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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: Grannyx4; Sarcastic1
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posted on
09/28/2005 6:05:00 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(Fines for excess bleeding.)
To: LongElegantLegs
To: LongElegantLegs
"We've named him Schumer."
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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.)
To: theDentist
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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.)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Dang it! I thought I was early enough to beat the rush.
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posted on
09/28/2005 6:10:40 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
(Fines for excess bleeding.)
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 !
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posted on
09/28/2005 6:49:55 AM PDT
by
genefromjersey
(So much to flame;so little time !)
To: SirChas
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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)
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
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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.)
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).
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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])
To: LongElegantLegs
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posted on
09/28/2005 8:50:53 AM PDT
by
mnehring
(Cindy Sheehan- The Katy Couric of Al Jazzerra.)
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?
;-)
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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.)
To: SteveH
Nope, I'll stick with cryptobiology, the meaning of which is clear, and eschew Mirriam-Webster.
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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.)
To: hispanarepublicana
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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.)
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??
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posted on
09/28/2005 9:13:59 AM PDT
by
GreenFreeper
(FM me to be added to the Eco-Ping List)
To: LongElegantLegs
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
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.
To: LongElegantLegs
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:21:42 AM PDT
by
Gardener
To: Brad's Gramma
maybe someone will drop one of these into Lake Muchacho
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