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| rynner Location: Still above sea level Gender: Male |
 Posted: 19-07-2008 08:37 Post subject: |
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Giant squid dissection released on the web
Last Updated: 5:01pm BST 18/07/2008
A giant squid has been dissected live on the internet for the first time – and the gory 90 minute clip has been released for public download.
The 39st creature was carved up by biologists in front of hundreds of onlookers and thousands of web viewers at Melbourne Museum in Victoria, Australia.
The team of scientists provided a running commentary as they revealed the squid’s internal organs, including its three hearts and doughnut-shaped brain.
They also established the squid was a female, and cut into her stomach in an unsuccessful attempt to discover her final meal.
Many people in the audience held handkerchiefs in front of their faces because of the revolting smell.
The rare creature was caught up in fishing nets in May, but this was the first detailed inspection of its body. The corpse took three days to thaw.
Stretching to 40ft in length, it was the longest giant squid ever captured in Australian waters.
But calamari connoisseurs hoping for a feast will be disappointed; female squids are not fit for human consumption because of the amount of ammonia in their bodies.
After tests on the squid are complete it will be sewn back together and put on display in an ethanol solution at the museum.
The full video of the dissection is available to view and download the Melbourne Museum website.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/easquid118.xml
Short video, and link to full one, on page. |
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ProfessorF Great Old One Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Total posts: 336 Location: Ulan Bator - inside my head looking out Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 19-07-2008 10:50 Post subject: |
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| rynner wrote: | | A giant squid has been dissected live on the internet for the first time |
Poor squid! Most inhumane.
Oh, no, wait... |
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| goth13girl666 Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2008 Total posts: 438 Location: doncaster Age: 28 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 31-07-2008 17:10 Post subject: |
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Squids have been around for decades even centuries, and the giant squid being dissected on the video is hugh and there will be others like that one maybe even bigger!!
Squids are fascinating to watch and see how the behave and hunt, they are one of the few creatures we still know very little about but im sure there are other ways in finding out than dissecting them |
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| sherbetbizarre Great Old One Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Total posts: 1418 Gender: Male |
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| Quote: | Japanese scientists film giant squid in Pacific Ocean's depths
SCIENTISTS and broadcasters have captured footage of an elusive giant squid roaming the depths of the Pacific Ocean, showing it in its natural habitat for the first time ever.
Japan's National Science Museum succeeded in filming the deep-sea creature at a depth of more than half a kilometre after teaming up with Japanese public broadcaster NHK and the US Discovery Channel.
The massive invertebrate is the stuff of legend, with sightings of a huge ocean-dwelling beast reported by sailors for centuries.
The creature is thought to be the genesis of the Nordic legend of Kraken, a sea monster believed to have attacked ships in waters off Scandinavia over the last millennium.
Modern-day scientists on their own Moby Dick-style search used a submersible to descend to the dark and cold depths of the northern Pacific Ocean, where at around 630 metres they managed to film a three-metre specimen.
After around 100 missions, during which they spent 400 hours in the cramped submarine, the three-man crew tracked the creature from a spot some 15 kilometres east of Chichi island in the north Pacific.
Museum researcher Tsunemi Kubodera said they followed the enormous mollusc to a depth of 900 metres as it swam into the ocean abyss.
NHK showed footage of the silver-coloured creature, which had huge black eyes, as it swam against the current, holding a bait squid in its arms.
For Mr Kubodera it was the culmination of a lengthy quest for the beast.
''It was shining and so beautiful,'' Mr Kubodera told AFP. ''I was so thrilled when I saw it first hand, but I was confident we would because we rigorously researched the areas we might find it, based on past data.''
Mr Kubodera said the creature had its two longest arms missing, and estimated it would have been eight metres long if it had been whole. He gave no explanation for its missing arms.
He said it was the first video footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat - the depths of the sea where there is little oxygen and the weight of the water above exerts enormous pressure.
Mr Kubodera, a squid specialist, also filmed what he says was the first live video footage of a giant squid in 2006, but only from his boat after it was hooked and brought up to the surface.
''Researchers around the world have tried to film giant squid in their natural habitats, but all attempts were in vain before,'' Mr Kubodera said.
''With this footage we hope to discover more about the life of the species,'' he said, adding that he planned to publish his findings soon.
Mr Kubodera said the two successful sightings of the squid - in 2012 and 2006 - were both in the same area, some 1,000 kilometres south of Tokyo, suggesting it could be a major habitat for the species.
The giant squid, "Architeuthis" to scientists, is sometimes described as one of the last mysteries of the ocean, being part of a world so hostile to humans that it has been little explored.
Researchers say Architeuthis eats other types of squid and grenadier, a species of fish that lives in the deep ocean. They say it can grow to be longer than 10 metres.
NHK said it and the Discovery Channel are scheduled to air special documentaries on the find later this month. |
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/giant-squid-filmed-in-pacific-depths-japan-scientists/story-fn5iztw3-1226549202804?sv=615195ffef1e97fdd6e8724a32e516ba |
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| sherbetbizarre Great Old One Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Total posts: 1418 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 04-10-2013 12:44 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Beachgoers in Spain discover 30-foot giant squid
Carcass found in Cantabria is that of the mysterious and fabled Architeuthis Dux; it remains unclear whether the deep-sea denizen will be put on display
Beachgoers in the Spanish community of Cantabria were astonished Tuesday when they stumbled onto the carcass of a giant squid that had washed ashore almost fully intact.
The deep-sea denizen—the fabled and mysterious Architeuthis Dux—measured 30 feet and weighed nearly 400 pounds.
It was delivered to the Maritime Museum of Cantabria, where it was cleaned and frozen, while a decision is awaited between museum scientists and the government as to what will be done with the colossal cephalopod.
(According to El Diario Montanes, there has been some argument regarding ownership, and it remains unclear whether the squid will be put on display, eventually, or dissected in the name of science. According to some reports it was initially to be simply cremated.)
Regardless, the discovery was remarkable, considering that giant squid, although they’re the largest invertebrates on earth, are extremely elusive and, thus, difficult to study.
They generally reside at depths of between 1,000 and 3,000 feet, and most of what scientists have learned has come from carcasses that have washed ashore, and rarely are entire carcasses found.
However, scientists are persistent in their quest to learn more. In 2004, Japanese researchers captured the first known live images of giant squid. In 2006, a team of Japanese researchers brought to the surface a live female squid measuring 24 feet.
The mysterious creatures, meanwhile, remain steeped in lore.
In the times of ancient mariners, Architeuthis Dux, which resides in the lightless depths of all of the world’s oceans, is believed to have spawned tales of sea monsters, such as the legendary Kraken.
Architeuthis Dux was one of the vicious creatures in Jules Verne’s classic science fiction novel, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” (First published in 1870; made into a Disney movie in 1954.)
It was represented in other books, too, from Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” to Ian Fleming’s “Dr. No,” to Peter Benchley’s “Beast” (later adapted as a film, “The Beast”).
To many, the mere mention of giant squid conjures images of the beasts waging vicious battles with deep-diving sperm whales, although in these battles the squid is the prey and the whales are the predators.
The giant squid that washed ashore in Cantabria was photographed by Enrique Talledo, who allowed the use of images accompanying this story.
“The animal died at sea and ocean currents brought it to the coast,” Talledo said via email. “The squid was in good condition except one [tentacle] had been broken.”
He remarked the eyes were gigantic and almost lifelike.
That’s no surprise because the giant squid, according to National Geographic, possess the largest eyes in the animal kingdom. They can measure 10 inches in diameter, almost the size of beach balls, and it’s believed the size helps the creatures detect objects in their dark habitat.
There are only a handful of museums that have a giant squid carcass on display. Hopefully, the public in Cantabria will soon be able to admire this remarkable specimen. |
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/beachgoers-in-spain-discover-30-foot-giant-squid/ |
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| jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-10-2013 11:13 Post subject: |
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| Fantastic. Although some pictures like these cannily use perspective to make the thing look bigger...this is a big squid! |
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