Popular Post Still Waters Posted May 12, 2021 Popular Post #1 Share Posted May 12, 2021 The enigmatic giant squid is rarely observed in its natural habitat. In the first videos of their kind, marine scientists have caught its hunting behavior in the wild - revealing for the first time how these monsters of the deep stalk and attack their prey. Although the crushing pressures and darkness of the oceanic depths are hostile to us air-breathing humans, we've slowly but surely been learning more about them, thanks to the wonders of robotic technology. Most of our underwater vehicles, however, are best suited to studying slow or immobile organisms. https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-video-shows-how-deep-sea-giant-squid-hunt-their-prey https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063721000777 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted May 12, 2021 #2 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Just watched a documentary about this in which a research vessel hosted several scientists trying different methods to attract giant squid and although the article says this: Quote Interestingly, the encounters suggest strongly that the squid are visual hunters, ignoring olfactory bait that had been placed nearby in favor of visual signals. One of the ways they successfully attracted them was by grinding dead giant squid into a liquid and using it like chum so they do use olfactory probably more for mating. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted May 13, 2021 #3 Share Posted May 13, 2021 That was an awesome video...thanks for sharing! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted May 17, 2021 #4 Share Posted May 17, 2021 What a great video, I'm glad I watched that I like how those doodle bug critters on the ocean floor are about the same as on land, just a thousand times the size 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brymstone Posted May 17, 2021 #5 Share Posted May 17, 2021 First of its kind video? Starting at 38 seconds it's the exact same video as this one from 2 years ago... Giant squid filmed in the Gulf of Mexico ( https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328649/giant-squid-filmed-in-the-gulf-of-mexico ) 6-23-2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted May 18, 2021 #6 Share Posted May 18, 2021 It's so eerie and monstrous how they just unfurl their tentacles like that. I love seeing it, from a safe distance of a few thousand miles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1200 Posted May 18, 2021 #7 Share Posted May 18, 2021 12 hours ago, Brymstone said: First of its kind video? Starting at 38 seconds it's the exact same video as this one from 2 years ago... Giant squid filmed in the Gulf of Mexico ( https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328649/giant-squid-filmed-in-the-gulf-of-mexico ) 6-23-2019 Not to mention the date stamp ten seconds in says October 2013. But hey! who cares? It will always the first video taken of a giant squid (probably), even if it's being featured for the six hundredth time. I'm more bothered by the lack of references by which to judge the scale. Who here would know a giant squid from frozen squid rings?1 I'm not going to say 'all squid look the same to me' in case that's racist, but... Scientists are always banging on about the importance of evidence, so it would be nice to see some here. Perhaps next time they could get the squid to pose with a tape measure, or attack a nuclear submarine of known dimensions?2 Or better still, kill it and float it to the surface so we can all see for ourselves? 1 I mean from a photo. Obviously they would look different in your freezer. 2 Just some suggestions. I'm sure real scientists will come up with better ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted May 18, 2021 Author #8 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Tom1200 said: I'm more bothered by the lack of references by which to judge the scale. Who here would know a giant squid from frozen squid rings? I guess you didn't look at the other link in my OP. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Volume 172, June 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063721000777 It's a long read but is full of information, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted May 30, 2021 #9 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Utterly fascinating, our oceans. They utterly dominate our wet planet and yet we humancentrists still call it Earth. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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