Giant Squid Photographed for First Time

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This photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, an 8-meter (26-foot)-long Architeuthis attacks a prey hung by a white rope, left, at 900 meters (yards) deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo, in the fall of 2004. The camera was operated by remote control. (AP Photo/HO, National Science Museum)


TOKYO (AP) - The giant squid can be found in books and in myths, but for the first time, a team of Japanese scientists has captured on film one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea in its natural habitat.
 

jazz lady

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CableChick said:
Where's the batter and the wine?
:yeahthat: That's an awful lot of calamari. :yikes:

It amazes me how much of this earth is still unknown and unexplored. Here's to science! :cheers:
 

Danzig

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What's that, there called tenta......Oh. Nevermind then.:confused:

I did'nt know it was a girl squid.
 

jazz lady

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Danzig said:
What's that, there called tenta......Oh. Nevermind then.:confused:

I did'nt know it was a girl squid.
Well, if it were its testicles, that would be one WELL hung squid. :lol: And if it were a girl...well, I don't EVEN want to go there. :lmao:

From the article:
The longest giant squid on record measured 59 feet (18 meters), including its two elongated tentacles.

:shocking: Wow, I'd hate to meet that underwater.
 

wmburdette

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Squid Bait...

Danzig said:
MORE PICS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/

The testicles measured 18 feet (5.5 meters) long.:yikes:

Wonder how much was left after they created the bait to catch the squid?? :lmao: :lmao:

In 2003, New Zealand marine biologists laid a sex trap.

They ground up some squid gonads, believing that the scent would drive male giant squids wild as the creatures migrated through New Zealand waters.

The hope was that a camera would squirt out the pureed genitals and a passing squid, driven into a sexual frenzy, would then mate with the lens.

This was a project that, some may be relieved to hear, never came to fruition.
 
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