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"squid run!" (part 2) concludes our two-part series with dr. john mcgowan discussing the strange life cycle of this species, the ocean predators that take advantage of the mass squid spawning events, those red worms that appear in the squid egg beds, and amazing baby squid! baby squid footage includes lance milbrand's beautiful close-ups of squid larvae inside the eggs, baby squid hatching and swimming off. also featured is incredible microscopic footage of squid larvae originally produced by leslee matsushige of the birch aquarium, john moore of divebums.com and mary lynn price. marty snyderman's wonderful footage and images of rays and blue shark that feast on all the squid, and bob bayer's footage of lobster, sheepcrab and scorpionfish feeding on squid give a sense of all the ocean animals that take advantage of the mass spawning events. bob gladden's images of those strange red worms round out the scene of animals often seen among the egg cases. mary lynn price's underwater footage opens and closes this episode, as she documents a 2001 squid run, featuring diver stephie vierkotter experiencing her first squid run.

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