Scientists Photograph Giant Squid! Very cool. Read all about it on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/27/japan.squid.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
There are so many incredible creatures down there. I LOVE reading about things like that. Thanks, SBW.
I've always wanted to go into the ocean or the Amazon and look at all the awesome animals--I was watching a Discovery Channel program on our awesome HD TV, and it was about this dude talking about the Brazil nut tree and a humongous spider that eats chicken. Yes, chicken. But then again, I'd probably get bitten by something.
But you know what will happen now, don't you? There will be tons of tourists vistiting the area where the squid is located. Still, that's just my opinion. Please prove me wrong!
I read that the other day. I felt bad for the squid for losing a tentacle; however, what a great "find" for the crew.
Very cool. Isn't it funny that humans assume most animals bigger than themselves are sluggish? Hippos, rhinos, bears, you can find text books from the 40's and 50's where these animals are described as slow, lumbering, and clumsy. We now know all of them are capable of amazing bursts of speed and agility. Silly humans.
You know, once upon a time, people thought the Mountain Gorillias were a myth. Then they thought the pselocampth (I know I msp) were extinct. Then it was a giant squid. I always think of those animals when I watch one of those shows on the Discovery Channel about Nessie or Bigfoot or the Yeti. One day, someone is going to get evidence that one of them exists. Mark my words. I still think that Bigfoot and Yeti are some sort of offshoot of primate, like the Mountain Gorillias.
That's pretty cool, although I thought that they had actually had photographs of live giant squids before. Squids are one of those odd creatures that, if they lose a tenticle, it regrows, right? (Thought I heard that somewhere)
