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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A rare and dangerous squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and scores of razor-sharp hooks to snag its prey has been caught by fishermen off Antarctica, New Zealand scientists said on Thursday.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...aland_squid_dc
Very, very cool!
Werd - That is cool man. Not as big as I was hopeing though :(
So what's the difference between the Giant Squid on all those discovery shows, and this collossal squid?
This one can summon other squids to do things for it, like go to the supermarket, order stuff off amazon.com. Stuff like that.
Whoa - only half grown.
Relative of yours, Nemo? ;)
Deep-sea life fascinates me - like the article says, we know so little about it. What else is lurking down there? I hope that sufficient funding is eventually given to fully explore the depths.
Awesome. I've always been interested in squid and octopi. This is an amazing find! Like it says in the article, it kinda makes you wonder what might be lurking 10,000 feet down...I mean, this squid wasn't near full-grown. A shame they killed it. Imangine if they caught it alive (if that's possible)?
It differs from the giant squid “by having enormous hooks arming the tentacles and the arms,”Quote:
Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
So what's the difference between the Giant Squid on all those discovery shows, and this collossal squid?
Bwahaha, yes!Quote:
Originally posted by BioMechanic
Relative of yours, Nemo? ;)
Deep-sea life fascinates me - like the article says, we know so little about it. What else is lurking down there? I hope that sufficient funding is eventually given to fully explore the depths.
I read that if you took the the funding to launch the shuttle into space one time, is enough to send down a scientific research submarine once a day for the next three years.
It was dead when the fishermen caught it.Quote:
Originally posted by Dolemite
I mean, this squid wasn't near full-grown. A shame they killed it. Imangine if they caught it alive (if that's possible)?
Cephalopods (even very small ones) are one of the most difficult sea creatures to keep alive in captivity (due to how little we know about them).
I can't imagine how hard it would be to keep something of that size alive. Not to mention transporting it/finding a suitable habitat for it.
I meant if there were any internal differences or if they knew anything about which one was older, if the diets were the same, breeding, etc, etc, etc. It is nice to know the colossal squid can double as an errand boy though, thanks Clash!
Is Koyaanisqatsi that movie about the Inuit runner?
AFAIK they are both fairly similar. Very little concrete information is known about any of the giant cephalopods, so a lot of the comparison data you will find is hypothetical.Quote:
Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
I meant if there were any internal differences or if they knew anything about which one was older, if the diets were the same, breeding, etc, etc, etc. It is nice to know the colossal squid can double as an errand boy though, thanks Clash!
I just tried to find anytype of comparison chart between the two and I found this:
Giant Squid have been seen in battle with adult whales too. In 1965, a Soviet whaler watched a battle between a squid and a 40 ton sperm whale. In this case neither were victorious. The strangled whale was found floating in the sea with the squid's tentacles wrapped around the whale's throat. The squid's severed head was found in the whale's stomach.
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Originally posted by Stone
Is Koyaanisqatsi that movie about the Inuit runner?
Koyaanisqatsi is about everything. and nothing.
[Wind Waker spoiler]
Quick, use the boomerang on its eyes!
[/Wind Waker spoiler]
Ooooooh......stuff like that gives me the spooky prickles!!!! :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by Kidnemo
Giant Squid have been seen in battle with adult whales too. In 1965, a Soviet whaler watched a battle between a squid and a 40 ton sperm whale. In this case neither were victorious. The strangled whale was found floating in the sea with the squid's tentacles wrapped around the whale's throat. The squid's severed head was found in the whale's stomach.
one day theyll keep one of those things alive
and when they do ill see it and use my powers to make it do my bidding and TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!
Not if I have my trusty boomerang.
I wonder how many species of animal are yet to be discovered, and how many went extinct before they were caught and classified?
Break out the frying pan!
thats why im making sure all my colossal squid wear goggles ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Nick
Not if I have my trusty boomerang.
I wonder how many species of animal are yet to be discovered, and how many went extinct before they were caught and classified?
probably thousands upon thousands of them
hell just look at the rainforests always tons of new species discovered there
and weve still yet to really search through the deepest parts of the oceans im sure theres thousands of species there
look at the celicant (spelling) that fish we thought was extinct till they caught one off the coast of madigascar (spelling)
Madagascar, Coelcanth
The "Aquaman" of giant squid.Quote:
Originally posted by Clash_Master
This one can summon other squids to do things for it, like go to the supermarket, order stuff off amazon.com. Stuff like that.
Since not as much is known about the ocean and the effects that population/pollutants are having on its ecosystem, here are a few other tree huggin' facts:Quote:
Originally posted by Nick
I wonder how many species of animal are yet to be discovered, and how many went extinct before they were caught and classified?
Rainforests cover less than two percent of the Earth's surface, yet they are home to 50 to 70 percent of all life forms on our planet.
As many as 30 million species of plants and animals - more than half of all life forms - live in tropical rainforests.
One acre of rainforest can have as many as 80 different tree species, as compared to only up to 25 species, in the forests of the USA.
Of all the plants that have cancer fighting pharmacological properties, over 70 percent are found in tropical rainforests.
As many as 30 million species of plants and animals - more than half of all life forms - live in tropical rainforests.
Every second, an area the size of a football field of rainforest land is burned, bulldozed, and completely destroyed.
Scientists estimate an average of 137 species of life forms become extinct every day. . . 50,000 each year.
There is so much we don't know about earth.
Big deal - they just had to go fishing in the rain after 4 PM.Quote:
Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
look at the celicant (spelling) that fish we thought was extinct till they caught one off the coast of madigascar (spelling)
I know it was dead when they caught it, I wasn't saying that they killed it on purpose. It got caught in their nets. I was just thinking how cool it would be if, somehow, it was still alive when they hauled it aboard.Quote:
Originally posted by Kidnemo
It was dead when the fishermen caught it.
Cephalopods (even very small ones) are one of the most difficult sea creatures to keep alive in captivity (due to how little we know about them).
And yeah, I've read about how difficult it to keep a Cephalopod in captivity...besides, they only tend to have a lifespan of just a few years, anyway.
Thats one big ass squid...
This makes me feel like playing EVO: Search for Eden...
Nemo: But how many of those extinct species suck?
I don't know about you guys, but that thing scares the shit out of me...
I have a crave for seafood all of a sudden. :evil:
TaiMaiShu said it best...
speaking of rare bizarre deep sea life, has anyone seen that crazy video of the guy that found that huge oarfish dying in that little rocky cove? I saw it on some "amazing animal videos" once and have been looking for it online but can't seem to find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Update to the story with a bit more additional info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...id2_203inf.gif
That chart really helps, now when someone comes to me and goes, "So how big was that Colossal Squid?" I can reply with, "Oh about 2 and a half London buses."
Already dead?Quote:
Originally posted by Kidnemo
Update to the story with a bit more additional info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...id2_203inf.gif
The one I fought the other day tried to suck me into a whirlpool, but luckily I had my boomerang.
It had already swallowed someone else, and boy were they happy to be free.
pssht. It's pretty big, I guess.
I was expecting something the size of Godzilla or something cool like that, and it was already dead. Maybe these giant colossal squids are fighting back and this is the first wave of many who will stop at nothing to take back the high seas!!!
I always knew this day would come. *holds up shotgun* Prepare for the struggle. *jumps out nearby window, through glass*
ahh, bastard, you beat me to it.:mad: :lol:Quote:
Originally posted by burgundy
Big deal - they just had to go fishing in the rain after 4 PM.
Woah! That's a beefy, manly squid if I ever saw one! I dig this kind of stuff. And since I've been playing EverBlue 2, my interest in marine life has been piqued.
Excellent thread, Kid. And excellent comic too. ;)
Hmmm...while we're on the topic of squid, I might have to say my favorite variety is the cuddlefish. Very small, but neat looking none the less. And unlike most squid, it has a bone. Only one, but it's there none the less. The first time I saw one was on Iron Chef. :D
Also unlike most squid, it swims head first.
I'd hit it.
Any sea creature that can take out a grown Sperm whale deserves respect. About capivity, since deep sea creatures deal with intense pressure wouldn't be impossible to haul something like this aboard a ship?
*-neo
lol...Quote:
Originally posted by burgundy
Big deal - they just had to go fishing in the rain after 4 PM.
From what I've read, it's not as much about the pressure as it is temperature.Quote:
Originally posted by neoalphazero
About capivity, since deep sea creatures deal with intense pressure wouldn't be impossible to haul something like this aboard a ship?
The giant variety cephalopods natural habitat is very cold oceanic climates.
They theorize that the only reason we ever see them near the surface is this: through out the ocean there are currents of hot and cold water. These streams of varied temperature water (sometimes with many degrees of difference between the two) meet at various places in the ocean. The hypothesis is that the squid was doing his thing in the cold water, but inadverntantly followed one of the cold "streams" up to the surface where they are seen/caught/drawn in a weekly web comic.
I still need to get Everblue...I keep forgetting. :/Quote:
Originally posted by Captain Vegetable
Woah! That's a beefy, manly squid if I ever saw one! I dig this kind of stuff. And since I've been playing EverBlue 2, my interest in marine life has been piqued.
And yea, stuff like this has been an intrest of mine for years.
(Iron Chef owns me for free btw)
This squid would make alot of calamari
I find both deep sea and dinosaur discoveries fascinating. I stumbled upon this story on CNN.com while looking for war news and was glued to my screen.