Video of giant squid

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html

by mhb • 18 years ago

34 16 18 years ago

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andr• 18 years ago

I am not sure if the giant squid gave permission to have his video taken. Shell should expect a DMCA notice any time soon, signed with a squirt of ink.

travisjeffery• 18 years ago

Go away and post this on Digg or Reddit.

bootload2• 18 years ago

"... "They are these creatures of almost myth and legend and that just blows people away, but secondly, deep sea in general is just so fascinating because you don't have to travel to other planets to find alien creatures," he said.

"There's things down there where their entire bodies are made of snot, they've got detachable heads, their teeth fall out, they explode and they eat their snot jackets. There is just weird things going on everywhere ..." ~ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/17/2307028.htm

Some of you here have a distinct lack of curiosity. The words above describe such squids. I happened to make time earlier this year to see a live squid dissection undertaken by Dr Mark Norman Deputy Head of Science (Marine Zoology) and a team of scientists at the Museum of Victoria and it was fascinating stuff ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157606211764544...

The video show is important because there is so little known about giant squid even though they live a kilometer below the surface of the ocean.

wheels• 18 years ago

Honestly, it was an interesting video. I'm glad I saw it elsewhere. But I come here to read startup related stuff. If it ever gets to the point that center of gravity isn't in stuff related to startups here, I'll stop visiting. There are better news aggregation places out there.

sant0sk1• 18 years ago

I love the fact that there are real life "sea monsters" that are yet to be discovered. A reminder that despite mankind's scientific achievements there is a multitude of unknowns for our children to explore.

cdr• 18 years ago

Not only is this not hacker news, this is old news. It's been floating around Digg/Reddit for a month.

robertk• 18 years ago

Most of us don't visit those sites. :)

astine• 18 years ago

I wonder why?

bd• 18 years ago

"[...] Vecchione suggests a feeding behavior that is more like trapping than hunting. He speculates that Magnapinna passively waits for prey to bump into the sticky appendages."

Fascinating, reminds me of barnacle monsters from Half-Life.

langer• 18 years ago

What SpaceX, Virgin Galactic etc. are doing with space tourism is great, but I reckon a lot of people would pay good money to see one of those up close (safely!).

dc2k08• 18 years ago

small correction: it's a bigfin squid not a giant squid.

adldesigner• 18 years ago

True.

Man! I thought they had captured Architeuthis on video. Got all excited. What a bummer.

Cool vid though.

Edit: A Japanese team actually DID get Architeuthis on video.

sdurkin• 18 years ago

Best. Shell. Ad. Ever.

arjungmenon• 18 years ago

Looks like a giant spider.

Video of giant squid

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