Yesterday's [21 November 2005] post about squid had a most unsatisfying conclusion, so I feel compelled to mention two things: squidblog has a brief explanation of squid jet propulsion, and I've dug up another older paper on squid movement. Even better, it's about squid nuptial dances and mating. Here, see? Pretty squid post coitus planting a string of fertilized eggs on the sea floor. This work was motivated by growing demand in the South African squid fishery; it had been found that the squid.