Cthulhu should be pleased

[temperance14]

A Japanese scientist has finally obtained video proof of the deep sea giant squid, Architeuthis, this morning. The Scientific Journal article shows just a still clip, but apparently 4 hours of video were shot:

Revenge of the Ika Sashimi

Too f***ing awesome. I'm so looking forward to seeing video clips in the next few days. Spousal Unit got the measuring tape and laid out 26 feet down our hallway, so I could get a mental fix on this idea.

We might have to open up the closet, but it could fit.

I love stuff like this. Seriously, I was squeeing about the discovery.
I've just finished watch 4 hours of Buffy on DVD, but now all I can think about is proof real life giant squid.
Better than any hellmouth.

Oh, More links.

Chicago Sun Times
Tentacle tales!

Newsday

The Australian
Slightly different photo shop--beautiful and elegant.

That's it. Beautiful and elegant.

Comments

[fools-and-irish.livejournal.com]

WOW. Last I heard, the projections of a giant squid offered an image only 3 steps removed from a vast jellyfish, in terms of tentacle-strength...long and elegant, but weak. I love these little curve-balls that life throws, now & again.

[temperance14.livejournal.com]

Tentacle strength? Check out the Chicago Sun Times article. If this is an accurate quote, and legs/limbs/tentacles were not being pulled...

....supposedly the severed tentacle was pulled to the deck of the boat, and nervous system still functioning.

God, I SO miss the natural history museum in SF. I could go for a visit to the aquarium/dino bones section RIGHT NOW!!

bio sci geeky.

[fools-and-irish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that struck me as a bit weird. On the other hand, chickens have enlarged ganglia that act like sub-brains, which is why the body runs around when the head is cut off. Maybe it's something like that.

[temperance14.livejournal.com]

This just reminds me of something I told barnabas_truman last week. He and I were talking about tech, and exploration of the world, but it's somewhat the same.

There is so much we know, or think we know abou the world, that it takes some of the mystery---frankly, some of the fantasy and dreams out of your life. The WOW factor can go away. No more Jules Verne in your head.

And then, this scientist literally pulls it all back up from the deep.
Go Captain Nemo.

I like these little pockets of life when the world feels very big, wonderous, and more just over the horizon.

[barnabas-truman.livejournal.com]

Which conversation in particular was this?

And yeah, that is freakin' AWESOME. I've always been fascinated by the mysteries of the deep. Outer space is hardly the final frontier--there's still plenty left to be explored here on Earth.

[temperance14.livejournal.com]

The fun of steampunk and Victorian science fantasy