JAPANESE CATCH GIANT SQUID

They should have let the poor guy go after getting a few pics.

She "died from injuries sustained during the capture".

i understand that once they are out of the water , squids don't have much of a chance of surviving .
i imagine they'd die from the "bends" once being brought up from great depth .
hbg

Not sure about bends. Anyway, they don't have skeletons. I think fish have some bladder type depth compensation system that leaves them vulnerable to rapid changes in pressure. Squids don't have this. Now, I have no idea where I picked this information up. Might just be a product of my own imagination.

I was just watching a show on the giant squid a couple weeks ago, and the fact they got a picture of it underwater at the time was a huge breakthrough. Pretty cool...they're very deep, which is why they're almost impossible to capture. They don't know a ton about them.

Japanese marine research..........squid burgers anyone?

Interesting connection to "whale research", there.

Dammit!

good news for lovers of calamari !
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studies seem to indicate that slight global warming of the oceans may lead to an increase of squid and similar ocean dwelling creatures .
while i enjoy a bit of calamari , i still prefer to eat halibut , sole and cod .
perhaps my eating habits will have to adjust to new realities .
hbg
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abc news reports :
Nov. 15, 2004 — As evidence mounts of possible global warming and overfishing, there may be a flip side to the dire news: an abundance of calamari.

Research has shown that many squid, octopuses and other sucker-bearing members of the cephalopod family don't appear to be too troubled by a minor increase in ocean temperature. In fact, when it's a little warmer, some thrive. Plus, as the fishing industry captures more and more of the animals' predators, such as tuna, cephalopods may see their niche expand.

"The good news is they taste great," said John Forsythe, an expert on the creatures from the National Resource Center for Cephalopods near Houston. "They're pure protein and they have no bones."

A study released last week said in the past half-century, average yearly temperatures in Alaska and Siberia have risen by about 3.6 degrees to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit, while winters in Alaska and western Canada warmed by about 5 degrees to 7 degrees. Scientists say this evidence points to an overall trend of warming temperatures and waters worldwide.

It's uncertain how such warming could affect different animal species, but some believe that cephalopods will thrive.

"For shallow water species, warming temperatures is likely to expand their range and speed up their growth," said George Jackson, a squid expert at the University of Tasmania.


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GLOBAL WARMING MAY LEAD TO MORE SQUID IN THE OCEANS ?

I think they are fascinating.

I watched a documentary about them too, and I never realized how quickly they could change colors.

I knew they could go from light to dark, and I guess other colors, but their bodies literally flickered the colors like a strobe light!

It was so quick, it was like watching the sun glint off the surface of water.

I thought it looked really quite sad, like the guy in Futurama with the multinose.

still feel like having some calamari ?
hbg

There are some biologists who theorize that squid might be highly intelligent. I saw a TV documentary where their hunting strategies were shown, they appeared to be thinking as they hunted their prey.

That's what makes the fact that they killed the thing while capturing it such a shame.

Big deal. They killed a giant squid while capturing the first live one in documented history.

But OH NO, it DIED!

you are such a hard vertebrate slappy

and at christmas time too

You know how those myosin heavy chain (MHC) squid, Loligo pealei have feelings too

never mind , they all make good calamari rings - don't forget to dust with chili powder . eat and enjoy !
hbg

they do?

I've been eating moo cow

bring sqwid

I like my calamari fried, with peppers.

NZ fisherman catch collosal squid. It took two hours to land it and was nearly dead when they got it aboard. Then they froze it. Isn't there a way to keep these things alive? Pressure tanks?bbc