This large squid, Taningia danae, has been caught on film, and it's amazing stuff. It swoops in on its prey, arms splayed wide, using its luminescence to disorient the target. It's beautiful!
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The film captured the squid, Taningia danae, in action: 1 The squid swims towards the bait; 2 It spreads its arms wide; 3 It swims around the bait, twisting its body; 4 It grabs the bait with its eight arms.
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Since I asked for it, and since so many were promptly forthcoming with a copy, I'd better give you a quick summary. Kubodera et al. have formally published their observations of the eight-armed deep sea squid, Taningia danae, that were in the news last February. There isn't much new information in…
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I wish, I wish, I wish I could view video footage on this computer. Reading the article only makes it worse.
Where can I get some glow-in-the-dark calamari?
I can't see the video either. )-:
Don't go towards the light!
I'm curious, PZ. How many people sent you this? I did, but I assumed that dozens of others beat me to it.
About two dozen, and every one of them was cherished and appreciated.
That's just too cool, a completely freakin me out.
Showed it to a coworker and he said "okay... if I saw that I would scream like a thousand little girls"
One of those 2 dozen people who emailed PZ about this was me! I've also got footage of the vampire squid, which, in my opinion, is even more amazing.
There's a much better version of the video, in Quicktime format, available on the news@nature site.
Thanks, Fatboy! That one worked!
Well worth the wait.
An eight-sided luminous asterisk, thast's gonna be my new atheist symbol.
Did anyone send you the link about the giant ant scam yet?
glad you caught this one, i came here to tell you but should have known you'd already seen it :)