Piglet Squid - Just so cute!!

**Fishalicious** · 01-10-2009, 09:59 PM

how adorable is that little guy?

scientific name is a helicocranchia pfefferi and this happy little guy was caught during a deepwater plankton trawl in the pacific ocean between los angeles and catalina.

they are the size of a small advocado and live 300ft below in the water

**Northernguy** · 01-10-2009, 10:08 PM

That is kinda cute! lol
Does it need any special care?

**Sharon** · 01-10-2009, 11:11 PM

Oh my gosh!!! That is adorable!!! It's a cross between a fish and a pig...It doesn't get any better than that!!!

**Dave66** · 01-10-2009, 11:24 PM

Interesting. I wonder how and what it eats. It's tentacles are so short and I don't see a beak, so it must be a plankton filterer. Probably won't survive, though, due to decompression damage.

Dave

**AmazingH** · 01-10-2009, 11:32 PM

It looks fakeish..
But pretty cute, I say.

**Fishalicious** · 01-10-2009, 11:33 PM

Because of its deep water habit, little is known of the behaviour of the squid, although not surprisingly, judging by its body shape, it is known to be a sluggish swimmer.

The squids' bodies are almost completely clear except for some pigment-containing cells, or chromatophores, which give this specimen its distinctive appearance.

**Glub** · 01-10-2009, 11:42 PM

It looks too much like a cartoon smiling face... It's actually sort of creepy in how human the 'face' looks.

Hair, eyes, nose, and a little brown smiling 'mouth'. Kinda creepy, but kinda funny looking.

I like it.

**gm72** · 01-11-2009, 12:45 AM

How bizarre, it looks like something directly out of Spongebob Squarepants.

**Northernguy** · 01-12-2009, 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by Dave66

Interesting. I wonder how and what it eats. It's tentacles are so short and I don't see a beak, so it must be a plankton filterer. Probably won't survive, though, due to decompression damage.

Dave

This is what I meant by special care!
It would probably need some kind of tank ia a compression chamber.

It would be neat to see!