Subj : OT - Giant squid photographed.
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Count 1
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 16:31:33

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

It might come as a surprise to some, but we've never actually photographed a
giant squid alive and in the wild before.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/27/japan.squid.ap/index.html

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japanese scientists have photographed for the first
time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of
the deep sea.

The team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera from the National Science Museum in Tokyo,
tracked the 8-meter (25-foot) long Architeuthis as it attacked prey at 900
meters deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands.

"We believe this is the first time a grown giant squid has been captured on
camera in its natural habitat," said Kyoichi Mori, a marine researcher who
co-authored a piece on the finding in the Royal Society Journal, a leading
British biological publication.
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Please resume your regular existence.

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