Giant Squid Caught On Camera

Posted by Jason | Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 2:16pm

Wow! Check this out:

BBC News: Live Giant Squid Caught on Camera

A live, adult giant squid has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time.

Japanese researchers took pictures of the elusive creature hunting 900m down, enveloping its prey by coiling its tentacles into a ball.

The images show giant squid, known as Architeuthis, are more vigorous hunters than has been supposed.

The images, captured in the Pacific Ocean, appear in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Documentary companies have invested millions of dollars trying to film adult giant squid in their natural environment. These efforts have met with little success - though one team has managed to capture a juvenile on film.

There are more pictures from the footage at National Geographic, and commentary at both the Squidblog and the other Squidblog.

(I can't tell you how cool I think it is that the world actually has two squid blogs!)

Wanna learn more about these reclusive giants? Dive into Wikipedia for tons of background info.

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On September 29th, 2005 david anderson said:

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Extremely cool!

On September 29th, 2005 david anderson said:

The pictures were quite interesting, but I would certainly rater see picture of one swimming freely.
Some of their conclusions, such as how active the squid are, just can't be given too much creedence considering that it was hooked.