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Don't know what brought me back to this eye-mazing photo, but I recently posted it to the Metro Anime list as an OT curiosity with a request for translation of the text (after a year of lessons, my Nihongo reading skills are still on the elementary-school level). Here's the URL again, followed by a translation courtesy of Rich, a Japanese-speaking MA member:
http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-01.html
"Giant Squid Appears!!"
On Jan 15th, a giant squid that spans two meters long (as long as 4 meters w/ tentacles extended) was caught near the coast of Goshikihama in Amino. Later it became clear that that it is a kind of "Daioh-ika" (Squid King) after inquiring Professor Tsuchiya of the Tokyo University of Fisheries. Most Daioh-ika are found in the stomach of sperm whales, but compared to the others, the one caught this time could very likely be a new species with thicker tentacles. So far, there is only one complete specimen in the whole world, collected from nearly 30 years ago in the Tottori Prefecture. It will be sent to the Kokuritsu Science Museum as a valuable specimen for further research. A big thank you goes to the locals who helped capture and transport the squid, Mayor Yoshino who provided the photographes, and Chief Nakagawa of the Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Amino.
In my MA post, I mistakenly described the Daioh-ika as having been identified as an Archi by Steve-O -- but now I realized my memory was imperfect and he only identified it as a bona fide, live big squid, not necessarily an Archi. Anyone know the exact species? If so, I'll post the correct ID to the MA list (as if any of my otaku buddies cared about such things ), just not to be accused of misquoting our favorite Teuthsome Teuthologist!
PS: Metro Anime translator Rich commented that this pic of a "monstrosity" was "fascinating, yet disgusting". Obviously not a cephalophile! What do you think of the photo? [see Poll]
Surfacing again,
Tani
http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/kaiyo/2-topicnews/news/2002/02-02-01/mega-squid/mega-squid-01.html
"Giant Squid Appears!!"
On Jan 15th, a giant squid that spans two meters long (as long as 4 meters w/ tentacles extended) was caught near the coast of Goshikihama in Amino. Later it became clear that that it is a kind of "Daioh-ika" (Squid King) after inquiring Professor Tsuchiya of the Tokyo University of Fisheries. Most Daioh-ika are found in the stomach of sperm whales, but compared to the others, the one caught this time could very likely be a new species with thicker tentacles. So far, there is only one complete specimen in the whole world, collected from nearly 30 years ago in the Tottori Prefecture. It will be sent to the Kokuritsu Science Museum as a valuable specimen for further research. A big thank you goes to the locals who helped capture and transport the squid, Mayor Yoshino who provided the photographes, and Chief Nakagawa of the Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Amino.
In my MA post, I mistakenly described the Daioh-ika as having been identified as an Archi by Steve-O -- but now I realized my memory was imperfect and he only identified it as a bona fide, live big squid, not necessarily an Archi. Anyone know the exact species? If so, I'll post the correct ID to the MA list (as if any of my otaku buddies cared about such things ), just not to be accused of misquoting our favorite Teuthsome Teuthologist!
PS: Metro Anime translator Rich commented that this pic of a "monstrosity" was "fascinating, yet disgusting". Obviously not a cephalophile! What do you think of the photo? [see Poll]
Surfacing again,
Tani