The Giant Squid is the most amazing animal out there! To commemorate the Mr. G. Squid, and many other countless wonderful facts and finds, I'm starting this blog. For myself, I am collecting those eclectic facts, and I believe others may find them interesting too.
Shown is my picture of a Giant Squid, based off the first images of a Giant Squid, captured and accidentally brought aboard a boat, where it died in minutes. The first-ever oservations of a live squid (in the Deep Deep Ocean!) comes from work by Tsunemi Kubodera in Japan.
The Paper:
"First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild."
Tsunemi Kubodera, of the Department of Zoology at the National Science Museum in Tokyo Japan
and Kyoichi Mori, from Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, Tokyo, Japan
Proceedings of the Royal Society, No 272, pg2583-2586 (September 29, 2005) (doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3158)
2 comments:
Everything I know about squids is because of you. Gemma, I owe you everything.
the story behind the first giant squid boat takeover.... glad you asked, more to come after the jump.
I <3 Giant Squids!!
thanks nancy :)
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