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〃You going to get to call it Squidus bethus? 〃 Norman said。

She smiled。 〃Architeuthis bethis;〃 she said。 〃Sounds like a dental problem。 Architeuthis bethis: means you need root canal。〃

〃How about it; Dr。 Halpern?〃 Levy said; poking her head in。 〃Got some good tomatoes and peppers; be a shame to waste them。 Are the squid really poisonous?〃

〃I doubt it;〃 Beth said。 〃Squid arent known to be。 Go ahead;〃 she said to Levy。 〃I think itll be okay to eat them。〃 When Levy had gone; Norman said; 〃I thought you gave up eating these things。〃

〃Just octopi;〃 Beth said。 〃An octopus is cute and smart。 Squid are rather 。。。 unsympathetic。〃

〃Unsympathetic。〃

〃Well; theyre cannibalistic; and rather nasty。 。。。 She raised an eyebrow。 〃Are you psychoanalyzing me again?〃

〃No。 Just curious。〃

〃As a zoologist; youre supposed to be objective;〃 Beth said; 〃but I have feelings about animals; like anybody else。 I have a warm feeling about octopi。 Theyre clever; you know。 I once had an octopus in a research tank that learned to kill cockroaches and use them as bait to catch crabs。 The curious crab would e along; investigate the dead cockroach; and then the octopus would jump out of its hiding place and catch the crab。

''144'' 〃In fact; an octopus is so smart that the biggest limitation to its behavior is its lifespan。 An octopus lives only three years; and thats not long enough to develop anything as plicated as a culture or civilization。 Maybe if octopi lived as long as we do; they would long ago have taken over the world。

〃But squid are pletely different。 I have no feelings about squid。 Except I dont really like em。〃

He smiled。 〃Well;〃 he said; 〃at least you finally found some life down here。〃

〃You know; its funny;〃 she said。 〃Remember how barren it was out there? Nothing on the bottom?〃

〃Sure。 Very striking。〃

〃Well; I went around the side of the habitat; to get these squid。 And therere all sorts of sea fans on the bottom。 Beautiful colors; blues and purples and yellows。 Some of them quite large。〃

〃Think they just grew?〃

〃No。 They must have always been in that spot; but we never went over there。 Ill have to investigate it later。 Id like to know why they are localized in that particular place; next to the habitat。〃

Norman went to the porthole。 He had switched on the exterior habitat lights; shining onto the bottom。 He could indeed see many large sea fans; purple and pink and blue; waving gently in the current。 They extended out to the edge of the light; to the darkness。

〃In a way;〃 Beth said; 〃its reassuring。 Were deep for the majority of oceanic life; which is found in the first hundred feet of water。 But even so; this habitat is located in the most varied and abundant marine environment in the world。〃 Scientists had made species counts and had determined that the South Pacific had more species of coral and sponges than anywhere else on Earth。

〃So Im glad were finally finding things;〃 she said。 She looked at her benches of chemicals and reagents。 〃And Im glad to finally get to work on something。〃

* * *

''145'' Harry was eating bacon and eggs in the galley。 The others stood around and watched him; relieved that he was all right。 And they told him the news; he listened with interest; until they mentioned that there had been a large school of squid。

〃Squid?〃

He looked up sharply and almost dropped his fork。 〃Yeah; lots of em;〃 Levy said。 〃Im cooking up a bunch for dinner。〃

〃Are they still here?〃 Harry asked。

〃No; theyre gone now。〃

He relaxed; shoulders dropping。

〃Something the matter; Harry?〃 Norman said。

〃I hate squid;〃 Harry said。 〃I cant stand them。〃

〃I dont care for the taste myself;〃 Ted said。

〃Terrible;〃 Harry said; nodding。 He resumed eating his eggs。 The tension passed。

Then Tina shouted from D Cylinder: 〃Im getting them again! Im getting the numbers again!〃

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