Clerk of the Seas

“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?” —Job 38:16. Unlike the other members of the mollusk family—the clam, the oyster, and the snail—the squid is a very active, vicious and fast-moving creature. Characteristic of the mollusk family is the hard outer shell which protects the spineless soft-bodied animal. The “clerk of the seas” has no such exterior armor; it depends on speed and power. How­ever, embedded in the flesh of its soft body...