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Camera catches live giant squid
The Washington Post ^ | Sept 28, 2005 | Guy Gugliotta

Posted on 09/28/2005 6:04:21 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs

Using a digital camera dangling from a line nearly 3,300 feet long, scientists for the first time have photographed a live giant squid, the tentacled deep-sea monster that is the largest invertebrate on Earth.

*SNIP*

"the recovered section of tentacle was still functioning," they continued, "with the large suckers of the tentacle club repeatedly gripping the boat deck and any offered fingers."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: calamari; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; giantsquid; kraken; repeat
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1 posted on 09/28/2005 6:04:22 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs
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To: Grannyx4; Sarcastic1

Giant squid ping!


2 posted on 09/28/2005 6:05:00 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Fines for excess bleeding.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Second one today.


3 posted on 09/28/2005 6:06:09 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: LongElegantLegs

"We've named him Schumer."

4 posted on 09/28/2005 6:08:48 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: theDentist

LOL


5 posted on 09/28/2005 6:09:29 AM PDT by cyborg (Thank you dear Lord for my new job, breath in my lungs and my future husband petronski.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Dang it! I thought I was early enough to beat the rush.


6 posted on 09/28/2005 6:10:40 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Fines for excess bleeding.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
(With apologies to Julius La Rosa)

Eh Cumpari
Ci vo sunari
Chi si manga
U Calimari.

E comu si manga
U Calimari ?

Splish-a-splash-a
Arms -a -thrash-a

Tipiti tipiti glub !

7 posted on 09/28/2005 6:49:55 AM PDT by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: SirChas

giant squid ping


8 posted on 09/28/2005 7:15:46 AM PDT by mad puppy ( The Southern border needs to be a MAJOR issue in 2006 and 2008)
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To: Area Freeper; aculeus; areafiftyone; atomic conspiracy; BenLurkin; Beowulf9; Brett66; ...
Cryptobiology topic, but NOT a ping list.
Area Freeper; aculeus; areafiftyone; atomic conspiracy; BenLurkin; Beowulf9; Brett66; BurbankKarl; blam; CHARLITE; Coleus; chance33_98; charlite; churchillbuff; coleus; conservative in nyc; DED; dead; demlosers; dila813; djf; doug from upland; esryle; FairOpinion; fishtank; freedom44; gd124; gspz; HAL9000; Hellmouth; hispanarepublicana; Iam1ru1-2; JohnHuang2; Johnny Shear; K4Harty; keving; LongElegantLegs; Las Vegas Dave; lowbridge; martin_fierro; mhking; minus_273; NormsRevenge; neverdem; nickcarraway; OldCorps; Our_Man_In_Gough_Island; Piefloater; Pikamax; Pro-Bush; presidio9; Rael Seven Crosses; Rebelbase; Recovering_Democrat; Red Badger; Revel; Russian Sage; rimtop56; SteveH; scouse; spycatcher; swilhelm73; TapTheSource; TigerLikesRooster; unspun; Valin; WaveThatFlag; ZinGirl

9 posted on 09/28/2005 7:57:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the ping. I LOVE crypto-stuff. I was beginning to think that giant squids only existed in a useless, dead form (kind of like New Orleans City Leadership).


10 posted on 09/28/2005 8:03:46 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: LongElegantLegs

Uber-Sushi.


11 posted on 09/28/2005 8:50:53 AM PDT by mnehring (Cindy Sheehan- The Katy Couric of Al Jazzerra.)
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To: SunkenCiv
SunkenCiv wrote:

Cryptobiology topic, but NOT a ping list.

According to Mirriam-Webster Online, no such word. Consider perhaps:

cryptozoology?

Tales from the Crypt?

;-)

12 posted on 09/28/2005 8:57:24 AM PDT by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: SteveH

Nope, I'll stick with cryptobiology, the meaning of which is clear, and eschew Mirriam-Webster.


13 posted on 09/28/2005 9:10:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

:'D


14 posted on 09/28/2005 9:11:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: blam; calcowgirl; Carry_Okie; ClearCase_guy; cogitator; CollegeRepublican; ...
ECO-PING

This 12 metre giant squid was found dead in Spain earlier this year. Imagine a 26 footer??


15 posted on 09/28/2005 9:13:59 AM PDT by GreenFreeper (FM me to be added to the Eco-Ping List)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Mmmmm, calamari!


16 posted on 09/28/2005 9:18:08 AM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: LongElegantLegs
This is the first time for Architeuthis, but here's a cool video of Mastigoteuthis, a six-foot long squid.

Squid Caught on Video

17 posted on 09/28/2005 9:37:48 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: Area Freeper; aculeus; areafiftyone; atomic conspiracy; BenLurkin; Beowulf9; Brett66; ...

I borrowed the posted ping list. You guys might like the video in the post above this one.


18 posted on 09/28/2005 10:19:23 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: LongElegantLegs

How Cool!!


19 posted on 09/28/2005 10:21:42 AM PDT by Gardener
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To: Brad's Gramma

maybe someone will drop one of these into Lake Muchacho


20 posted on 09/28/2005 10:21:47 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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