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GIANT SQUID ATTACKS DIVERS 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:21 AM

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The mysterious and mythical giant squid has never been spotted alive in the deep sea — until now. A team from Japan’s National Science Museum has captured footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat: nearly a third of a mile below the surface of the ocean. It is the first such video of its kind.

Giant squids, which can grow up to 60 feet in length, have been found dead on beaches and photographed in the ocean and — more often — on the surface. But scientists have never seen video of the strange creature below the waves, until a mission put together by the Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) and the Discovery Channel filmed the elusive beast off the coast of Japan.

“The giant squid was so beautiful that it seemed to sparkle,” Tsunemi Kubodera, one of the lead scientists on the expedition, told reporters. “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.”


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Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:31 AM

AURAPTOR

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“The giant squid was so beautiful that it seemed to sparkle, ” Tsunemi Kubodera




GIANT VAMPIRE SQUID ARE REAL !!!!

And are lurking in the waters, just ready to snatch your loved ones and eat them - ALIVE !!!

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:32 AM

BYTEMITE


Ooh, Frem will like this. We were just talking about giant squid, oarfish, and vampire squid.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:46 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Benihana stock futures hit an all-time high yesterday. Call a Mary tonite!

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:07 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Why does PN do this bullshit? The squid attacked NOBODY; it's a fascinating science story, and he turns it into shit with his stupid headlines!
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The first ever video footage of a giant squid swimming in the ocean depths is "an enormous breakthrough," according to a prominent marine conservationist who wrote a book about the quest to find the mysterious creatures.

"People have been searching for them for hundreds of years, literally," said Richard Ellis, the author of "The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea Creature."

Scientists and television broadcasters released images this week of the 10-foot-long giant squid they had filmed deep in the Pacific Ocean, far off the coast of the Japanese mainland, during hundreds of hours of underwater research.



The discovery is significant for both science and mythology, in which giant squids have long played a notable role, Ellis said in an interview on CNN.

"We're going to learn how this thing moves," he said. "How it swims, what it does with its arms when it swims."

The mission that finally tracked down the creature involved 55 dives in two special submersible vehicles that spent a total of more than 285 hours far beneath the waves. Some of the dives went deeper than 3,000 feet.The stories can be found in numerous articles today



The squid is gorgeous; the news is exciting--why does he do that??

Tit for tat got us where we are today. If we want to be grownups, we need to resist the ugliness. If we each did, this would be a better reflection on Firefly and a more welcome place. I will try.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:16 AM

BYTEMITE


Oh, the title was fun, and PN found a cool story.

Vampire squid not the same as giant squid, but also interesting. Also not really vampiric, or even carnivorous at all. They're scavengers.

Links to all the crazy sealife mentioned in this thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:21 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


He didn't "find a cool story". It's all over the place, and the story could have been presented in a "cool" fashion, rather than his idiocy. The ONLY points I'll give him is that he found a better video than I did.

I know, you defend him; defending the indefensible is a waste of time, in my opinion. So is PN, actually...

Tit for tat got us where we are today. If we want to be grownups, we need to resist the ugliness. If we each did, this would be a better reflection on Firefly and a more welcome place. I will try.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:56 AM

FREMDFIRMA



Even cooler, and even BIGGER, than the Giant Squid, is the Collassal Squid, complete with an awesome site HERE.
http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/

One thing I noted while spending half a day (I got sooo pulled into a wikiwalk on this..) checking out weird marine life, is just how badly we've overfished and otherwise screwed up marine populations, it makes me kinda skittish about even eating commercially caught fish at all, something I gotta think about a bit.

-F

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:29 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



One reason why I don't eat fish. And you sure as hell will never catch me in some fast food place like Capt D's or Long John Silver's.

Ick.

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, January 11, 2013 5:22 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!


Quote:

Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Oh, the title was fun, and PN found a cool story.

Vampire squid not the same as giant squid, but also interesting. Also not really vampiric, or even carnivorous at all. They're scavengers.

Links to all the crazy sealife mentioned in this thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish]

Good links:

Quote:

A 2010 Rolling Stone article[13] by Matt Taibbi likened Jewish investment bank Goldman Sachs to "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid




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Friday, January 11, 2013 5:39 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


You should try exercising once in a while

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Saturday, January 12, 2013 8:18 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...




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Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:48 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht


Ocean life is amazing!!!!! I really think giant squid, and others, are really interesting and neat, I like watching shows about deep sea creatures that people don't know a lot about!

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