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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."
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Education; Food; History; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: calamari; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; giantsquid; kraken; repeat
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To: cogitator
Where's the Seaview?........
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:23:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:26:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: SunkenCiv
Nope, I'll stick with cryptobiology, the meaning of which is clear, and eschew Mirriam-Webster. You'll have to chew hard - that's a THICK book! ;-P
I have a placard on my cubicle wall that says to "Eschew Obfuscation".
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:33:18 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Mostly Harmless)
To: MortMan
That would make a great tagline. :')
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:40:35 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
To: LongElegantLegs
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:43:54 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("...there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda." - Thomas Kean, chairman, 9/11 Commission)
To: mnehrling
It's a little sick how many people read this article and think "Food!" ;-P
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posted on
09/28/2005 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(Big Fat Ugly Bug-Faced Baby Eating O'Brian is my homegirl.)
To: GreenFreeper
Sort of a cute little bast*rd ah, he he. Where is Captain Nemo when you need em.
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posted on
09/28/2005 11:32:11 AM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: LongElegantLegs
Article says they filmed it eating. What do these things eat?
To: Steelerfan
What do these things eat? Squid food what else- Fish and other inverts.
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posted on
09/28/2005 11:51:43 AM PDT
by
GreenFreeper
(FM me to be added to the Eco-Ping List)
To: Steelerfan
A bag of smaller squid, and a few crushed shrimp.They're carnivorous, it says.
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posted on
09/28/2005 11:58:00 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(Big Fat Ugly Bug-Faced Baby Eating O'Brian is my homegirl.)
To: GreenFreeper
12 meters is close to 40 feet
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posted on
09/28/2005 12:31:32 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: LongElegantLegs
That is a lot of calamari.
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posted on
09/28/2005 12:35:56 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: editor-surveyor
12 meters is close to 40 feet Why let facts get in the way? They really need an editor button instead of just a spell check!!
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posted on
09/28/2005 12:36:22 PM PDT
by
GreenFreeper
(FM me to be added to the Eco-Ping List)
To: GreenFreeper
Yep! We've been asking for an editor function for seven years...
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posted on
09/28/2005 2:19:41 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: cogitator
wow, i always thought they were out there, and I bet they're man eaters.
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posted on
09/28/2005 5:52:38 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: LongElegantLegs
Wow big slimy thing,yuck.
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posted on
09/28/2005 6:59:17 PM PDT
by
Sarcastic1
(Don't make me adverb verb you,you adjective noun!)
To: LongElegantLegs
Pete, Pete! Is that you? Oh I'm sorry, you're a Marine!
JUST KIDDING!!!!!
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posted on
09/28/2005 7:33:19 PM PDT
by
Vor Lady
(Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?)
To: Coleus
Archy or Masty? Archy lives too deep to be a man-eater (despite Peter Benchley's novel), and Masty (Mastigoteuthis) isn't that big: half the length of most squid is tentacles.
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