[Updated February 15, 2007 to include “Hunting behavior of Large Bioluminescent Squid (Video)“]
Tokyo (AP) – A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live – possibly for the first time – and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said Friday.
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The research team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera, videotaped the giant squid at the surface as they captured it off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo earlier this month. The squid, which measured about 24-feet long, died while it was being caught.
“We believe this is the first time anyone has successfully filmed a giant squid that was alive,” said Kubodera, a researcher with Japan’s National Science Museum. “Now that we know where to find them, we think we can be more successful at studying them in the future.”
Continued at “Japan Researchers Film Live Giant Squid“
Technorati: Ogasawara Islands, Giant Squid, Film
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