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Oil Exploration Leads To Video of a Mysterious Elbowed Squid

Posted by timothy on from the that-is-one-freaky-cephalopod dept.

eldavojohn writes "A rare glimpse from Shell Oil of a giant squid brings to light the strange relationships some deep sea marine biologists have with drilling companies. The video of the squid (Magnapinna) is very rare as this creature remains largely a mystery to science. While some are concerned of a conflict of interest, biologists and big oil sure make for strange bedfellows. The video is from 200 miles off the coast of Houston, TX and about 4,000 feet down." Looking at this creature gives me the willies, frankly.

3 of 256 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmm yeah... by M0b1u5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love fish.

    They're delicious.

    --
    How many escape pods are there? "NONE,SIR!" You counted them? "TWICE, SIR!"
  2. Re:Terror from the deep! by Jabbrwokk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I actually liked it better than UFO: Enemy Unknown" but the ship terror missions made me swear. A lot. Plus your guys literally started the game with pyjamas and blowguns.

    I do seem to remember some tentacled critters, it's been a long time though.

  3. Re:Terror from the deep! by apostrophesemicolon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    INFORMATIVE? Funny maybe, but informative?
    In that case, this post actually made me wanna eat some calamari!!

    Mod me informative, baby!