Giant schools of swarming squid surround fishing photographer

Photographer Jon Schwartz [blog] writes in:

"I was kayaking in La Jolla last week and saw a red frothing ball of squid on the surface. I jumped in with my underwater camera and had an incredible, surreal encounter with the huge swarm of squid."

Jon shares photographs from that encounter with Boing Boing, below, and he has a blog post with details here.

sooey

Aw how cute!!
Anonymous

Clean and de-beak.
Dredge in seasoned flour.
Saute in olive oil until crisp around the edges.
Drain, serve with aioli and St. Veran.
Bon appetit!
scav

Just don’t try that with Humboldt squid.
BBNinja

Just threw up in mouth a little. :/
MonsterMan

Eh, happens to me all the time in Minecraft.
Dane

What’s, uh… what’s going on in that last pic?
Gulliver

That squid is having a serious WTF moment.
- Tdawwg
  
  It’s thinking, “Oh, fuck, a watermark! Bad enough to be captured and photographed, but this photographer doesn’t even respect his images!” Sort of kidding, but, man, watermarks, yecch.
Anonymous

Ack! Why did he put it in his mouth??
Anonymous

Why did he stick the friendly squid in his mouth?

I wish they’d bite him.
chgoliz

There is something incredibly eerie about swimming with a school of squid. Something about how they stare at you, and how the handful of bouncers come at you to make sure you know they’re watching you.

He must have been doing something right, to have gotten that close.
Craig Landrum

Squidillingus!!!!
Anonymous

I believe those are actually cuttlefish.
- Ugly Canuck
  
  For a Joycean, could the word “cuttlefish” denote “cute little fish”?
  - godisafiction
    
    Cuddle fish
- godisafiction
  
  No, they’re not.