A young girl helps clean up thousands of dead jumbo squid cover the
beach at La Jolla Cove in La Jolla, California about 15 miles north of
San Diego July 26, 2002. Scientists believe the squid were following
prey (possibly grunion, a small fish) and washed ashore alive but
unable to get back into the water they died. City work crews were
called to help remove nine tons of dead squid. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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