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Greenpeace's Custom Underwater Giant-Squid-Cam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the learn-more-about-it dept.

Seagull76 writes "Check out this 1 minute video with Greenpeace's underwater photo/videographer and deep sea toy specialist, Gavin Newman, aboard the Esperanza. After months of confronting whalers and pirates, some might envy the crew aboard the next leg of Defending Our Oceans who are heading to the beautiful Azores in the mid-Atlantic. For this leg of the expedition, the Esperanza has been equipped with state of the art monitoring equipment, including a remote operating vehicle (ROV) which can shoot video down to a depth of 300m, and a drop camera capable of reaching depths of 1,000 metres - giant squid territory! The ship will become part of the ongoing University of the Azores research program intended to establish greater scientific knowledge of the importance of deep-sea habitats and marine life. "

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  1. Re:Crew envy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did you really need to give us an excuse to make fun of the French?

  2. Obligatory... by de_smudger · · Score: 3, Funny

    ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! (oh come on, somebody had to didn't they ;)

  3. Pirates DQ'd from Competition. by FryingDutchman · · Score: 1, Funny

    "After months confronting whalers and pirates..."

    This kind of eliminates the latter from the monkey/robot/ninja deathmatch now doesn't it? I mean if they can't even take out a bunch of berkenstock-clad hippes on the wet deck of a ship how can they handle a cybernetic bushido-wielding Capuchin?

    I also find it odd that an environmentalist group patrols the oceans in a large diesel ship. Counter-productive much there Granola Moonbeam Humpflowers?

  4. Terrorist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Should we really be glorifying these eco-terrorists?

    Next on Slashdot: The latest Al Qaeda gadgets! -- The IRA has produced a movie; it will blow you away! -- Take a look into the circuitry behind PLO suicide bombs!

  5. Re:Me too! by ozmanjusri · · Score: 3, Funny
    Giant squid have already been photographed in their natural habitat by Japanese scientists.

    This is a better shot by the Japanese team; Squid

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  6. Greenpeace and Squids? by Z1NG · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about squids, but going "deep sea diving" with a hippie pretty much guarantees you will see at least crabs.

  7. Re:Me too! by DesireCampbell · · Score: 2, Funny

    "After months of confronting whalers and pirates..."

    What? They're killing pirates now?! But lack of pirates is causing "Global WarmingTM".

    Damn hippies, you'll kill us all! I'll see you in pasta hell.

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