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First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Ste Started conversation Jan 18, 2006
Cool!
New Scientist link: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8064
Original paper (probably subscription): http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/(xnhhqsftjgeue445opmtcr45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,4,13;journal,5,214;linkingpublicationresults,1:102024,1
Citation: Kubodera T, Mori K. (2005) "First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild." Proc Biol Sci. (1581) 2583-2586.
Ste
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jan 18, 2006
doesn't look like subsciption is required...
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Ste Posted Jan 18, 2006
You can get te PDF? Good. 
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
GreyDesk Posted Jan 18, 2006
Cool!
Anyone for calamari?
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 18, 2006
I'd like to point out that we reported this at the Loyal Zoological Society on 15 Sep 2005.
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Orcus Posted Jan 19, 2006
Yeah, I heard this a while back too. On the BBC as I recall.
Goes to show the cutting edgeness of New Scientist 
Still very though.
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Ste Posted Jan 19, 2006
Looking back at the NS page it does say 2005. I just got really excited by it when I saw the article in the Proceedings.
Ste
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Well, I could download the article through the Uni library access
...exciting anyway...
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 19, 2006
I think squids and other cephalopods are fascinating!
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jan 19, 2006
Have you read any of Stephen Baxter's stuff.. I can't remember the specific books that deal with "intelligent"/"trained" squid populating space on our behalf...
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
BouncyBitInTheMiddle Posted Jan 19, 2006
I had no idea giant squid were real...
Cool
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Z Posted Jan 19, 2006
What amazing photographs, I find giant squid utterly facinating creatures, like something from another world.
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Alfster Posted Jan 19, 2006
It's almost become a running gag in the sci-fi world and reports of sightings are...reported David Langfords Geek newsletter Ansible.
You can get to them from this link. Januarys editions sighting is almost at the bottom.
http://news.ansible.co.uk/
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jan 19, 2006
Now you've done it!
I've only had to go and subscribe...
(Davids bits were always amongst my favourite in Interzone, which I'm glad to see is still going, must resubscribe at some point!!)
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Arnie Appleaide - Inspector General of the Defenders of Freedom Posted Jan 19, 2006
has anyone seen Steve Zisou's the Life Aquatic?
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Arnie Appleaide - Inspector General of the Defenders of Freedom Posted Jan 20, 2006
I think it's clear, that in the best interest of science, we need to build a giant research submarine and use it to track down and kill the giant squid.
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Ste Posted Jan 20, 2006
Can I be in charge of the music?
First pictures of live giant squid in its natural habitat
Arnie Appleaide - Inspector General of the Defenders of Freedom Posted Jan 20, 2006
YES!!!
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- 4: GreyDesk (Jan 18, 2006)
- 5: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 18, 2006)
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