Scientists spot a new type of squid living at extreme depths of the world's oceans

AP ^ | 12-20-01 | PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bizarre creature with 20-foot-long spidery legs that lives in the cold, inky black three miles below the surface of the ocean has been discovered in photographs taken by deep sea submersibles.

"I call it a mystery squid," said Mike Vecchione, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher. "It's unlike any other squid I've ever seen."

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Weird new discovery or Janet Reno's ancestors?

[dighton]

Calamari alert.

[TADSLOS]

Bin Laden located at last!

[MinuteGal]

This creature seems to have all the right attributes for a date with Bill Klinton. Maybe we could set it up (that is, if he's done dating that mummy).

Leni

[Grampa Dave]

Actually that is OBL hiding out on the bottom of the ocean!

Just name the squid, Benny Larden, the coward!

[patriot_wes]

"This is the largest unexplored part of the Earth by far," said Vecchione. "I firmly believe that there is a lot of really weird stuff down there that we don't know about....

I was gonna say; "has anyone seen Bill lately?"

[DrJasper]

"A bizarre creature living at extreme depths", ooops I though they were talking about hitlary.

Sorry to offend the fish with my thoughtless comparison.

[DeltaGizmo]

So THATS where Clinton has been....

[Redbob]

"We are really ignorant about what lives on our own planet" at great depths."

I can live with that.

[headsonpikes]

"Mystery squid"

Sounds like seafood night at the dorm caf when I was an undergrad!

[Notforprophet]

"Vecchione, first author of a study appearing Friday in the journal Science, said the only evidence of the squid comes from photographs and video images taken during submersible dives. However, he said, the findings are persuasive because they came from eight independent worldwide sightings by scientists from eight institutions in four countries."

Substitute the word "UFO" for "squid", and "airliner flights" for "submersible dives" ie...

"Vecchione, first author of a study appearing Friday in the journal Science, said the only evidence of the UFO comes from photographs and video images taken during airliner flights. However, he said, the findings are persuasive because they came from eight independent worldwide sightings by scientists from eight institutions in four countries."

This guy would be called and crackpot and never be published in a journal like Science

Notforprophet

[Orual]

Photos and movies here.

Love to fry me up a ton of those.

[Frohickey]

Time for another ice age to lower the sea level, and get some sushi.

[MarkWar]

>>the findings are persuasive because they came from eight independent worldwide sightings by scientists from eight institutions in four countries
>Substitute the word "UFO" for "squid", and "airliner flights" for "submersible dives" ie...

You beat me to it!

Perhaps if UFOs were simply called "Mystery Lights" that would be enough for Science to endorse their study...

Mark W.

[John H K]

They've got them photographed and on tape. And almost all UFOs have mundane explanations.

[Doctor Stochastic]

If a sample of the Squid-In-Question isn't found, then it will be relegated to the Unidentified-Swimming-Object (USO) catagory. If a sample flying saucer is found, they will be removed from the UFO catagory.

[dead]

In addition, this squid is actually real.

[william clark]

Paging Peter Benchley...

[BunnySlippers]

[DancesWithTrout]

"More crabby patties Mister Squidward."