Remarkable! Such an elusive animal.

Looks like a rendered 3D model..

Beautiful things, cephalopods.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Nah. This one's awake.

Now we just need a few hundred gallons of lemon aioli and the world's largest deep fryer....

Looks like a rendered 3D model..

Which says something awesome about our 3d modeling capabilities, ey?

Anyway physorg, y u no link to video? I would love to see the thing in motion.

Mollusk would be spelled with a K if it were a mollusk. But it's a
cephalopod.

So they film a giant squid for the first time and they show us a still life photo. OY VEY

"Mankind finally confronts the greatest mystery of the deep as the first-ever footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat is revealed in Discovery Channel's Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real, which premieres on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 10/9c as the season finale of Curiosity. NHK will air their special on the first-ever footage of the giant squid in early January 2013"
(from http://dsc.discov...ime.html )

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

I'm keeping my Star Stone nearby, just in case...

Here's a video. Unfortunately it looks like someone captured it from TV with a handheld (FFS, why?)

http://www.youtub..._k4RCMZo

Mollusk would be spelled with a K if it were a mollusk. But it's a
cephalopod.

mollusc can be spelled with a "c" or "k". and cephalopod is a Class. mollusc is the Phylum. enjoy your day.

I for one say, all hail our new giant Cephalopod overlords.

Did the researchers find the giant Jaguar Shark that killed my partner Esteban?

Did the researchers find the giant Jaguar Shark that killed my partner Esteban?

Why? what do you want to do with it? kill it? what scientific purpose would that serve?

Did the researchers find the giant Jaguar Shark that killed my partner Esteban?

Why? what do you want to do with it? kill it? what scientific purpose would that serve?

Revenge.

:-)

Next, the team will turn its attention to Nessie and the Abonminable Snowman.

What's the big deal? Admiral Nelson and Captain Crane had to deal with this critter on the USS Seaview back in the 60's.....

There's no scale. So its a several foot Humboldt squid eating a bait squid? Or a piece of fish? Not convinced.

they found the infamous sasquid

Mollusk would be spelled with a K if it were a mollusk. But it's a
cephalopod.

Yeah in the same way humans are primates, not mammals.

What's more awesome to contemplate is that we've only seen and documented about 10% of ocean life. Marine biologists are convinced that 90% of all ocean life is still undiscovered, a complete mystery to us.

And, yes, humans are mammals. Primates are mammals. Porpoises and whales are mammals.

Japanese people fascinated by giant tentacles. Reminds me of something...

Mollusk would be spelled with a K if it were a mollusk. But it's a cephalopod.

Cephalopods ARE molluscs.

Yeah in the same way humans are primates, not mammals.

Primates ARE mammals.

And why do people feel the need to compare it to Bigfoot, or the Lochness Monster? This is an actual animal, well documented, just never filmed or photographed.

But yeah, you'd think they would include actual footage.

How long before the uncivilised Japanese start hunting them for "research" the way they do whales... Interesting how "research" always ends up on dinner tables.

Liars.

The video made it feel like I was right there.

Yeah in the same way humans are primates, not mammals.

Primates ARE mammals.

I think Slash was being facetious... that's what I got from it anyway.

Like many words, one spelling (mollusk) is used in North America, and the other (mollusc) is used everywhere else, aside from the rare occasions where people have learnt English from an American without the teacher explaining who primarily uses the spelling with a k.

How long before the uncivilised Japanese start hunting them for "research" the way they do whales... Interesting how "research" always ends up on dinner tables.

Liars.

Think of all the sushi a giant squid could provide!

How long before the uncivilised Japanese start hunting them for "research" the way they do whales... Interesting how "research" always ends up on dinner tables.

Agreed they should be left alone ! ! !

Why didn't the Japanese feel the need to kill giant squid for "research purposes" like they do with whales?