Friday Squid Blogging: Jurassic Fish Chokes on Squid

Published: 1 month ago (April 3, 2026 at 05:07 PM EDT)

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Source: Schneier on Security

Fossil discovery

Here’s a fossil of a 150‑million‑year‑old fish that choked to death on a belemnite rostrum: the hard, internal shell of an extinct, squid‑like animal.
Original paper.
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