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How Come the Squid Beak is Hard And Soft? Monday, March 31, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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How did nature make the squid's beak super hard and sharp - allowing it, without harm to its soft body - to capture its prey? The question has captivated those interested in creating new materials that mimic biological materials. The sharp beak of the Humboldt squid is one of the hardest and stiffest organic materials known. Engineers, biologists, and marine scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have joined forces to discover the answer to this question. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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