Finally, the first glimpse of...
Octosquid! (http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/05/news/story03.html)
Moar details. (http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/06/29/local_news/local02.txt)
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/content/articles/2007/06/29/local_news/local02.jpg
so now I wonder what else lurks in the dark depths of our oceans...
IL Ruffino
06-07-2007, 14:50
Fry it!
I'm surprised it's so colorful. I'd expect something at that depth to be pale and rather bland looking.
Wilgrove
06-07-2007, 14:52
They should genetically engineer them to not only be 50 feet long, but with frinkin lasers on their heads! :D
That's pretty cool. A lot of our seas and oceans are still unexplored so there's no telling how many creatures exist that we know nothing off.
Call to power
06-07-2007, 14:54
I don't think there going far enough, I suggest we install undersea vacuum cleaners to suck the sea bed dry!
Wilgrove
06-07-2007, 14:57
I don't think there going far enough, I suggest we install undersea vacuum cleaners to suck the sea bed dry!
but then they would die.
Peepelonia
06-07-2007, 14:58
I'm surprised it's so colorful. I'd expect something at that depth to be pale and rather bland looking.
Yep red is almost invisible in deep water, so these creatures use it as a camoflage colour.
Yep red is almost invisible in deep water, so these creatures use it as a camoflage colour.
Of course octopuses can change color (shouldn't that plural be octopi?), it's possible the red coloration is a stress response to try to hide.
Call to power
06-07-2007, 15:03
but then they would die.
not if we change the filters!
HC Eredivisie
06-07-2007, 15:36
From the second article:
While the smallest of the rat-tail fish was still alive -- until the octosquid made a meal of it --
:D
Jeruselem
06-07-2007, 15:38
Cool! :)
Nice looking critters.
Kryozerkia
06-07-2007, 16:18
Mmmmmm.... dinner!
German Nightmare
06-07-2007, 16:38
That's really cool. Octopi are among my favorite creatures. :D
Turquoise Days
06-07-2007, 16:41
NELHA is the OTEC research station, isn't it?
Peepelonia
06-07-2007, 16:42
That's really cool. Octopi are among my favorite creatures. :D
...to eat!
Chandelier
06-07-2007, 17:03
That's cool. :)
NELHA is the OTEC research station, isn't it?
a part of it I think.
their website: http://www.nelha.org/
this isn't really the first glimpse of an octosquid, I think this (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/06/squidfishing_for_the_wily_tani.php)one was first.
this isn't really the first glimpse of an octosquid, I think this (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/06/squidfishing_for_the_wily_tani.php)one was first.
...err.... ok. first live glimpse? :D