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Giant Squid Photographed for the First Time
2005-09-28, 7:50 AM #1
Giant Squid Photographed for First Time

Very, very cool.
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2005-09-28, 8:07 AM #2
That's no squid, that's a space station!
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2005-09-28, 8:08 AM #3
You need to take note that it was the first giant squid to be photographed in its natural habitat and healthy. Of course, previous pictures were of smaller squids. They were photographed in captivity before.

Still cool nonetheless, supposedly that seeing this creature in action changed the beliefs of scientists, stating the squid to be a slow, and dumb-witted. Supposedly that this creature used its tentacles like whips and was a ferocious predator.
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2005-09-28, 8:21 AM #4
Awesome.

I always was curious about the mysterious animals of the deep sea.
2005-09-28, 8:23 AM #5
Awesome! I'm a bit of a natural history and zoology nerd in my spare time and nothing is more fascinating than those creatures out there that we know next to nothing about. They may as well be an alien species. To my knowledge they'd only ever found dead washed up specimens or caught them in nets, which, by the time they reach the surface, were dying already. In fact about the only things they knew for sure was their anatomy and diet (from studying stomach contents). Apparently they're cannibals, which must be a sight to see!
2005-09-28, 8:39 AM #6
Originally posted by Jepman:
You need to take note that it was the first giant squid to be photographed in its natural habitat and healthy. Of course, previous pictures were of smaller squids. They were photographed in captivity before.

Still cool nonetheless, supposedly that seeing this creature in action changed the beliefs of scientists, stating the squid to be a slow, and dumb-witted. Supposedly that this creature used its tentacles like whips and was a ferocious predator.

I'm sure I saw a documentary on this...Maybe it was octupus. Either way the creatures were extremely aggresive and deadly. They attacked anything that came near them with huge force. Including divers and the camera.
2005-09-28, 8:43 AM #7
Kraken! Will it stop the dart firing dolphins?
nope.
2005-09-28, 8:44 AM #8
Originally posted by Boco:
Kraken! Will it stop the dart firing dolphins?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
2005-09-28, 8:55 AM #9
Jeez, left behind a tentacle 6 yards long. So, this is not something divers want to go up and pet :p
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2005-09-28, 8:58 AM #10
I wanna see one :(
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2005-09-28, 9:18 AM #11
Wonder what it tastes like.
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2005-09-28, 9:21 AM #12
Originally posted by Deadman:
Wonder what it tastes like.


Aye, this is the first question that should be asked when a new species is encountered. :D
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2005-09-28, 9:22 AM #13
Cool!

Please tell me they put a tracking device on it too.
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2005-09-28, 9:25 AM #14
RAAARRRRR!!!!
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2005-09-28, 9:26 AM #15
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2005-09-28, 9:27 AM #16
[QUOTE=- Tony -]That's no squid, that's a space station![/QUOTE]

It's too small to be a space station!

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2005-09-28, 10:13 AM #17
...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I wanted to be the first person to say Kraken... awwww.
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2005-09-28, 11:21 AM #18
Can I be the first to call it a giant penis head?

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Ok, maybe not!
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2005-09-28, 11:25 AM #19
You must have a wierd looking penis.
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Yay, just realised the message under my name has been changed. (decided to mention it here since my post is already off-topic anyway). To whoever did that: thanks :D
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2005-09-28, 11:25 AM #20
On a less childish note, here is the said lost tentacle.

[http://www2.canoe.com/archives/techno/nouvelles/media/2005/09/20050928-052740-a.jpg]
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2005-09-28, 11:44 AM #21
That doesn't look so big to me.
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2005-09-28, 12:10 PM #22
Remember thats just the tip, goes back 6 or 7 yards.
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2005-09-28, 12:26 PM #23
I hope this species doesn't die out too fast...
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2005-09-28, 12:33 PM #24
?

Holy freakin' crap that rocks.
2005-09-28, 1:55 PM #25
If it took that long to photograph one, we'd going to have a realy hard time killing them off. Not to mention it's probably protected by 50,000 laws. This isn't going to die off.
2005-09-28, 2:54 PM #26
lol, soon we'll be breeding giant squids in zoos so we can keep them from being "endangered species" ...
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2005-09-28, 3:04 PM #27
Or maybe some large-scale boat will hit it with its propellors. Mmmmm....calamari.
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2005-09-28, 3:40 PM #28
Grab that tenticle and throw it in the deep fryer!
2005-09-28, 3:52 PM #29
Wow thats amazing I wonder if the Japanese will invent some form of raw giant squid sushi... I hate sushi...
2005-09-28, 6:28 PM #30
Sperm whales supossidly feed on these things, and they have found sucker marks on Sperm whales. Can you IMAGINE the battles between these two HUGE creatures? I bet nothing would compare.
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2005-09-28, 6:37 PM #31
that pic needs a scale.
2005-09-28, 6:49 PM #32
In other news... GAY SQUIDS
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2005-09-28, 6:52 PM #33
Oh your God...
2005-09-28, 6:56 PM #34
Originally posted by CDNN:
Giant squid do it deeper


Nobody needed to hear that, CDNN. Shut up.
2005-09-28, 6:58 PM #35
Well...I guess Genki's beastiality fetish is no secret now.
2005-09-28, 7:00 PM #36
OMg... it said their penises (penii?) can be up to 18 meters long! :eek:
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2005-09-28, 7:00 PM #37
Quote:
But having such a big penis does have one drawback: it seems that co-ordinating eight legs, two feeding tentacles and a huge penis, whilst fending off an irate female, is a bit too much to ask
They're not kidding... It aint easy...

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2005-09-28, 7:00 PM #38
It's why they are called Giant Squids.
2005-09-28, 7:02 PM #39
Originally posted by Freelancer:
OMg... it said their penises (penii?) can be up to 18 meters long! :eek:

no... "The giant squid can reach up to 18 metres in length and weigh up to 900kg." The squid itself is 18 m. not the penis.
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2005-09-28, 7:03 PM #40
Originally posted by Deadman:
Wonder what it tastes like.


tastes like squid
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