Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Sept. 28, 2005, 1:18AM Stealthy squid filmed in wild For decades, scientists and sea explorers have mounted costly expeditions to hunt down and photograph the giant squid, a legendary monster with eyes the size of dinner plates and a nightmarish tangle of tentacles lined with sucker pads. The goal has been to learn more about a bizarre creature of no little fame — Jules Verne's attacked a submarine and Peter Benchley's ate children — that in real life has stubbornly refused to give up its secrets. While giant squid have been snagged in fishing nets and dead or dying ones have washed ashore, expeditions have repeatedly failed to photograph one living in its natural habitat, the inky depths of the sea. But today two Japanese scientists, Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori, report in a leading British biological journal that they have made the world's first observations of a giant squid in the wild. This handout photograph by the Royal Society shows the first photographs of a live giant squid in its natural environment, taken by Japanese scientists in the Pacific Ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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