Subj : Re: OT - Giant squid photographed. To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : Toad Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 12:26:44 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:19:20 GMT, Al Smith 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. > >The idiots managed to tear off one of its arms while taking its >picture. Japanese can't even be eco-friendly with a camera! I think they planned to collect a sample and are lying about it being an accident. .