[News]: Very Large Colossal Squid Caught

[Jean]

For those in NZ there will be a doco "Antarctic encounters, Toothfish and Colossal Squid" on August 4th 5-6pm on TV3 tht includes footage of the cpture of the colossal squid.

oooooooooooooooooo! in the diary now!

J

 

[Phil]

Most interesting. If this does contain footage of the last Messie capture, then unless I am very much mistaken, I think it's the first time the footage has entered the public domain. I'd love to see this though seeing a squid speared might prove a little harrowing for some viewers and I suspect it'll be edited out.

 

[Emily182]

Arrrr darn only in New Zealand. Be sure to tell us how good it was!

 

[Clem]

I've been waiting for this footage! Let's hope that some enterprising and very, very, very bad person puts it on YouTube.

Clem

 

[tonmo]

 

[Clem]

So...

How was "Antarctic Encounters"? Anyone? I'm dyin', here.

Clem

 

[Cairnos]

So...

How was "Antarctic Encounters"? Anyone? I'm dyin', here.

Clem

Would you believe I managed to miss it

However one of the observers has a copy so we'll probably have a viewing for the whole office.

 

[Phil]

Just a passing aside -

Remember my YouTube video of Messie I posted back in February? I just checked it and found, to my amazement, that it has had a staggering 215,340 hits and is the 40th most watched 'Pets and Animals' video of all time on that site. There is indeed a great deal of interest in this animal out there. I made it to promote this site, so I wonder if anyone has actually joined as a result of watching it?

Has anyone seen Antarctic Encounters here yet?

 

[tonmo]

Impressive! I haven't traced any sources back to YouTube, but then again, because the video is not a "link" but rather just shows the URL, it's hard to tell how many people decided to visit the site by typing it in. With that many views, I'm sure it was a decent number! Thanks again for that.

 

[Sordes]

Well, I wonder why some people did not even posted more stupid comments at the video. I read there some of the most stupid comments I have even seen in the internet.

 

[Sordes]

And it is really strange how religous discussions and religion and the origin of Christmas emerged in the comments of this video...

 

[OB]

To reopen the debate: is this the first genuine shot of the eye of Mesonychoteuthis? Big, dark and googly?

 

[Clem]

Well, if we're talking about visible eyes on half-dead Mesos, I think that's the second example. Specimen in the photo below gets my vote for first (beat the 450kg monster by a few weeks).

Clem

 

[Steve O'Shea]

We'll know for sure in 5 months. It sounds like a long way away, but I can assure you that this time will fly. It seems like tomorrow that we'll be dealing with it. A lot is happening in the interim, believe me.

 

[OB]

Don't say things like that Steve, I need my sleep

Clem, you'll have to agree that both pictures suggest a very different type of anatomy, unless the lid on these eyes is sphincterlike (compare with Vampyroteuthis)