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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-05 07:21 AM
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It's a giant squid!




Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
James Owen - for National Geographic News, September 27, 2005

Like something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, an enormous tentacled creature looms out of the inky blackness of the deep Pacific waters.

But this isn't science fiction. A set of extraordinary images captured by Japanese scientists marks the first-ever record of a live giant squid (Architeuthis) in the wild.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0927_050927_giant_squid.html
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