Haahahaahahaahahahaaha Ahhh... The Squid Man is still at it.
Last night I saw a documentary about Giant Squid. (<--- That is why this is funny.) Now this wasn't the "On the Trail of the Giant Squid" from when I was in college. This one was new. Dr. Kubodera, a Japanese scientist, who was looking for live specimens of the Giant Squid. He went about it very practically. Where can we find this elusive deep sea critter? Well, let's go to a place where we've found pieces, Sperm Whale Point. For those who don't know, Sperm Whales hunt and eat Giant Squid. Sperm Whale Point is a place where these animals congregate, and they were seen bringing bringing Giant Squid carcasses up to the surface to feed their young. Baby Sperm Whales aren't developed enough to hold their breath for long periods of time. The adults can dive to about a mile down and hold their breath for 2 hours. Sorry getting a little carried away with animal facts.
Anyway, the point is that Dr. Kubodera was really rather practical about choosing a site and, aside from using a tactic that looked like playing Robinhood with plungers in order to tag the whales, had overall practical methods. The efforts of him and his team paid off, and they were able to photograph a Giant Squid as it went for their baited camera. Before now, no one had ever seen a live adult on film.
Since there are only so many researchers with the Giant Squid fixation, also appearing in the documentary was our friend from long ago. We'll call him Dr. Architeuthis.
Dr. Architeuthis and his team were hunting the Squid hoping to catch a live adult. He used trolling nets. You know the large nets that are used to catch fish for the purpose of selling as food. Generally a rough, durable net that kills its contents. ^_^;; Not so great for catching a living specimen. He did manage to capture a teeny tiny baby Giant Squid. He was ecstatic! He'd finally caught one, but it was all damaged and died quickly. Gee wonder why that was. He altered his methods to try and catch more: turning the net so the seams were on the outside. That's not common knowledge for fish care? Then he switched to a kinder net type meant for catching things alive. He did catch more babies, but they all died rather quickly. Why's that? You can't take a deep sea critter up from the depths and expect it to survive for very long without recreating it's habitat: Pressure, temp, and various other factors. Tokoz and I got it. It took this guy a little longer to catch on. Eventually he was able to keep a baby alive in a specialized pressure tank for over 100 days. Good for you sweetheart.His ultimate goal is to catch a baby Giant Squid and raise it up to an adult. ........................... ~chirp chirp chirp~..........................
He's still at it. Dr. Architeuthis is one of those people who is so incredibly passionate about what they do it's rather scary. And between you and me, he may have book smarts, but when it comes to common sense I award him Broccoli class, limited. This guy was so jealous of Dr. Kubodera's accomplishment you could feel it through the TV. He was disparaging the fact that Dr. Kubodera only caught still photos of the beast, not a movie. He's soooo envious, but he is not defeated. He diplomatically stated that he will raise his squid babies to adults, and Dr. Kubodera's team will catch adults and they will meet in the middle. I applaud your tenacity and enthusiasm but that's about it, Dr. Architeuthis.
^_^ Squid make me happy.
Anyway, the point is that Dr. Kubodera was really rather practical about choosing a site and, aside from using a tactic that looked like playing Robinhood with plungers in order to tag the whales, had overall practical methods. The efforts of him and his team paid off, and they were able to photograph a Giant Squid as it went for their baited camera. Before now, no one had ever seen a live adult on film.
Since there are only so many researchers with the Giant Squid fixation, also appearing in the documentary was our friend from long ago. We'll call him Dr. Architeuthis.
Dr. Architeuthis and his team were hunting the Squid hoping to catch a live adult. He used trolling nets. You know the large nets that are used to catch fish for the purpose of selling as food. Generally a rough, durable net that kills its contents. ^_^;; Not so great for catching a living specimen. He did manage to capture a teeny tiny baby Giant Squid. He was ecstatic! He'd finally caught one, but it was all damaged and died quickly. Gee wonder why that was. He altered his methods to try and catch more: turning the net so the seams were on the outside. That's not common knowledge for fish care? Then he switched to a kinder net type meant for catching things alive. He did catch more babies, but they all died rather quickly. Why's that? You can't take a deep sea critter up from the depths and expect it to survive for very long without recreating it's habitat: Pressure, temp, and various other factors. Tokoz and I got it. It took this guy a little longer to catch on. Eventually he was able to keep a baby alive in a specialized pressure tank for over 100 days. Good for you sweetheart.His ultimate goal is to catch a baby Giant Squid and raise it up to an adult. ........................... ~chirp chirp chirp~..........................
He's still at it. Dr. Architeuthis is one of those people who is so incredibly passionate about what they do it's rather scary. And between you and me, he may have book smarts, but when it comes to common sense I award him Broccoli class, limited. This guy was so jealous of Dr. Kubodera's accomplishment you could feel it through the TV. He was disparaging the fact that Dr. Kubodera only caught still photos of the beast, not a movie. He's soooo envious, but he is not defeated. He diplomatically stated that he will raise his squid babies to adults, and Dr. Kubodera's team will catch adults and they will meet in the middle. I applaud your tenacity and enthusiasm but that's about it, Dr. Architeuthis.
^_^ Squid make me happy.