Japanese scientists photograph live Giant Squid

Hammock Parties · 09-28-2005, 08:05 PM

w00t!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...uid/index.html

LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean -- the giant squid.

Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures which measure up to 18 meters (59 feet) in length has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured in commercial fishing nets.

But Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, both in Tokyo have captured the first images of Architeuthis attacking bait 900 meters (yards) below the surface in the cold, dark waters of the North Pacific.

"We show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment," they said in a report on Wednesday in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society.

Little is known about the creatures because it has been so difficult to locate and study them alive. Large ships and specialist equipment, which is costly, are needed to study deep sea environments.

The Japanese scientists found the squid by following sperm whales, the most effective hunters of giant squid, as they gathered to feed between September and December in the deep waters off the coast of the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific.

They used a remote long-line camera and depth logging system to capture the giant squid in the ocean depths.

"The most dramatic character of giant squids is the pair of extremely long tentacles, distinct from the eight shorter arms. The long tentacles make up to two-thirds of the length of the dead specimens to date," the scientists said in the journal.

They added that the giant squid appear to be a much more active predator than researchers had suspected and tangled their prey in their elongated feeding tentacles.

leviw · 09-28-2005, 08:06 PM

|Zach| · 09-28-2005, 08:07 PM

Sweet, lets get shit face wasted.

old_geezer · 09-28-2005, 08:26 PM

News at 10:00

Godzilla photographed on vacation at Miami Beach.

CoMoChief · 09-28-2005, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ZachKC

Sweet, lets get shit face wasted.

Why so u can have the excuse to do an ungly chick?

yeti · 09-28-2005, 08:27 PM

That is actually pretty cool.

ZepSinger · 09-28-2005, 08:32 PM

Another angle

KCChiefsMan · 09-28-2005, 09:48 PM

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mitchbade · 09-28-2005, 09:51 PM

anyone remember that crappy mini series like abc or nbc did a few years back named THE BEAST

Mecca · 09-28-2005, 09:53 PM

That thing creeps me out........

Hammock Parties · 09-28-2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchbade

anyone remember that crappy mini series like abc or nbc did a few years back named THE BEAST

Based on an excellent book by Peter Benchley.

mitchbade · 09-28-2005, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gochiefs

Based on an excellent book by Peter Benchley.

would you suggest it to a man who doesnt read much?

Hammock Parties · 09-28-2005, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchbade

would you suggest it to a man who doesnt read much?

I haven't read it in years, but it's not rocket science.

09-28-2005, 09:57 PM

Why the hell wouldn't they put these photos alongside a picture of Whitlock so we could really get a sense of exactly how large the squid is?

tk13 · 09-28-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Why the hell wouldn't they put these photos alongside a picture of Whitlock so we could really get a sense of exactly how large the squid is?

Quit hiding behind your insecurities, belly boy.

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