Subj : Re: OT - Giant squid photographed. To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : whodunit Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 18:22:14 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise Count 1 wrote: > 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. > (...) > *** > > Please resume your regular existence. > > Whoa. That's a lotta calimari!!! ;-) .