Woohoo!! Juvenile architeuthis filmed alive!!!http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-12-22T133726Z_01_T148997_RTRUKOC_0_US-SQUID-GIANT-JAPAN.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-scienceNews-2
That's awesome. Always loved the idea of giant sea monsters.But that link has no movies of it?
>>54386
oh wow. love it. but still, call me when they catch an adult. that's when shit'll get interesting.
>>54394Call me when they catch a live adult colossal squid. Those things rock!
>>54383When they have it in that big blue tub out in the open is it dead? Is it tranquilized? Is it even the same giant squid they were filming?
...I am moving to Japan. I have to accompany those scientists.
>>54400The squid died as they pulled it aboard, from what I caught on CNN this morning.
Sucks that it died. Having a live one at a zoo or something would be awesome.
>>54417Guess they are way too big to get out of the water alive.
>>54420It escaped from the line once, and they think those injuries were what eventually killed it.
Oh god, I'm shaking.Big things in the ocean terrify the fuck out of me.
>>54446
How long till they're in porn?
>>54477Hello Anonymous,I am from the future. 10 years.
Story isn't available. :( Temporary thing, or permanent?
>>54494It's not that interesting.
jesus christ imagine being attacked by one of those things while diving.fuck.jesus almighty god that thing would fuck you up.
BBC broadcast about the squidhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3681938.stm
>>54510if you can avoid the beak you're ok. Get caught with that and you're gonna either bleed or death or come out missing a HUEG chunk of yourself.
>>54993Squid have hooks in their long tentacles too, remember.
I've tied both link people gave... both come back with unavailable issues... suck, can anyone else point me in the direction to read about it? I love marine biology, this is awesome! I gotta know moar!
>>54993spermwhales are covered with round scars from fights with giant squids.Their suckers can wound quite well it seems.
Japanese proceeded to eat the squid and sends more "scientists" to "capture" more of the elusive creature.
<<55644 Not in this case. While humans and most other land animals have a water based body chemistry, giant squid are based on ammonia. Which is a nice way of sying they're inedible.