{"id":1387,"date":"2009-04-03T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:23:38","slug":"humbold-squid-population-exploding-due-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/04\/03\/humbold-squid-population-exploding-due-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Humboldt Squid Population Exploding Due to Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most fish species in the Pacific Ocean are declining<\/a> except for the Humboldt squid named after the Humboldt Current in South America. The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) is notoriously aggressive and can weigh as much as 100 pounds. Called the diablos rojos<\/em>, or red devils, by Mexican fisherman, the Humboldt Squid can take off your finger with its beak.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes called jumbo squid, the Humboldt squid’s traditional range was from ranging from Tierra del Fuego to California. Recently, they’ve appeared as far north as Sitka, Alaska.\u00c2\u00a0 According to the Smithsonian<\/a>, “Some oceanographers suggest that warming oceans are at fault, while others speculate that declining numbers of the squid’s predators due to overfishing may have allowed Humboldts to expand their range.”<\/p>\n httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AQKs1-fwTgU<\/p>\n Humboldt Squid prefer warmer waters and the recent range expansion is most likely caused by climate.\u00c2\u00a0 Since 2002, millions of Humboldt have migrated north. Since they live about a thousand feet under the surface of the ocean, changes in their range reflect warmer temperatures at greater depths in the ocean than just the surface.<\/p>\n