Subj : Re: OT - Giant squid photographed.
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
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Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 23:53:59

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"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message
news:I8B_e.98083$Ph4.3085651@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > 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 dunno - I think if anyone can rip off the tentacle of a heretofore
undocumented animal at almost a kilometer underwater they can't really be
called 'idiots'.

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