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September 28, 2005

Sea Monster 'Caught' on Tape

Topics: Strange but true

At one time sailors who braved the mysterious seas in the great age of sailing ships continually brought back reports of giant sea monsters large enough to bring down an entire craft. Such reports of giant creatures with tentacles were ridiculed and scoffed at by scientists as fables by homesick and disillusioned men that defied the "laws of nature."

While the existence of these great sea monsters has now been well established, a pair of Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live 25-foot giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep-sea. The Architeuthis is shown in pictures attacking a baited fishing line off the Ogasawara Islands.

Giant squid are carnivorous mollusks that have a long, torpedo shaped body. At one end, surrounding a beak-like mouth strong enough to cut through steel cable, are five pairs of arms. One pair, thinner and longer than the rest, are used to catch food and bring it to the mouth. Just past the mouth are the eyes. Eyes that are the largest in the animal kingdom, getting as big as eighteen inches across.

Posted by tim at September 28, 2005 5:02 AM

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