giant axon
The squid giant axon is the very large axon that controls part of the water jet propulsion system in squid. It was discovered by English zoologist and neurophysiologist John Zachary Young in 1936...
, which may be up to 1 mm (0.04 inches) in diameter in some larger species, innervates
A peripheral nerve, or simply nerve, is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of peripheral axons . A nerve provides a common pathway for the electrochemical nerve impulses that are transmitted along each of the axons. Nerves are found only in the peripheral nervous system...
the mantle and controls part of the jet propulsion system.
As cephalopods, squid exhibit relatively high intelligence among invertebrates. For example, groups of Humboldt squid
Humboldt Squid
The Humboldt squid , also known as jumbo squid, jumbo flying squid, pota or diablo rojo , is a large, predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are most commonly found at depths of , from Tierra del Fuego to California...
hunt cooperatively, using active communication. (See Cephalopod intelligence
Cephalopod intelligence
Cephalopod intelligence has an important comparative aspect in the understanding of intelligence because it relies on a nervous system fundamentally different from that of vertebrates...
In females the ink sac
Ink sac
With the exception of nocturnal and very deep water cephalopods, all coeloids which dwell in light conditions have an ink sac, which can be used to expel a cloud of dark ink to confuse predators. This sac is a muscular bag which originated as an extension of the hind gut...
is hidden from view by a pair of white nidamental gland
Nidamental gland
The nidamental gland is an internal organ found in some elasmobranchs and certain molluscs, including cephalopods and gastropods....
s, which lie anterior to the gills. There are also red-spotted accessory nidamental glands. Both organs are associated with food manufacture and shells for the eggs. Females also have a large translucent ovary
The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system. Ovaries in anatomically female individuals are analogous to testes in anatomically male individuals, in that they are both gonads and endocrine glands.-Human anatomy:Ovaries...
, situated towards the posterior of the visceral mass.
Males do not possess these organs, but instead have a large testis in place of the ovary, and a spermatophoric gland and sac. In mature males, this sac may contain spermatophore
s, which are placed inside the female's mantle during mating.
Shallow water species of the continental shelf
Continental shelf
The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. Much of the shelf was exposed during glacial periods, but is now submerged under relatively shallow seas and gulfs, and was similarly submerged during other interglacial periods.	The continental margin,...
and epipelagic/mesopelagic
Mesopelagic
The mesopelagic is that part of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 200 to 1000 metres below the ocean surface. It lies between the photic epipelagic above and the aphotic bathypelagic below, where there is no light at all...
zones are characterised by the presence of hectocotyli, specially modified arms used to fertilise the female's eggs. Most deep sea squid lack hectocotyli and have longer penis
es; Ancistrocheiridae and Cranchiinae
Cranchiinae
Cranchiinae is a subfamily containing four genera of glass squids.-Species:*Genus Cranchia**Cranchia scabra*Genus Drechselia ***Drechselia danae **Genus Leachia**Leachia cyclura**Leachia ellipsoptera...
are exceptions. Giant squid
The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species...
of the genus Architeuthis are unusual in that they possess both a large penis and modified arm tips, although it is uncertain whether the latter are used for spermatophore transfer. Penis elongation has been observed in the deep water species Onykia ingens; when erect, the penis may be as long as the mantle, head and arms combined. As such, deep water squid have the greatest known penis length relative to body size of all mobile animals, second in the entire animal kingdom only to certain sessile barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile suspension feeders, and have...
Like all cephalopods, squid have complex digestive systems. The muscular stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects , and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication .The stomach is...
is found roughly in the midpoint of the visceral mass. From there, the bolus
Bolus (digestion)
In digestion, a bolus is a mass of food that has been chewed at the point of swallowing. Once a bolus reaches the stomach, digestion begins....
moves into the caecum for digestion. The caecum, a long, white organ, is found next to the ovary or testis. In mature squid, more priority is given to reproduction such that the stomach and caecum often shrivel up during the later life stages. Finally, food goes to the liver
(or digestive gland), found at the siphon end, for absorption. Solid waste is passed out of the rectum
The rectum is the final straight portion of the large intestine in some mammals, and the gut in others, terminating in the anus. The human rectum is about 12 cm long...
. Beside the rectum is the ink sac, which allows a squid to rapidly discharge black ink into the mantle cavity.
Squid have three heart
s. Two branchial heart
Branchial heart
Branchial hearts are myogenic accessory pumps found in coleoid cephalopods that supplement the action of the main, systemic heart. Each consists of a single chamber and they are always paired, being located at the base of the gills. They pump blood through the gills via the afferent branchial veins...
s feed the gills, each surrounding the larger systemic heart that pumps blood around the body. Squid blood contains the copper
-rich protein
for transporting oxygen
. The faintly greenish hearts are surrounded by the renal sacs - the main excretory system. The kidney
s are difficult to identify and stretch from the hearts (located at the posterior side of the ink sac) to the liver. The systemic heart is made of three chambers, a lower ventricle
and two upper auricles.
The head end bears 8 arms and 2 tentacles, each a form of muscular hydrostat
Muscular hydrostat
A muscular hydrostat is a biological structure found in animals. It is used to manipulate items or to move its host about and consists mainly of muscles with no skeletal support...
containing many suckers along the edge. These tentacles do not grow back if severed. In the mature male, one basal half of the left ventral tentacle is hectocotylised
Hectocotylus
A hectocotylus is one of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods that is modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the female's eggs. It is a specialized, extended muscular hydrostat used to store spermatophores, the male gametophore...
— and ends in a copulatory pad rather than suckers. It is used for intercourse.
The mouth is equipped with a sharp horny beak mainly made of chitin
and cross-linked proteins, and is used to kill and tear prey into manageable pieces. The beak is very robust, but does not contain minerals, unlike the teeth and jaws of many other organisms, including marine species.
Captured whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
s often have indigestible squid beaks in their stomachs. The mouth contains the radula
The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus...
(the rough tongue common to all molluscs except bivalvia
Bivalvia is a taxonomic class of marine and freshwater molluscs. This class includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and many other families of molluscs that have two hinged shells...
The eyes, on either side of the head, each contain a hard lens
Lens (anatomy)
The crystalline lens is a transparent, biconvex structure in the eye that, along with the cornea, helps to refract light to be focused on the retina. The lens, by changing shape, functions to change the focal distance of the eye so that it can focus on objects at various distances, thus allowing a...
. The image is focused by changing the position of the lens, as in a camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
or telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
, rather than changing the shape of the lens, as in the human eye
The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes. As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth...
Squid appear to have limited hearing.
The majority are no more than 60 centimetres (23.6 in) long, although the giant squid
may reach 13 metres (42.7 ft).
In 1978, sharp, curved claws on the suction cups of squid tentacles cut up the rubber coating on the hull of the USS Stein
USS Stein (FF-1065)
The third USS Stein was a Knox-class destroyer escort, later redesignated as a frigate in the United States Navy.The USS Stein was named after Tony Stein, the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for action in the Battle of Iwo JimaStein was laid down on 1 June 1970 at Seattle, Washington,...
. The size suggested the largest squid known at the time.
In 2003, a large specimen of an abundant but poorly understood species, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (the Colossal Squid
Colossal Squid
The colossal squid , sometimes called the Antarctic or giant cranch squid, is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass. It is the only known member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis...
), was discovered. This species may grow to 14 metres (45.9 ft) in length, making it the largest invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
. Squid have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom. Giant squid are featured in literature and folklore with a frightening connotation. The Kraken
Kraken are legendary sea monsters of giant proportions said to have dwelt off the coasts of Norway and Iceland.In modern German, Krake means octopus but can also refer to the legendary Kraken...
is a legendary tentacled monster possibly based on sightings of real giant squid.
In February 2007, a New Zealand fishing vessel caught a Colossal Squid
weighing 495 kilograms (1,091.3 lb) and measuring around 10 metres (32.8 ft) off the coast of Antarctica. This specimen represents the largest cephalopod to ever be scientifically documented.
Squid are members of the class Cephalopod
a, subclass Coleoidea
Subclass Coleoidea, or Dibranchiata, is the grouping of cephalopods containing all the primarily soft-bodied creatures. Unlike its sister group Nautiloidea, whose members have a rigid outer shell for protection, the coleoids have at most an internal bone or shell that is used for buoyancy or support...
, order Teuthida, of which there are two major suborders, Myopsina
Myopsina
Myopsina is a suborder of squid containing two families. Some systematists raise it to the level of an order, in which case it is known as Myopsida.-External links:*...
and Oegopsina
Oegopsina
Oegopsina is a suborder of the squid order, Teuthida, in the Cephalopod Class. Some taxonomists raise it to the level of an order, in which case it is known as Oegopsida....
(including giant squid
s like Architeuthis dux). Teuthida is the largest cephalopod order with around 300 species classified into 29 families.
The order Teuthida is a member of the superorder Decapodiformes
Decapodiformes is a superorder of Cephalopoda, which includes all species with ten limbs; the name derives from the Greek word meaning ten feet. The ten limbs are divided into 8 short arms and 2 long tentacles. It is presumed that an ancestral coleoid had five identical pairs of limbs, and that one...
(from the Greek
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
for "ten legs"). Two other orders of decapodiform cephalopods are also called squid, although they are taxonomically
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
distinct from Teuthida and differ recognizably in their gross anatomical features. They are the bobtail squid
Bobtail squid
Bobtail squid are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally quite small...
of order Sepiolida and the ram's horn squid
Ram's Horn Squid
Spirula spirula is a species of deepwater squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is the only extant member of the genus Spirula, the family Spirulidae, and the order Spirulida...
of the monotypic order Spirulida
Spirulida
Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species and several extinct taxa.-Classification:*Order Spirulida**?Family Shimanskyidae**Suborder †Groenlandibelina***Family †Groenlandibelidae...
. The vampire squid
Vampire Squid
The vampire squid is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the Vampire Squid's placement in its own order: Vampyromorphida , which shares similarities with both squid and octopuses...
, however, is more closely related to the octopuses than to any squid.
CLASS CEPHALOPODA
Subclass Nautiloidea: nautilus
Subclass Coleoidea
: squid, octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
, cuttlefish
Superorder Octopodiformes
Octopodiformes
Octopodiformes is a superorder of the subclass Coleoidea. It comprises the octopuses and the vampire squid. All members of Octopodiformes have 8 arms.-Classification:*Class Cephalopoda**Subclass Nautiloidea: nautilus**Subclass †Ammonoidea: ammonites...
Superorder Decapodiformes
?Order †Boletzkyida
Boletzkyida
The Boletzkyda are perhaps the very earliest of the teuthid coleoid cephalopods, which seem to form a link between nautiloid orthocerids and more advanced coleoids. The Beletzkyda was named and described by Bandel, Reitner, and Sturmer in 1983 from specimens found the Lower Devonian black slate...
Order Spirulida
: Ram's Horn Squid
Order Sepiida: cuttlefish
Order Sepiolida: bobtail squid
Order Teuthida: squid
Family †Plesioteuthididae
Plesioteuthididae
Plesioteuthididae is an extinct family of squid.-External links:**...
(incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
Suborder Myopsina
Family Australiteuthidae
Family Loliginidae
Loliginidae
Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of the order Teuthida .-Species:The following classification follows Vecchione et al. and the Tree of Life Web Project .*Genus Afrololigo...
: inshore, calamari, and grass squid
Suborder Oegopsina
Family Ancistrocheiridae
Sharpear Enope Squid
The Sharpear Enope Squid is the only species in the genus Ancistrocheirus and family Ancistrocheiridae. With a mantle length of 25 cm, this moderately sized squid may be found throughout the tropical and subtropical oceans...
: Sharpear Enope Squid
Family Architeuthidae: giant squid
Family Bathyteuthidae
Bathyteuthis
Bathyteuthis is the singular genus of squid in the family Bathyteuthidae, encompassing three species. None obtain a mantle length greater than 80 mm....
Family Batoteuthidae
Bush-club Squid
Bush-club Squid is the single rare species in genus Batoteuthis, which is the only genus in family Batoteuthidae. The squid is found in Antarctic waters, and reaches a mantle length of at least 350 mm...
: Bush-club Squid
Family Brachioteuthidae
Brachioteuthidae
Brachioteuthidae is a family of squid. It contains two genera and around six species.-Species:*Genus Brachioteuthis**Brachioteuthis beanii**Brachioteuthis behnii**Brachioteuthis bowmani ***Brachioteuthis picta, Ornate Arm Squid...
Family Chiroteuthidae
Chiroteuthidae
Chiroteuthids are deep-sea squid of the family Chiroteuthidae. They are generally small to medium in size, rather soft and gelatinous, and slow moving. They are found in most temperate and tropical oceans, but are known primarily from the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Indo-Pacific...
Family Chtenopterygidae
Chtenopteryx
Chtenopteryx is a genus of small, muscular, midwater squid in the monotypic family Chtenopterygidae. Four species are presently recognized in the genus, but more are believed to exist....
: comb-finned squid
Family Cranchiidae
Glass squid
The family Cranchiidae comprises the approximately 60 species of glass squid, also known as cranchiid or cranch squid. Cranchiid squid occur in surface and midwater depths of open oceans around the world. They range in mantle length from to over , in the case of the Colossal Squid. The common...
: glass squid
Family Cycloteuthidae
Cycloteuthidae
Cycloteuthidae is a family in the order Teuthida, comprising two genera. While physically dissimilar, molecular evidence supports the relatedness of the genera. The family is found primarily in mesopelagic tropical to subtropical waters...
Family Enoploteuthidae
Enoploteuthidae
Enoploteuthidea is a family of squid comprising approximately 40 species in 4 genera. Most species have a mantle length ranging from 3-13 cm. Hooks are present on all arms and tentacles...
Family Gonatidae
Gonatidae
The Gonatidae, also known as armhook squid, are a family of moderately-sized squid. The family contains approximately 19 species in three genera, widely distributed and plentiful in cold boreal waters of the Pacific Ocean...
: armhook squid
Family Histioteuthidae
Histioteuthis
Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the English name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular,...
: jewel squid
Family Joubiniteuthidae
Joubin's Squid
Joubin's Squid is a rare, small squid found in both the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and in rare cases, the Indian Ocean. The species is named after Louis Joubin, a French zoologist. It is known to reach a mantle length of 9 cm....
: Joubin's Squid
Family Lepidoteuthidae
Grimaldi Scaled Squid
The Grimaldi Scaled Squid is a large squid growing to 1 m in mantle length. It is named after the Grimaldi family, reigning house of Monaco. Prince Albert I of Monaco was an amateur teuthologist who pioneered the study of deep sea squids by collecting the 'precious regurgitations' of sperm...
: Grimaldi Scaled Squid
Family Lycoteuthidae
Lycoteuthidae
Lycoteuthidae is a family of squid comprising four known genera in two subfamilies. They are characterised by a lack of hooks and by photophores present on the viscera, eyeballs and tentacles.-Species:Subfamily Lampadioteuthinae...
Family Magnapinnidae
Bigfin squid
The bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology. They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae...
: bigfin squid
Family Mastigoteuthidae: whip-lash squid
Family Neoteuthidae
Neoteuthidae
Neoteuthidae is a family of squid comprising four monotypic genera.-Species:* Alluroteuthis** Alluroteuthis antarcticus, Antarctic Neosquid* Narrowteuthis** Narrowteuthis nesisi* Neoteuthis** Neoteuthis thielei* Nototeuthis...
Family Octopoteuthidae
Octopoteuthidae
Octopoteuthidae is a family of squid comprising two genera. The family is characterised by tentacles which cease to grow after the paralarval stage; and the use of a penis, instead of a hectocotylus.-Species:*Genus Octopoteuthis**Octopoteuthis danae...
Family Ommastrephidae
Ommastrephidae
Ommastrephidae is a family of squid. It contains 3 subfamilies, 11 genera, and over 20 species.-External links:***...
: flying squid
Family Onychoteuthidae: hooked squid
Family Pholidoteuthidae
Pholidoteuthis
Pholidoteuthis is a genus of squid in the monotypic family Pholidoteuthidae, comprising at least two species. The defunct genus Tetronychoteuthis was previously incorporated into Pholidoteuthidae based upon a singular taxon known as Tetronychoteuthis massyae. Following the discovery of...
Family Promachoteuthidae
Promachoteuthis
Promachoteuthis is a genus of small, weakly muscled squid found at bathypelagic depths. Three species have been formally described, while another two await description.-External links:**...
Family Psychroteuthidae
Glacial Squid
The Glacial Squid is the only known species in the monotypic genus Psychroteuthis, in the family Psychroteuthidae. While only one species has been confirmed, it is possible that two undescribed species also exist. The species occurs in coastal waters near Antarctica and South America. It grows to...
: Glacial Squid
Family Pyroteuthidae
Pyroteuthidae
Fire squid are species belonging to the family Pyroteuthidae. The family comprises two genera. Species are diurnally mesopelagic, however migrate into surface waters during the night. The family is characterised by the tentacles, which have a permanent constriction and bend near the base; and...
: fire squid
Family Thysanoteuthidae
Thysanoteuthis
Thysanoteuthis is a genus of large squid comprising one well known species, the Diamond Squid, and two dubious taxa.-Species:*? Thysanoteuthis danae **Thysanoteuthis nuchalis **Thysanoteuthis rhombus, Diamond Squid or Diamondback Squid...
: rhomboid squid
Family Walvisteuthidae
Walvisteuthis
Walvisteuthis is a genus of squid consisting of a single species, Walvisteuthis virilis. It is found in the southern Atlantic Ocean...
Parateuthis tunicata (incertae sedis
According to the FAO
Fão
Fão is a town in Esposende Municipality in Portugal....
, the cephalopod catch for 2002 was 3173272 tonnes (6,995,867,236.5 lb). Of this, 2,189,206 tonnes, or 75.8 percent, was squid. The following table lists the squid species fishery catches which exceeded 10000 tonnes (22,046,226.2 lb) in 2002.
World squid catch in 2002
Loligo gahi Loliginidae
Patagonian squid 24,976 1.1
Loligo pealei Loliginidae
Longfin squid 16,684 0.8
Common squid nei Loliginidae
225,958 10.3
Ommastrephes bartramii Ommastrephidae
Neon flying squid
Ommastrephes bartramii , is a species of large flying squids in the family Ommastrephidae...
22,483 1.0
Illex argentinus Ommastrephidae
Argentine shortfin squid
Illex argentinus, commonly known as the Argentine Shortfin Squid, is a species of squid in the family Ommastrephidae.It is one of the most commercially fished species of squid, with 511,087 tons taken in 2002, or	23.3% of the entire squid harvest....
Dosidicus gigas Ommastrephidae
Jumbo flying squid 406,356 18.6
Todarodes pacificus Ommastrephidae
Japanese flying squid
The Japanese Flying Squid or Japanese Common Squid, Todarodes pacificus, is a squid of the family Ommastrephidae. This animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, up the full coast of China up to Russia, then spreading across the Bering Straight over towards the lower...
Nototoda russloani Ommastrephidae
Wellington Flying Squid 62,234 2.8
Squid nei Various 414,990 18.6
Total squid 2,189,206 100.0
Many species are popular as food in cuisines as diverse as Chinese
Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...
, Greek, Turkish
Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, which can be described as a fusion and refinement of Central Asian, Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Turkish cuisine has in turn influenced those and other neighbouring cuisines, including that of western Europe...
Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes throughout Japan. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of shogun rule...
, Portuguese
Portuguese cuisine is characterised by rich, filling and full-flavored dishes and is closely related to Mediterranean cuisine. The influence of Portugal's former colonial possessions is also notable, especially in the wide variety of spices used. These spices include piri piri and black pepper, as...
, Italian
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...
, Spanish
Spanish cuisine consists of a variety of dishes, which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate. It is heavily influenced by seafood available from the waters that surround the country, and reflects the country's deep maritime roots...
, Korean, Indian
Indian cuisine consists of thousands of regional cuisines which date back thousands of years. The dishes of India are characterised by the extensive use of various Indian spices, herbs, vegetables and fruit. Indian cuisine is also known for the widespread practice of vegetarianism in Indian society...
, Vietnamese, and Filipino.
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking countries, squid as food is often marketed using the Italian word calamari. Squid are found abundantly in certain areas, and provide large catches for fisheries
Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery. According to the FAO, a fishery is typically defined in terms of the "people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats,...
. The body can be stuffed whole, cut into flat pieces or sliced into rings. The arms, tentacles and ink are also edible; in fact, the only parts that are not eaten are the beak
The beak, bill or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating and for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young...
and gladius
Gladius was the Latin word for sword, and is used to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those used by the Greeks. From the 3rd century BC, the Romans adopted swords similar to those used by the Celtiberians and others during the early...
(pen). Squid is a good food source for zinc
Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...
, manganese
Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a free element in nature , and in many minerals...
and high in the recommended daily intake of copper
, selenium
Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...
, vitamin B12
Vitamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins...
, and riboflavin
Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 or additive E101, is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans and animals. It is the central component of the cofactors FAD and FMN, and is therefore required by all flavoproteins. As such, vitamin B2 is required for a...
CephBase: Teuthida
Colossal Squid at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Market squid mating, laying eggs (video)
Scientific American - Giant Squid
The Cephalopod Page
The Octopus News Magazine Online


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And, now Your Highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base.
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Gorgeous emerald green with a delicate hand-embroidered wreath and sweet lace trim along the hemline. A beautiful classic for the most magical season of the year. And the knee-length hem pairs perfectly with our classic knee socks!
What is a Sugar Plum?


We had a busy night! Both Caleb's Pack Night and Cody's Shakespeare Showcase were on the same night (and Jes had class!) so there was a bit of running involved to attend and support both!
He had multiple boys "instructing" him... so he got two pens going!
It looked absolutely nothing like what they were trying to get him to draw! But the boys ate it up! What good sports!
Cody played "Norfolk", assistant to the King, in this scene.
He did a good job! I couldn't get many photos because of the lighting and him moving so fast (LOL) but we were glad to make it in time to see him perform.
They leave tomorrow for the Shakespeare Festival and competition in Cedar City!


The following is a step by step in 7 stages showing you how I generally go about doing a painting.
Not much to say about Step 1. Having worked out a composition on scrap paper, I do the finished pencils on the artboard.


The distance between Budapest, Hungary and Jönköping, Sweden is approximately 1,188 km or 738 mi.
To reach Budapest in this distance one would set out from Jönköping bearing 162.1° or SSE and follow the great circles arc to approach Budapest bearing 165.9° or SSE .
Budapest is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome whereas Jönköping is in or near the boreal moist forest biome.
Total annual precipitation averages 47 mm (1.9 in) less which is equivalent to 47 l/m² (1.15 US gal/ft²) or 470,000 l/ha (50,246 US gal/ac) less. About 1 as much.
There are 518 more hours of sunlight per year in Budapest. In whichever way circa 1h 24' more per day or about 1 1/3 as many.
The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 10.2° higher in Budapest than in Jönköping.
The table shows values for Budapest relative to Jönköping. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Jönköping vs Budapest.


Compared to other courses, it was a lot more detailed. I liked how the course didn't just teach you about the people with behaviour that challenges, but about how it affects those who care for them and work with them, and how their health and feelings are affected. Eye-opener.


Thursday afternoon Tai Chi helps us reduce stress, improve our flexibility and strengthen our muscles. It is gentle exercise, great for people recovering from illness. So do come and join us at High Legh Village Hall on Thursdays 3.45 to 4.45pm.


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This talk, about patient and public involvement in research, was delivered at the inaugural co-developed conference at University College Dublin, titled 'A collaborative approach to arthritis and rheumatic disease research'.
26. 26 1. Patient and public involvement is no longer just a 'nice thing to do'. 2. Research is everyone's business. 3. Patients, carers and members of the public must be equal partners of research teams. 4. Start early, think about every possibility, review, reflect and talk to each other. 5. Build relationships upon shared values of trust, honesty and respect.


Arcade Village Park and train ride.
This meeting was very short. Many pleasantries were dispensed with because of time constraints. The President reported on what she had not done yet since the last meeting. Because of low attendance, the nominating committee will be set up next month with the knowledge that we need a treasurer, one vice president and someone to be the editor of the Courier. We have a copy of the Covered Bridge Summit with tentative agenda.
We also had flyers for the Fall Foliage Tour: Tour of Eastern NY and Bennington done by Bob and Trish Kane. We quickly went over upcoming meetings, heard about a cable bit on Perrines and an article on Salisbury Center. We closed and went on a very nice train ride.