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Giant Squid Caught Near Japan

Posted by Zonk on from the she's-a-biggun dept.

Frankenbuffer writes "Researchers on a quest to find a live giant squid succeeded in filming one south of Tokyo. They used a smaller bait squid to lure the giant squid to the water's surface. The giant squid, a young female about 7 metres long, put up quite a fight as it was brought aboard the research vessel. It died in the process. The researchers believe that giant squid may be more plentiful that believed previously. From the article: '"Sperm whales need from 500 to 1,000 kilograms of food every day," he said. "There are believed to be 200,000 or so of them, and that would suggest there are quite a few squid for them to be feeding on. I don't think they are in danger of extinction at all." Having filmed the squid, Mr. Kubodera said his next goal is to further study the creatures' habits in their natural surroundings -- at a depth of around 650 metres.'"

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  1. Tentacle Porn by Slashdot+Parent · · Score: 0, Troll

    Queue all Japanese Tentacle Porn jokes in 3... 2... 1...

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    They don't grade fathers, but if your daughter's a stripper, you fucked up. --Chris Rock
  2. Re:Stop saying these are "endangered" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bullshit!
    Tha Japanese have diplayed a propensity to eat copious amounts of nearly everything that crawls, swims and fly's over this earth.
    They not only eat the meat of an animal, they eat the gut's, nut's and anus of ever phylum.
    Asian cultures are the only place on earth you can purchase BBQ'd, marinated chicken asshole on a bamboo stick.
    If it's alive they'll find a way to eat it, even if they have to marinate it in quick lime and salt cure it for a year.
    The worlds richest billionaires are lining up right now for a slice of that rare squid.
    Ever watched Iron Chef Japan, these people scrape feeces out of animal intestinenes, pass it through a fine mesh screen, wok fry it with chili paste then rest eyeballs on a bed of shit. These people eat more krill than baleen whales, what the hell do you think shrimp paste is. It's krill, rotted and dried by the sun, processed through grinders, rotted and dried by the sun, processed through grinders then made into small cakes.
    The entire world wonders why nearly every flu and sickness originates in an asian environment.