Subj : Re: OT - Giant squid photographed.
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : whodunit
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 02:26:03

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

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!

They said on the news tonite that the poor thing struggled for 4 hours
before pulling away finally, and ripping it's tentacle off--won't kill
it, won't regrow it, but I bet it still hurts! :*(

First time I ever felt sorry for a squid.

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