Giant Squid finally seen alive on video and photo

[bg1906]

Wow!

I've always been interested in when they'd finally see one alive. They finally have in Japan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050928/...an_giant_squid

[Shelby]

Wow, very cool. That's something I wouldn't want to see if I was diving. Scary.

[tigerlily]

20' long tentacle. *shudder* Not an animal I'd wanna mess with. Of course it being so deep in the ocean it's not like it's likely we'd come across it. I'm surprised it wasn't more sluggish, with the temps being so low. Makes you wonder what all is really down there. Very cool stuff, thanks for the link Bryce!!

[bg1906]

A most assuredly scary looking animal. Thing is they report them being upwards of 40 ft. This one...only 26! So they get bigger! Also there is an even more aggressive an bigger one that lives in the polar regions of the world's oceans...The Colossal Squid!

Picture of a Dead Colossal Squid:


Diagram of sizes:

[iceman25]

Yummy!

[mr~python]

yeah, he sure looks good. hhmmm hmm. i think we'd have too share though ice man. LOL

[Python-77]

This find is totaly awsome and jsut goes to show us how much we have yet to discover beneath out own oceans.

[Shelby]

I'm just waiting for them to find a plesiosaur.

[daniel1983]

That is awesome that they finally filmed one.......but now I have a sudden urge to go fishing.....or eat calamari

I'm just waiting for them to find a plesiosaur.

Dinosaurs ROCK!!!! I used to always want a pet dino when I was a kid (ha ha...remember Dinoriders??)....I guess that is one reason for my love of herps