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Posted by Krypton on Sep-28-2005 01:02:

Scientist Capture Giant Squid On Camera For The First Time EVER!!!

HOLY SHIT!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050927/sc_nm/squid_dc

Scientists capture giant squid on camera

PICS

1 hour, 41 minutes ago

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.

Posted by Zenchowdah on Sep-28-2005 01:03:

pics, stfu... yadda yadda yadda

Posted by nchs09 on Sep-28-2005 01:05:

yA those pics are kinda shit

Posted by Krypton on Sep-28-2005 01:07:

pics second link.

the pics do suck, but they nonetheless did capture the first photograph of a live giant squid.

Posted by Ygrene on Sep-28-2005 01:08:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
yA those pics are kinda shit

Word, this thread made me mad.

It doesn't even say how big the one in the pic is.

Posted by jdat on Sep-28-2005 02:15:

that's like so 20000 leagues under the sea like!

Posted by Sunsnail on Sep-28-2005 02:20:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
that's like so 20000 leagues under the sea like!

Ya for real. this thread is so nemo

Posted by jupiterone on Sep-28-2005 02:21:

shit pics m8. =(.interesting though!

Posted by medinaM5 on Sep-28-2005 03:04:

actual squid or stfu

Posted by Zenchowdah on Sep-28-2005 03:06:

quote:
Originally posted by trance4life627
actual squid or stfu

sushi or stfushi

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Sep-28-2005 03:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
Ya for real. this thread is so nemo

quote:
Originally posted by Zenchowdah
sushi or stfushi

hahaha you guys are so lame. I still loled though

Posted by bas on Sep-28-2005 08:03:

quote:
Originally posted by josh4
why'd i laugh that doesnt even make sense!

you probably laughed at stfushi and quoted the wron ghgint, see i luahged at nemo and stfushi and accidentally qutoted you

Posted by eatsam on Sep-28-2005 14:53:

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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.

WTH are sperm whales?

Posted by jonze on Sep-28-2005 15:05:

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Originally posted by eatsam
WTH are sperm whales?

the largest creatures on the planet.

Posted by nchs09 on Sep-28-2005 15:07:

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quote:
Originally posted by eatsam
WTH are sperm whales?
liittle whales the size of sperm

Posted by Danny Ocean on Sep-28-2005 15:09:

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quote:
Originally posted by eatsam
WTH are sperm whales?

moby dick

Posted by jonze on Sep-28-2005 15:09:

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quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
liittle whales the size of sperm

sperm whales are related to pubic crabs.

Posted by Subey on Sep-28-2005 15:35:

Was the squid found near ryleh?

Posted by mellow_head on Sep-28-2005 17:55:

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Originally posted by jonze234
the largest creatures on the planet.

You couldn't be more wrong, I believe there are ULTRA sea creatures out there who eat sperm wales for breakfast

Posted by dcougar99 on Sep-28-2005 18:01:

this was done in sept 04! wtf took them so long to get it out?

Posted by dj_mdma on Sep-28-2005 18:42:

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quote:
Originally posted by jonze234
sperm whales are related to pubic crabs.

Posted by jonze on Sep-28-2005 19:03:

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Originally posted by mellow_head
You couldn't be more wrong, I believe there are ULTRA sea creatures out there who eat sperm wales for breakfast

The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and is believed to be the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit the planet.

and since most sea creatures dont sleep i dont think they eat breakfast.

and its always good to start a rebuttal with the phrase "i believe"

Posted by Krypton on Sep-29-2005 00:35:

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quote:
Originally posted by jonze234
The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and is believed to be the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit the planet.

and since most sea creatures dont sleep i dont think they eat breakfast.

and its always good to start a rebuttal with the phrase "i believe"

the blue whale is only whale that reaches 100 feet long, which the sperm whale does not do, therefore making the blue whale the largest creature.

Posted by Sunsnail on Sep-29-2005 01:12:

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
the blue whale is only whale that reaches 100 feet long, which the sperm whale does not do, therefore making the blue whale the largest creature.

Yes, but blue whales don't have teeth.

Posted by Allied Nations on Sep-29-2005 01:20:

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