The first images ever of a living giant squid. Footage of the 26 foot long creature was captured by Japanese biologists Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori at 3000 feet via a robotic camera on a baited line. However, their "baited line" entangled the great and elusive giant squid for FOUR and a HALF hours, after which it finally detangled itself by tearing away one if its two 18-foot-long tentacles. (Giant squid have eight short legs and two long tentacles, the tentacles believed to be critical for feeding) Assholes.
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Part of me thinks the headline should read "CARELESS SCIENTISTS DISMEMBER ONLY LIVING GIANT SQUID IN BAITED LINE TORTURE"
Yeah, how much do you want to bet that "Giant Squid Tentacle" is circulating the Tokyo sushi black market for 10K yen an ounce.
...or it's on eBay.
You know, it's kind of like trying to study wild bears with a steel-toothed bear trap. "After several hours of struggling, the noble bruin chewed off it's own foot and limped away---truly fascinating."
I don't know what you're talking about, people take pictures of my dick all the time.
to bad they didn't pull the entire prick up.
If by "people" you mean "Clickity Clack", then you might be right.
That's why I banned him from the moblog.