Giant Squid caught on film!!!!

[Devastatin Dave]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503272/

I am soooo excited!!! I cannot believe they have finally caught one live on film!!!! I've been waiting for this moment since my childhood. I can't wait to see the footage. I hope the next film will be that of a live Tazmanian Tiger (last known live specimen died in a zoo, but there is hopes that some still remain in the remote regions of Tazmania). What a great day!!! ~:)

[Devastatin Dave]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/giant_squid/index.html
More images!!!

[Strike For The South]

Waiting since you were a child for a giant squid some one must have had quite an apitie

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Duuuuuuuude!

~:cheers: :book:

[Papewaio]

Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/)

Click on the monster of the deep link to see six photos.

[Roark]

Awesome!!

I've been waiting for this as well. I have a long-time fascination with deep-sea creatures...

Hope it's a big 'un!!

[Devastatin Dave]

Waiting since you were a child for a giant squid some one must have had quite an apitie


LOL, I've been an animal freak my whole life. I have a passion for their well-being and their way of life... ~D

[rasoforos]

Thats amazing....People have been waiting for this for years...Just amazing.


Now all we need is:

Ras's Fiery Stuffed Peppered Giant squid recipe:

50 kg of rice
2 kg of fresh dill
20 kg of choped tomatoes
7 kg of olive oil
70 onions
salt
pepper


You clean the giant squid and chop the tentacles into little pieces. In a giant frying pan you chaute the onions, and the tentacles, you add the tomato and the dill, bring up to heat and add the rice. You bring back to boil and cook untill the rice is half cooked.

Then you take the body of the giant squid and by using a giant knife you make lines on its surface in a square patern. You dip it in black pepper and shake of the excess one ( if you dont like things spicy then just salt and pepper the giant squid but trust me peppered squid is great ). Stuff the giant squid with the stuffing you just made and close the entrance with a giant toothpick ( you can use a telephone line wooden pole ). Place the giant squid in a giant oven tray and add the remaining of the olive oil and some water. Place in a giant oven and cook until the rice is fully cooked. Make sure you baste the giant squid now and then and that you turn it over once or twice. Dont overcook or it will taste like rubber.

Enjoy with dry white wine and a good greek salad!

[ichi]

when i read the thread title I thought

'wow, they caught a giant squid on film, I usually use a worm and ten pound test line"

ichi ~:cheers:

[discovery1]

they said the squid was caught for 4 hours, a pic every 30 seconds.
WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE PICS!!!

AWESOME, btw

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

:beam: I love squid.

I'm so warm and fuzzy and happy now.

[Devastatin Dave]

Thats amazing....People have been waiting for this for years...Just amazing.


Now all we need is:

Ras's Fiery Stuffed Peppered Giant squid recipe:

50 kg of rice
2 kg of fresh dill
20 kg of choped tomatoes
7 kg of olive oil
70 onions
salt
pepper


You clean the giant squid and chop the tentacles into little pieces. In a giant frying pan you chaute the onions, and the tentacles, you add the tomato and the dill, bring up to heat and add the rice. You bring back to boil and cook untill the rice is half cooked.

Then you take the body of the giant squid and by using a giant knife you make lines on its surface in a square patern. You dip it in black pepper and shake of the excess one ( if you dont like things spicy then just salt and pepper the giant squid but trust me peppered squid is great ). Stuff the giant squid with the stuffing you just made and close the entrance with a giant toothpick ( you can use a telephone line wooden pole ). Place the giant squid in a giant oven tray and add the remaining of the olive oil and some water. Place in a giant oven and cook until the rice is fully cooked. Make sure you baste the giant squid now and then and that you turn it over once or twice. Dont overcook or it will taste like rubber.

Enjoy with dry white wine and a good greek salad!

LOL!!! ~D
Any good calamari recipes? ~D

[Navaros]

i recently saw a fake documentary on PBS in which they speculated about what animals would evolve into in 300 million years from now

one of the creatures was a giant squid who lives in a forest and terrorizes all the creatures of it by walking thru it via using it's tentacles as legs

it was about to eat a baby monkey or something like that, but all the other monkies were pelting it with nuts or something until it let go of the baby monkey

it was an interesting concept except that the CGI looked really fake. anyhow i bet Dave would love that giant forest squid creature ~D

[GoreBag]

Badass. I always knew gargantuan squid were real. Or...well, I always believed it.

[Red Harvest]

Thanks for sharing. That's a beauty of a beastie. Studying the deep ocean is one of the last frontiers...other than the molten interior.

[yesdachi]

You clean the giant squid and chop the tentacles into little pieces...
Giant squid chopped into little pieces, is that irony? ~:)

[Xiahou]

Cool stuff- neat to finally see one alive. ~:cool:

[Aurelian]

That's pretty cool. Reminds me of Walt Disney's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" that I used to watch as a kid. Anybody else remember that movie? A giant squid wrapped around the Nautilus snacking on crewmembers? Pretty good special effects for 19??.

I do feel kind of sorry for the squid... losing part of a tentacle and all.

[Big_John]

awesome.

[Zalmoxis]

Awesome. So when can we expect to see Nessy?

[Gawain of Orkeny]

They had this on tv . On either TLC or Discovery.

[English assassin]

I've been waiting for this since I was a kid too. Must have been something about growing up in the 70's, giant squid were my favourite animals. Jacques Costeau documentaries maybe?

Hope they find the Mongolian death worm next.

[bmolsson]

900 meters !!

Can't be much light down there.....

[_Martyr_]

I want to see a fight between a whale and a giant squid. Apparently, they have found whales with massive scars consistent with squid gripping marks. Now that would be one hell of a fight! Moby vs Slimey! ~:cheers:

[Adrian II]

I want to see a fight between a whale and a giant squid. Apparently, they have found whales with massive scars consistent with squid gripping marks. Now that would be one hell of a fight! Moby vs Slimey! ~:cheers:Or versus Flipper (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1577753,00.html)...

[English assassin]

I want to see a fight between a whale and a giant squid.

Hard to please, us? It took 30 years and a camera 900 metres down to get the first picture ever and by the same afternoon we're demanding cephalopod death matches.

I don't see why they say modern man has a short attention- Hey, is that a helicopter outside my window?

[_Martyr_]

But would one toxic dart be enought to knock out an 18 m long squid? Might make one of his tenticles a bit numb for a few mins, but Id still put my money on Slimey!

[_Martyr_]

Hard to please, us? It took 30 years and a camera 900 metres down to get the first picture ever and by the same afternoon we're demanding cephalopod death matches.

Im not demanding it today! ~:cool:

But if they dont have it on pay per view by this day next week Ill be sorely dissapointed.

*Removes tongue from cheek*

Now, back to your helicopters! ~D

[Adrian II]

Now, back to your helicopters! ~DBlack helicopters, eh? I know a conspiracy that - oh look, Spongebob is on..

[_Martyr_]

See folks, that is the effect of the Netherlands' liberal drugs policy! ~D

[Geoffrey S]

Nothing wrong with the Netherland's... - giant squid you say?

[Devastatin Dave]

I do feel kind of sorry for the squid... losing part of a tentacle and all.

Don't worry, it will grow back, I looked it up to make sure. ~:)

[_Martyr_]

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050927/050927_giant_squid_hmed11a.hmedium.jpg

"Daddy, Daddy come quick! I think I've cought something!"

[English assassin]

Without in any way raining on the excitment of seeing the squid, I must admit I was slightly disappointed to read that in order to find it they just dangled a baited hook on a really long line into the sea.

There must have been a collected forehead slap and "D'oh" from all those other squid scientists when they read that.

[A.Saturnus]

Without in any way raining on the excitment of seeing the squid, I must admit I was slightly disappointed to read that in order to find it they just dangled a baited hook on a really long line into the sea.

There must have been a collected forehead slap and "D'oh" from all those other squid scientists when they read that.

Well, there was probably an amount of luck involved. I read that they followed routes of squid hunting whales to find the location.

[Devastatin Dave]

Without in any way raining on the excitment of seeing the squid, I must admit I was slightly disappointed to read that in order to find it they just dangled a baited hook on a really long line into the sea.

There must have been a collected forehead slap and "D'oh" from all those other squid scientists when they read that.

You know, I thought the same thing after my excitement of the discover lowered a bit!!! I'm glad though that the squid did not get seriously injured while getting hooked. They say that the animal is not endangered, I'm not sure how they know that but I can see how something this large and allusive could be quite numerous. I can only imagine what other giant is lurking under the sea. Like Red Harvest said, the sea is a vastly unexplored area. I believe and I'm sure most of you agree, that the sea is not utilized or looked upon with enough respect. There are so many resourses that we can utilize, and utilized more eco-friendly than we are now. I hope that just maybe the politicians of all our countries would focus their energies more on the sea than just throwing money into space programs that, in my opinion, do little more than give Star Trek fans chubbies. ~D

[English assassin]

I'm glad though that the squid did not get seriously injured while getting hooked.

You never cease to amaze Dave. Warm cuddly feelings for a squid, what next, registered democrats ;-)


I can see how something this large and allusive could be quite numerous

I really like the idea of a allusive squid.

[Devastatin Dave]

You never cease to amaze Dave. Warm cuddly feelings for a squid, what next, registered democrats ;-)



LOL, believe it or not, I'm assisting my neighbor with his election campaign for city alderman. He's a liberal democrat!!! He has some good ideas and I'm helping him out with how to reach some of the more conservative members of our city and his campaign in general. Its good experience for me. As Sun Tzu says, "Know your enemy"!!! I'll be Carl Rove in no time!!! ~:cheers:

[Don Corleone]

Now be nice EA. I saw an article about this on Drudgereport, and that article had a big list of techniques people have used to film giant squid, including one crew that sprayed female hormone all over the camera in an attempt to get the male to 'mate with the lens'. Squid porn!!! ~:eek: ~:eek: ~:eek:

I too must admit I too have a fascination with giant squid. Must be a byproduct of growing up in the 70s. Perhaps that's why I've never really been able to get my 'Hate the French' going like I should as a good conservative. Too many episodes of Jacques Cousteau... they can't be all bad.... (well, that and Babar :embarassed: Shhh!! :embarassed: )

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Oh my god, Imagine the amount of Calamari or Scungilli you can get from that!

[Steppe Merc]

Wow, I hope they'll have a National Geographic articale on it soon...


I hope that just maybe the politicians of all our countries would focus their energies more on the sea than just throwing money into space programs that, in my opinion, do little more than give Star Trek fans chubbies. ~D
Agreed. I mean, space is nice and all that, but there isn't much to do up there by continuniung sending up men. Let's check out the ocean, where we can see funky animals and not have to waste money on all that rocket stuff.

[Kraxis]

Actually the lost tentacle is mentioned to be lost by the lead researcher, meaning it won't grow back.

This is some news. Or should we say 'olds' or 'not-news' given it is half a year old really. I find the pictures extremely beautiful, how the squid is alsmot starshaped and folding. It is clear that it is indeed fast and agile like he says. Must be scary to be down there if one such passes by. Monster!
And this one is rather small, half the size it can get to. If only it had been a movie and not just a lot of disjoined pictures.

[Reverend Joe]

I hope that just maybe the politicians of all our countries would focus their energies more on the sea than just throwing money into space programs that, in my opinion, do little more than give Star Trek fans chubbies. ~D
I feel that I should point out here that space is the only way that we will be able to escape from this stinkin' damn rock, and become a truly independant species. But I would like to see what other wierd monsters the depths have in store for us.

[Shahed]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503272/

I am soooo excited!!! I cannot believe they have finally caught one live on film!!!! I've been waiting for this moment since my childhood. I can't wait to see the footage. I hope the next film will be that of a live Tazmanian Tiger (last known live specimen died in a zoo, but there is hopes that some still remain in the remote regions of Tazmania). What a great day!!! ~:)

Truly AWESOME !

[English assassin]

Now be nice EA. I saw an article about this on Drudgereport, and that article had a big list of techniques people have used to film giant squid, including one crew that sprayed female hormone all over the camera in an attempt to get the male to 'mate with the lens'. Squid porn!!!

After cephalopod death match, squid porn is the obvious way to go.

This makes the success of these guys even funnier though. In the blue corner, a team who are going to catch female squid, isolate and analysise their pheremones, work out which ones turn the male squid on, create a spray on ArousaSquid (tm) spray, coat a camera with it, and dangle it in the ocean for a male squid to hump. In the red corner, Professor Mori with a hook with a bit of fish on it, and a very long peice of string.

[Ja'chyra]

Lol EA.

I hope they get pictures of the 30' eels now, wish I could remember what they are called, they are white with a red dorsal fin.

Incidentally did anyone watch the programme on the Amazon when they filmed the giant armoured (yes it has got a "U" in it) catfish.

[English assassin]

No, but I did hear about absolutely enormous catfish (eg 20-30 foot long) that are supposed to live in deep lakes in Scandinavia and account for lots of "Nessie" type myths.

Check this baby out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2155462.stm, and thats a titch. (Yes i did realise they faked the picture of it attacking the swan)

Normal catfish are gross enough without being 30 foot and/or armoured.