Squid With 'Elbows' Captured on Video

eatyualive · 11-30-08, 12:13

The creature, caught on video by a remote-controlled device owned by Shell Oil, was spotted last November roughly a mile and a half below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report in Britain's Telegraph.
First identified ten years ago, the magnapinna squid has long tentacles that hang at right angles from "arms" that jut out from its body. Scientists are still unsure what function the elbows serve, with some suggesting they help prevent the tentacles from getting tangled when trawling for food.
Footage of the rare squid had been circulating among oil industry employees for months, but became public after a recent report in National Geographic. The magnapinna squid has never been filmed at a drilling site before, and has only been caught on camera a few times.

http://news.aol.com/article/squid-wi...n-video/263362

Hippie3 · 11-30-08, 12:18

mycobri · 11-30-08, 12:20

That is crazy looking

it seems very different from other squids.
are the tentacles usually that long?

thanks eats for cluing me in

MycoChondria · 11-30-08, 13:08

That video drives home two issues weighing heavily on my mind these days:

1) Does mankind have the where-with-all to appreciate, preserve, and co-exist with the planet's increasingly fragile genetic diversity?

2) Got calamari?

Seriously Eats, I've never seen anything like that. These sort of adaptations never cease to astound me. Squid-bows...too much!

eatyualive · 11-30-08, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by MycoChondria

That video drives home two issues weighing heavily on my mind these days:

1) Does mankind have the where-with-all to appreciate, preserve, and co-exist with the planet's increasingly fragile genetic diversity?

2) Got calamari?

Seriously Eats, I've never seen anything like that. These sort of adaptations never cease to astound me. Squid-bows...too much!

lol

1. no
2. my thoughts exactly what does it taste like? lol interesting animal. reminds me of predator in so many ways.

thing is, we laugh about eating it. and that animal is probably smarter than we are...

stickyscissors · 11-30-08, 16:58

I wonder if he's related to Early, or any of the other Squidbillies.

Ras Asad · 11-30-08, 17:21

wow!!!!

suckerfree · 11-30-08, 22:09

hey cool

bmad · 11-30-08, 22:15

that looks like a freaky alium man.. yeah definately an alium

Shroomette · 11-30-08, 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickyscissors

I wonder if he's related to Early, or any of the other Squidbillies.

OMG too funny. btw eats great find very interesting. Elbows huh? that is very unique.

squizzlix · 12-01-08, 00:29

gonna have to start a band now,
and call it...
SQUID ELBOWS!

MycoChondria · 12-01-08, 00:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by squizzlix

gonna have to start a band now,
and call it...
SQUID ELBOWS!

Excellent

"Its a helluva start, it could be made into a monster if we all pull together As a team." - Pink Floyd

Cornfield · 12-01-08, 01:05

if i seen that thing in real life my balls would shoot back up inside me so hard theyd smack me in the brain and knock me out cold right in the middle of the most high pitched girly scream the world has ever heard.

MycoChondria · 12-01-08, 03:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cornfield

if i seen that thing in real life my balls would shoot back up inside me so hard theyd smack me in the brain and knock me out cold right in the middle of the most high pitched girly scream the world has ever heard.

Me too...I'm kinda sorta a mixture of these two screamers

vinz · 12-01-08, 04:42

holy shit
that looks way too alien for me
freaky coooool

weed4all · 12-01-08, 06:26

looks like a facehugger from AvP

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eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,064	Squid With 'Elbows' Captured on Video The creature, caught on video by a remote-controlled device owned by Shell Oil, was spotted last November roughly a mile and a half below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report in Britain's Telegraph. First identified ten years ago, the magnapinna squid has long tentacles that hang at right angles from "arms" that jut out from its body. Scientists are still unsure what function the elbows serve, with some suggesting they help prevent the tentacles from getting tangled when trawling for food. Footage of the rare squid had been circulating among oil industry employees for months, but became public after a recent report in National Geographic. The magnapinna squid has never been filmed at a drilling site before, and has only been caught on camera a few times. http://news.aol.com/article/squid-wi...n-video/263362 __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

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MycoChondria Intellectually Immortal Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,784	That video drives home two issues weighing heavily on my mind these days: 1) Does mankind have the where-with-all to appreciate, preserve, and co-exist with the planet's increasingly fragile genetic diversity? 2) Got calamari? Seriously Eats, I've never seen anything like that. These sort of adaptations never cease to astound me. Squid-bows...too much! __________________ *Right universe...wrong planet!*

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mycobri Stained Blue Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,731	That is crazy looking it seems very different from other squids. are the tentacles usually that long? thanks eats for cluing me in

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