View Full Version : Researchers Discover Huge, Unusual Squid at Deep Ocean Botto


Rockthis11
Sep 24th, 2003, 10:41pm
Check this out

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/squid011220.html

NickA5582
Sep 25th, 2003, 04:26pm
Wasn't this one of the mystery squids?

Rockthis11
Sep 25th, 2003, 10:01pm
not sure, i just came across it, thought it was neat and posted it :)

tonmo
Sep 26th, 2003, 08:12pm
Yes, this was indeed the Mystery Squid (the original) of a couple of years back.

This is a great story... because deep-sea excursions are so expensive, and are logistically difficult, they are rare... as such, there are often discoveries made that had nothing to do with the intended agenda for the trip. This was one example... on decent, cameras captured this bizarre squid with "elbows" (Richard Ellis' word) that had/has never been seen before. The squiggly part of the arms (below the "elbows") are quite long, making the entire beast stretch to about 20 feet. Haven't heard any follow up on this one, I presume this was a one-time observation. Someone should go looking for it again.