(Image Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2013/01/08/giant-squid-captured-on-film/
BY SCOTT MALONE
ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER
A new video is making quite the splash - but don’t worry, it’s not another rendition of ‘Call Me Maybe.’ Here’s Good Morning America to explain.
“Captured for the first time ever on video. The giant squid in its natural habitat. The mysterious creature can grow to 50 feet long with eyes the size of dinner plates.” (Via KETV)
It took some Captain Ahab-like dedication from Discovery and Japan’s NHK film crews to get this eye-opening video. They say it took them hundreds of tries at depths of more than 3000 feet below the surface before finally succeeding. (Via Discovery Channel & NHK)
Giant squid have been seen before because when they die, they float to the ocean’s surface. But the scientists say this video of their own live version of Moby Dick is the first of its kind. (Via WLNY)
And before you go thinking about how much calamari that squid could provide, chew on this: scientists say it was a baby - and can grow up to 60 feet long. So how did these scientists succeed where others failed? One of the researchers explains to Al Jazeera.
“If you try and approach making a lot of noise, using a bright white light, the squid don’t come anywhere near you. So we sat there in the pitch black using a near infrared light, invisible even to the human eye, waiting for the giant squid to approach.”
CNN spoke with the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, and he says this video is just the beginning of exploring the ocean frontier.
“There’s no telling what’s down there. That’s what’s so exciting about this. You know it’s hard to say what we’ll find, what’s going to be after this? Will it be some prehistoric fish, down the road, that we’ll find as submarines can go deeper and we have more technology.”
The scientists say they’re releasing more footage of the squid in a special titled Monster Squid: The Giant is Real which premiers on January 27th on the Discovery Channel.
(Image Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2013/01/08/giant-squid-captured-on-film/
BY SCOTT MALONE
ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER
A new video is making quite the splash - but don’t worry, it’s not another rendition of ‘Call Me Maybe.’ Here’s Good Morning America to explain.
“Captured for the first time ever on video. The giant squid in its natural habitat. The mysterious creature can grow to 50 feet long with eyes the size of dinner plates.” (Via KETV)
It took some Captain Ahab-like dedication from Discovery and Japan’s NHK film crews to get this eye-opening video. They say it took them hundreds of tries at depths of more than 3000 feet below the surface before finally succeeding. (Via Discovery Channel & NHK)
Giant squid have been seen before because when they die, they float to the ocean’s surface. But the scientists say this video of their own live version of Moby Dick is the first of its kind. (Via WLNY)
And before you go thinking about how much calamari that squid could provide, chew on this: scientists say it was a baby - and can grow up to 60 feet long. So how did these scientists succeed where others failed? One of the researchers explains to Al Jazeera.
“If you try and approach making a lot of noise, using a bright white light, the squid don’t come anywhere near you. So we sat there in the pitch black using a near infrared light, invisible even to the human eye, waiting for the giant squid to approach.”
CNN spoke with the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, and he says this video is just the beginning of exploring the ocean frontier.
“There’s no telling what’s down there. That’s what’s so exciting about this. You know it’s hard to say what we’ll find, what’s going to be after this? Will it be some prehistoric fish, down the road, that we’ll find as submarines can go deeper and we have more technology.”
The scientists say they’re releasing more footage of the squid in a special titled Monster Squid: The Giant is Real which premiers on January 27th on the Discovery Channel.
