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2019-06-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Giant squid spotted in U.S. waters for first time

[NEWS5CLEVELAND] Dr. Heather Judkins just made history. Squid history.

Aboard a NOAA research vessel, The USF St. Petersburg professor and a team of explorers sent a deepwater submersible camera named Medusa deep into the Gulf of Mexico.

The cephalopod expert was asleep when the camera captured video of a marine creature that had never been seen alive in U.S. waters.

Only a handful of scientists have seen the animal alive anywhere in the world.

"I was woken up from a nap," Judkins said. "There's a knock on the door. 'Heather! Heather!' I was thinking, 'if they're waking me up for a pod of dolphins, I might not be happy right now.'"

It wasn't dolphins some 750 meters below the surface.

The Medusa captured the last of the great sea monsters: the giant squid.

About a 10- to 12-foot-long giant squid was lured by a ring of pulsating lights on the submersible.

"We're looking at the footage," Judkins said. "Inside my head, I'm thinking, 'this is it.' But the skeptical scientist in me said let's rule everything else out."

Judkins was only 75 percent sure. So she called colleagues. They confirmed she had just made history ‐ the first live giant squid seen in U.S. waters.

So, as somebody who enjoys good calamari I NEED to ask: Is it an edible species? Does it taste good? What recipe is best for this species?

Posted by Fred 2019-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 I'll say it again. He's coming.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-29 06:49|| 2019-06-29 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 To answer the Moderators question; no one has ever eaten one. Actual specimens were all found dead, or died shortly after capture. Capture has generally been accidental and by fishing trawlers. I've heard that the species has a strong ammonia smell. My information is all from second and third hand sources, I have no actual experience with the species.

Posted by Black Charlie Cheper6841 2019-06-29 07:03|| 2019-06-29 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Kind of. This could be an Architeuthis.

Not to be compared to the badass unknown squids (as reported from 16th & 17th century ship logs) could have been a hundred feet long. Not the "43' (females)" currently being estimated.

Colossal squids, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, which may have a mantle nearly twice as long. Several extinct cephalopods, such as the Cretaceous vampyromorphid Tusoteuthis, the Cretaceous coleoid Yezoteuthis, and the Ordovician nautiloid Cameroceras may have grown even larger.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-06-29 08:07|| 2019-06-29 08:07|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-29 09:08|| 2019-06-29 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Posted by DarthVader 2019-06-29 09:29|| 2019-06-29 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Whew...lots of diphthongs and few vowels.

Posted by DooDahMan 2019-06-29 09:30|| 2019-06-29 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 For DarthVader

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-29 11:38|| 2019-06-29 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Might smell of ammonia, but at least you know it's not pork bung.

Posted by Don Vito Snairt5217 2019-06-29 22:04|| 2019-06-29 22:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Might smell of ammonia, but at least you know it's not pork bung.

Anyone who has ever shopped at a Vietnamese grocery can appreciate this.

Posted by SteveS 2019-06-29 22:32|| 2019-06-29 22:32|| Front Page Top

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