Giant Squid Use Light Emitting Organs to Blind its Prey

Giant Squid Blinds its Prey Japanese scientists are learning more and more about these giant squid, this time they have released new footage showing a spectacular array of lights coming from the squid tentacles. These squid, once thought of as gentle creatures, show an increasingly aggressive predatory instinct. The films were taken at depths of 240m to 940m (790 to 3,080ft) and show the squid reaching speeds up to 2.5m (8ft) per second as they attacked the bait, engulfing it with all eight of their tentacles and blinding flashes. Other squid have already shown the ability to communicate by changing color, no doubt the giant squid are capable of the same.

via BBC

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Wednesday February 14th, 2007 @ 4:58 PM | Jonathon Marshall

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[...] Not to be left out in all the Giant Squid news, the Colossal Squid makes its appearance with a new world record. The first ever adult colossal squid to be landed intact, weighted in at an estimated 450kg (990 lbs) and 10m (33 ft) long, and over two hours to land. The Colossal Squid is the largest known squid family in the world normally found in deep Antartic waters where the men were fishing for Patagonian Toothfish when the squid, also feeding on the toothfish, was caught. The fisherman quickly realized the importance of such a catch and took great care to make sure the specimen was in good condition freezing it below deck. One expert said calamari rings made from it would be the size of tractor tires Posted by Jonathon Marshall | Permalink | Leave a comment | Trackback [...]

Fishing Fury - Two guys with a serious passion for fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment. on February 23rd, 2007 @ 4:41 pm

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