Paradox;84895 said:I was just bout to post bout this, but you beat me to it!
It says its 24 feet long, but the picture of it on the floor next to him makes it look much smaller.
it seems reuters has the 3.5m, AP 24 ft....
Paradox;84895 said:I was just bout to post bout this, but you beat me to it!
It says its 24 feet long, but the picture of it on the floor next to him makes it look much smaller.
monty;84900 said:From the reuters pic with Ku behind it:, it looks to me like the ML isn't more than 2m, and probably more like 1.5m unless the good doctor is quite tall.
I agree -- lack of diligence, it would seem.Paradox;84902 said:I agree. Total length cannot be 24 ft when looking at that picture. its a shame that architeuthis is so often misrepresented in mainstream media. I wonder what the reason for perpetuating such a lie would be in an otherwise incredible event.
Architeuthis dux (Fig. 6)
Architeuthis is frequently reported to attain a lotal length of 60 feet. The largest specimen known washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, Lyall Bay (Wellington) in the winter of 1887. It was a female and "in all ways smaller than any of the hitherto-described New Zealand species" (Kirk 1887); it measured 55 feet 2 inches in total length, exaggerated by great lengthening (stretching like rubber bands) of the very slight tentacular arms; its mantle length was 71 inches (1.8 m). A comparable-sized female (ML 1.8 m) measured post mortem and relaxed (by modern standards) would have a total length of ~ 32 feet.
Mantle length (as opposed to total length) is the standard measure in cephalopods. Architeuthis is not known to attain a mantle length in excess of 2.25 m. Standard Length (SL) is the length of a squid excluding the tentacles; in Architeuthis this measure very rarely exceeds 5 m. The rest of the animal's length, to a total length of 13 m, is made up of the two long tentacles. Of 105 specimens that we have examined, none has exceeded these figures (Fig. 7).
Thales;84905 said:Looks like its about 200 feet long to me. I am never going in the ocean again!
How freaking cool!
Paradox;84906 said:Dont forget...Eyes the size of Dinner Plates!
Thales;84905 said:Looks like its about 200 feet long to me. I am never going in the ocean again!
How freaking cool!