Giant squid filmed live

Vikingod · Dec 22, 2006, 02:12 PM

Here is the video

Source: Reuters
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Its mass of reddish tentacles flailing, a giant squid fought a losing battle to evade capture in a video unveiled by Japanese scientists on Friday.

Images of the squid -- a relatively small female about 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in) long and weighing 50 kg (110 lb) -- were the ultimate prize for zoologists at the National Science Museum, who have been pursuing one of the ocean's most mysterious creatures for years.

"Nobody has ever seen a live giant squid except fishermen," team leader Tsunemi Kubodera of the museum's zoology department said in an interview on Friday. "We believe these are the first ever moving pictures of a giant squid."

Little was known until recently about the creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster that was blamed by sailors for sinking ships off Norway in the 18th century.
Reuters Pictures

Unconfirmed reports say giant squid can grow up to 20 meters long, but according to scientists they are unlikely to pose a threat to ships because they spend their lives hundreds of meters under the sea.

The Japanese research team tracked giant squid by following their biggest predators -- sperm whales -- as they gathered to feed near the Ogasawara islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo between September and December.

**temeteus82** · Dec 22, 2006, 02:54 PM

Thats one big squid if you ask me... And it just young one...

BlueMak · Dec 22, 2006, 05:29 PM

I wonder how many things we do not know about our oceans.

Vikingod · Dec 23, 2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I wonder how many things we do not know about our oceans.

most of them

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 23, 2006, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I wonder how many things we do not know about our oceans.

very little... we know so very little

pr0digal jenius · Dec 23, 2006, 07:05 AM

super sized calamari

BWX · Dec 25, 2006, 01:00 AM

I've watched a lot of documentaries about them looking for one in little submarines and submersibles.. Amazing that they finally got one on tape. I guess the search is still on to find one (and film it) live and in it's own environment.

I've been trying to find some better quality vids.. and one's you can go full screen with (I couldn't with the one in the link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjp_jumlO3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9GqVbYi4hU

better quality but only 20 seconds or less of the squid- rest is other stories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFwCZY6_lhY

little better I think..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIELef5R6nY

If anyone finds a better quality version please link to it. Everything I've seen is pretty crappy quality.

SFOSOK · Dec 25, 2006, 04:11 AM

damn, now I'm hungry

OmegaRED · Dec 25, 2006, 07:49 PM

Wasn't very impressive, it might as well have been dead it moved that much.

Tinkerhell · Dec 26, 2006, 04:17 PM

Unleash the Kraken!

They eat sperm whales!

**temeteus82** · Dec 26, 2006, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinkerhell

They eat sperm whales!

It's just the other way round

Sperm whales eats the squid...

Tinkerhell · Dec 26, 2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

The Japanese research team tracked giant squid by following their biggest predators....

opps guess I didn't read carefully enough.

Damn. I liked it the other way much better.

Dec 22, 2006, 02:12 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Giant squid filmed live Here is the video Source: Reuters ______________ Its mass of reddish tentacles flailing, a giant squid fought a losing battle to evade capture in a video unveiled by Japanese scientists on Friday. Images of the squid -- a relatively small female about 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in) long and weighing 50 kg (110 lb) -- were the ultimate prize for zoologists at the National Science Museum, who have been pursuing one of the ocean's most mysterious creatures for years. "Nobody has ever seen a live giant squid except fishermen," team leader Tsunemi Kubodera of the museum's zoology department said in an interview on Friday. "We believe these are the first ever moving pictures of a giant squid." Little was known until recently about the creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster that was blamed by sailors for sinking ships off Norway in the 18th century. Reuters Pictures Unconfirmed reports say giant squid can grow up to 20 meters long, but according to scientists they are unlikely to pose a threat to ships because they spend their lives hundreds of meters under the sea. The Japanese research team tracked giant squid by following their biggest predators -- sperm whales -- as they gathered to feed near the Ogasawara islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo between September and December.

Dec 22, 2006, 05:29 PM	#3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I wonder how many things we do not know about our oceans. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 25, 2006, 01:00 AM	#7
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I've watched a lot of documentaries about them looking for one in little submarines and submersibles.. Amazing that they finally got one on tape. I guess the search is still on to find one (and film it) live and in it's own environment. I've been trying to find some better quality vids.. and one's you can go full screen with (I couldn't with the one in the link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjp_jumlO3A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9GqVbYi4hU better quality but only 20 seconds or less of the squid- rest is other stories. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFwCZY6_lhY little better I think.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIELef5R6nY If anyone finds a better quality version please link to it. Everything I've seen is pretty crappy quality. __________________

Dec 25, 2006, 04:11 AM	#8
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	damn, now I'm hungry __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Dec 25, 2006, 07:49 PM	#9
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Wasn't very impressive, it might as well have been dead it moved that much. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 23, 2006, 07:05 AM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	super sized calamari

Dec 26, 2006, 04:17 PM	#10
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	Unleash the Kraken! They eat sperm whales! __________________ Stupidity should be painful if not terminal. Darwin for Sainthood!!