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Scientist Capture Giant Squid On Camera For The First Time EVER!!!
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
HOLY !!!:eyespop: :eyespop:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050927/sc_nm/squid_dc
Scientists capture giant squid on camera
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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. |
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| Zenchowdah |
| pics, stfu... yadda yadda yadda |
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| nchs09 |
| yA those pics are kinda |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
pics second link.
the pics do suck, but they nonetheless did capture the first photograph of a live giant squid. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
yA those pics are kinda |
Word, this thread made me mad. :mad:
It doesn't even say how big the one in the pic is. :mad: |
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| jdat |
| that's like so 20000 leagues under the sea like! |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
that's like so 20000 leagues under the sea like! |
Ya for real. this thread is so nemo |
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| jupiterone |
| pics m8. =(.interesting though! |
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| trance4life627 |
| actual squid or stfu |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by trance4life627
actual squid or stfu |
sushi or stfushi |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| 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 :tongue2 |
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| dj_bas |
| 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 |
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