Here’s How A 13-Foot Wide Egg Mass Fits Inside A 5-Foot Squid

Here’s How A 13-Foot Wide Egg Mass Fits Inside A 5-Foot Squid

On July 9th of this year, divers off the coast of Turkey ran across an enormous lump of gelatinous goo which turned out to be one of the largest squid egg masses ever found. That inspired science writer and squid expert Danna Staaf to make this video explaining how all that goo fit inside a much smaller mother squid.

[Staaf et al. 2008]


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