Giant Squid photographed for the first time...

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…and I can’t decide if I’m sad or excited.
Go figure.

Article here
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0927_050927_giant_squid.html
Pics here
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/

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That was mentioned on the BBC website; I thought it came across in a rather odd manner. The gist of the article was that they got to see a giant squid up close, and when it departed it even left a “souvenir” (their words) which they were all excited about. The article avoided the fact something along the lines of “generously donating a souvenir for scientific investigation” (my words) nicely got around having to use “had one of its tentacles ripped off in trying to escape”.

I’m all for investigation and research into creatures living in an environment we know little about, but tearing chunks off them seems a little unnecessary.

Phil

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I’m with you.

It’s a bit confusing because they describe it as ‘became entangled in the lure’ without making it clear if it was actually quite accidental or if the intention was to catch the squid, complete with bait and hooks.

And if they were trying to catch it, can you imagine how much spinach and feta they’d need?

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Very exciting, thanks for sharing!

Andrew

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Finnaly. It baffled me as how they could have not caught this thing on video/camera, with all the sea radar/sonar crap going on…

Thank goodness, I just can’t wait to pet one in captivity.

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man, those things are scaryyy…I’d hate to meet one face to face. it’d like eat me.

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I notice these were Japanese scientists. Could they be any relation to the Japanese “scientists” who still kill whales for “scientific purposes”?

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cool… kinda makes the mystery go away though…

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Yeah no more fun…

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Tonmo.com’s editorial comment mentions some of the ethical concerns (URL may be temporary):