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Subj : Re: OT - Giant squid photographed.
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : Al Smith
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 19:19:20

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.
> (...)
> ***
> 
> 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!

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