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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/index.html

Holy shit, that's a big squid.

awesome!! a few years ago the discovery channel did a documentary about them but never got them on camera. finally we get pictures!

Would you like to join me for Calamari, my dear? :D I dare say we have enough to go around.

Whoo Hoo! Pops the top off the twenty three year old bottle of champagne that’s been waiting for this day!


Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Sweet!

Thanks for posting that! :D

Beautiful!!!!

Sweet. I'm glad they finally managed to get some pics of some live ones.

When I saw that tentacle, my first thought (Seriously) was "I wonder what it tastes like/if they'll eat it?", 'cause to the best of my knowledge, no one's had giant squid calamari. Man, I'm hungry, now.

Cool. I love it when nature gets strange. Pretty amazing job the did to get those photographs. Fishing with a camera...

Oh my god... I'm actually salivating at the thought of eating that sonna ma biatch.

When I saw that tentacle, my first thought (Seriously) was "I wonder what it tastes like/if they'll eat it?", 'cause to the best of my knowledge, no one's had giant squid calamari. Man, I'm hungry, now.
Considering it's a Japanese research team and Japan LOVES squid...

I'm assuming I'll start seeing giant squid at my local supermarket really soon. ;)

I don't think they'll be eating them anytime soon. Considering how hard it is to find them as it is...

I wonder how they live...squids are very intelligent - some say a little octopus is just as smart as for example a dog.
And judging from their resourcefulness when they want to break out of an aquarium, they almost have to live in cities down there...

I don't think they'll be eating them anytime soon. Considering how hard it is to find them as it is...

yeah, the next step is to capture a live one, and seeing how long it took just to take photos of them, its going to be a while...

And judging from their resourcefulness when they want to break out of an aquarium, they almost have to live in cities down there...
They break out of aquariums?

Please elaborate.

Oh my god... I'm actually salivating at the thought of eating that sonna ma biatch.

mmm.

Deep fried in a light batter.
Dusted with a touch of parmesan and pepper.
A little lemon juice.
horseradishy cocktail sauce.

They break out of aquariums?

Please elaborate.
Actually they're well known for it. They leave their tanks and go to other ones, usually managing to eat tasty whatevers in the new tank. Montery Bay Aq said they finally found the only way to stop them was to put velcro on the tops of the tanks. I guess they don't like the feel of velcro.

When I saw that tentacle, my first thought (Seriously) was "I wonder what it tastes like/if they'll eat it?", 'cause to the best of my knowledge, no one's had giant squid calamari. Man, I'm hungry, now.
Well, considering that was Japanese research vessel, I'm sure someone has now :D

Actually they're well known for it. They leave their tanks and go to other ones, usually managing to eat tasty whatevers in the new tank. Montery Bay Aq said they finally found the only way to stop them was to put velcro on the tops of the tanks. I guess they don't like the feel of velcro.
That's kinda neat.

Do both squid and octopus (octopi?) do that?

I wonder how they live...squids are very intelligent - some say a little octopus is just as smart as for example a dog.
And judging from their resourcefulness when they want to break out of an aquarium, they almost have to live in cities down there...


Note, this is a giant squid, not a giant octopus

octopi have been know to climb out of aquariums, the trick is to put astro turf on the edges; it dosn't agree with the suckers.

mmm.

Deep fried in a light batter.
Dusted with a touch of parmesan and pepper.
A little lemon juice.
horseradishy cocktail sauce.
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God! MUST... EAT... GIANT... SQUID!!!!!

Please elaborate.
Go to a Petshop and ask them - they all say that Octopussys are nothing for beginners. You need to put something heavy on top of the tank, cuz they'll squeeze through anything, and some have been known to open locks if they could reach them...

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp/octokeep.html

Note, this is a giant squid, not a giant octopus.
Duly Noted!

Note, this is a giant squid, not a giant octopus.

Correct, otherwise my recipe would be different. :D

Go to a Petshop and ask them - they all say that Octopussys are nothing for beginners. You need to put something heavy on top of the tank, cuz they'll squeeze through anything, and some have been known to open locks if they could reach them...

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tcp/octokeep.html
That's so cool!

I want an octopus now!

Finally! Been waiting for this ever since I first learned about those things.

GIS for "mimic octopus".

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-13,GGLD:en&q=%22mimic%20octopus%22&sa=N&tab=wi

Squid also communicate with one another by flashing different colours rapidly like a strobe light, it's awesome to watch.

I watched this interesting show a few months ago, it was a bunch of biologists etc making up animals that could evolve from what we have today.

They know how the climate and so on is going to evolve, and so they see what environments would be found - and then they see who could evolve to survive.
They assume people don't exist anymore, for whatever reason.

Anyways, in about 200 million years, intelligent squids (which have left the water about 100 million years or so before) throw sticks and stuff at big elephant squids to save their babies...

www.thefutureiswild.com

Check it out, it's mad!

Anyways, in about 200 million years, intelligent squids (which have left the water about 100 million years or so before) throw sticks and stuff at big elephant squids to save their babies...

www.thefutureiswild.com

Check it out, it's mad!
I've got the book. It's really cool. The guy who started this "future evolution" concept, Dougal Dixon, is an artist who one day saw one of this buttons with the legend "Save the whales," and he started thinking "well, what if we can't save the whales? what will occupy that empty niche." and started imagining all sorts of animals that could evolve to take the place of the whale. Then he got together with some biologists and others to come up with more future animals and people.

I was a young lad when I first saw his drawings and concepts. Over 20 years ago.

Those old carvings and drawings of wooden sailing ships with tentacles wrapped up their masts-dont seem so far-fetched anymore.

Now, let's find some mermaids!

Excellent! :D

The funny thing is, scientists have been sure these things existed for decades, but had never actually seen one until now.

So, you ask, how did they know they existed if they had never seen one? Indirect evidence. Humpback whales are sometimes found with giant sucker-marks on their skin, and scars from giant squid-beaks. Also, in the 1960s, someone caught a six-foot-long baby squid - it was obviously juvenile, but squid of that age are usually closer to six inches than six feet.

(And how do I know so much about giant squid? I'm a mad scientist evil dictator, remember? I've been wanting one of these in my laboratory for years! :p)

Now, let's find some mermaids!


where can i sign up to join the expedition?.. :)

Excellent! :D

The funny thing is, scientists have been sure these things existed for decades, but had never actually seen one until now.


Not true. They have just never seen a live one before. Giant squid have washed ashore when dead and been caught in fishing nets for years. For proof, follow that link in post one and read what the article is actually saying and have a look at the pictures.

Good luck with getting one for the Evil Lair :cool:

where can i sign up to join the expedition?.. :)

Gotta change my name to Ulysses first! :)

The funny thing is, scientists have been sure these things existed for decades, but had never actually seen one until now.

So, you ask, how did they know they existed if they had never seen one?

Well, all the dead ones that keep washing up on beaches for a start :D


Squidtacular!

I wish I had huge tentacles....

Mmmmmm freudian.... :P

Wow, those Giant Squid are really...Giant.

I knew I had a phobia about deep water for a reason! Now I feel completely justified...

Kinda makes you wonder what else might be down there. Speaking of which did anyone catch the documentary series that Discovery did a little while ago called Blue Planet? The Deep Sea segment was fairly horrifying, in terms of nasty, long -toothed creatures that they caught on camera.

octopi are fairly intelligent. there has been studies to prove it. one involved crab in sealed jars, some octopi managed to open the jar and feed on the crab. other couldn't. the strange thing tho... that when two tanks are placed side by side, and one watches the other get the crab, he 'learns by watching' and with some fumbling, manages to open the jar.

another mystery was the feeding octopi. oceanographers noticed that the (forget what it was, fish I think) number was dropping steadily... about one a night. so they set up a survelance camera and noticed the octopi from two tanks over would climb to the lid of his tank, open it, climb out and across the floor, then up and into the fish tank... swim for a while, have a snack, then make the journey back to his tank.
I believe the midnight snacking stopped when they increaded the food they were feeding it.

man tho... that is one awsome pic. :D

I knew I had a phobia about deep water for a reason! Now I feel completely justified...

Kinda makes you wonder what else might be down there. Speaking of which did anyone catch the documentary series that Discovery did a little while ago called Blue Planet? The Deep Sea segment was fairly horrifying, in terms of nasty, long -toothed creatures that they caught on camera.beautiful creatures too... especally the florecent ones.

I wonder if this is the source of tentacle porn.

beautiful creatures too... especally the florecent ones.

I have to agree with you there. The jellyfish were amazing.

But still scary.

I watched this interesting show a few months ago, it was a bunch of biologists etc making up animals that could evolve from what we have today.

They know how the climate and so on is going to evolve, and so they see what environments would be found - and then they see who could evolve to survive.
They assume people don't exist anymore, for whatever reason.

Anyways, in about 200 million years, intelligent squids (which have left the water about 100 million years or so before) throw sticks and stuff at big elephant squids to save their babies...

www.thefutureiswild.com

Check it out, it's mad!

Man, I love things like that. I'll need to watch it at some point.

Reminds me of this: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/extraterrestrial/

I'm glad they've finally managed to find a live giant squid! Kind of brings into perspective just how vast our oceans are and how little we know about them, not being able to find something as massive as these squids.

From what I know, there have been substantiated reports of squid measuring nearly THIRTY METRES long. Mostly, though, they're dead bodies. Still… imagine something like that looming out of the darkness towards you…

Meh, I've seen bigger.

That thing's just a baby. They better look out for angry mama. (boo, scary)

Time for a Jules Verne party, I think. Yippee!! :D