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September 28, 2005
At Last! Giant Squid Photographed in the Wild!
When I first started this site more than three years ago, I think my second or third post was titled, "When in doubt, go with monster sea life". I couldn't think of anything to post at the time, and I was very new to blogging, so was casting about for a topic. Then I came across a story about some fishermen who'd hauled up the dead carcass of a giant squid, and I wrote about that.
Giant squid are fascinating bastards. Immense in size, patrolling about in extremely deep water, watching everything with their giant eyes--and nobody had ever seen a live one going about its business. The only specimens we had were dead ones washed up on beaches, or caught by fishermen. Sometimes dead whales would be found which sported tentacle sucker marks along their flanks, evocatively suggesting mighty battles between whale and squid far down in the deeps.
And then, today, I get not one but two emails, one from Awesome Former Editor Cheyenne, and from Equally Awesome Friend Alethea, both pointing me to a news story claiming that the giant squid had for the first time ever been caught on film in the wild.
Well, bugger me! Phwoar!
I went, I clicked, I gaped in wonder. Expressions such as, "Crikey, look at that!" were heard. Even Michelle, when I told her about it, was gobsmacked. It's a little bit like actually getting pictures of a real dragon, or the Loch Ness Monster. Wow!
Now you too, if you haven't already, can go forth and be amazed at this mighty tentacular horror! Link and Link
Big thanks to Cheyenne and Alethea for the tips!
Posted by adrian at September 28, 2005 06:06 PM
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I'm confused. Everyone's excited about giant squid, but would they be quite as excited about a gian sea cucumber?
Posted by: cubicle dweller at October 6, 2005 05:39 AM
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