Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Can a video of a live Giant Squid be far behind?

A new type of deep ocean observer, coupled with an electronic faux jellyfish, has captured video of a large squid of unidentified type at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. An expert cephalopod scientist has said that the squid in the video "has body and tentacle characteristics different from any known squids."

This is new technology, a camera which just sits on the bottom and takes infrared and red light photos triggered by passing creatures and send them to the surface. It's bait is also something new, imitating bioluminescence bursts given off by jellyfish when they are being attacked. Cool.

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