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Sea Monsters: Myth and Mystery Phillip G. Lee, Sr. Research Scientist Gulf Coast Research Laboratory University of Southern Mississippi Search for the Giant Squid Real Giant Ancient Cephalopods Squid Cuttlefish What is a Cephalopod?


  1. Sea Monsters: Myth and Mystery Phillip G. Lee, Sr. Research Scientist Gulf Coast Research Laboratory University of Southern Mississippi

  2. Search for the Giant Squid

  3. Real Giant Ancient Cephalopods

  4. Squid Cuttlefish What is a Cephalopod? Nautilus Octopus

  5. Cephalopods in Literature

  6. Cephalopods in Art

  7. Cephalopods in Art

  8. Logos & Acronyms

  9. Cephalopods in Fashion

  10. Cephalopods Body Art

  11. Cephalopods for Food

  12. Cephalopods for Food- Industrial

  13. Cephalopods for Food- Artesianal

  14. Cephalopods for Science Giant Axon 200-250X mammal Axon w/o magnification Brain Axon

  15. Nobel Prize in Medicine • 1963- Action potential biophysics- • Hodgins & Huxley • 1967- Photoreceptors- Wald • 1970- Axon chemical transmitters- Katz

  16. Cephalopods as Biomedical Models • Well developed nervous system and sense organs • Cell biology • Biomechanics • Camouflage • Symbiotic relationship with bacteria (biotoxins and bioluminescence) • No documented malignancies-tumors

  17. Convergent Evolution of the Eye Analogy/ Homology

  18. Biomechanics Tentacles Tongues

  19. Camouflage Chameleon Cuttlefish

  20. Chromatophores in Skin Expanded Contracted

  21. Blue-ring Octopus with toxic saliva Models for Symbiosis Bobtail Squid with bioluminesence

  22. NO! Yes Cancer Models Maybe? Who gets Tumors? Why?

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