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RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale
nationalgeographic ^
| October 29, 2009--
Posted on 11/02/2009 1:17:43 PM PST by JoeProBono
Carrying the remains of a roughly 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid in her jaws, a female sperm whale, with a calf at her side, swims near the surface off Japan's Bonin Islands (map)in the northwestern Pacific. Taken on October 15, this and other "absolutely sensational" new pictures offer rare proof of the sperm whale's taste for giant squid, said giant squid expert Steve O'Shea of the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.
The pictures may also reveal that adult sperm whales, which grow up to 59 feet (18 meters) long, use pieces of their prizes to teach youngsters how to catch their own, O'Shea told National Geographic News.
The group of five adults and one calf kept diving deep in unison, photographer Tony Wu told the Daily Mail. "It seemed as if the adult whales were trying to teach the baby to dive and also to eat squid," he said.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: calamari; cryptozoology; giantsquid; jpb; kraken; squid; whale
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To: nesnah
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posted on
11/02/2009 2:45:07 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
42
posted on
11/02/2009 2:46:08 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: JoeProBono; CounterCounterCulture
To: Kartographer
Oh, please no - that sucked even for a B-disaster movie!
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/02/2009 2:58:08 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DariusBane
Sperm Whale Eats Giant Squid... Giant Whale Eats Sperm Squid................
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posted on
11/02/2009 4:13:59 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: cynwoody
110 million tons! Japan doesn’t consume that much squid a year.
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posted on
11/02/2009 8:56:12 PM PST
by
JrsyJack
(There's a little Jim Thompson in all of us)
To: rahbert
It would be fatal to a diver if that squid got a liplock on him with those arms!You can say that again!
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posted on
11/02/2009 10:08:55 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: DariusBane
Sperm Whale Eats Giant Squid...
There is a joke in there somewhere...Subic Bay?
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posted on
11/02/2009 10:13:53 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: nesnah
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posted on
11/02/2009 10:15:59 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: DariusBane
Tainted squid love.
A passionate girl from Madrid
Once had an affair with a squid.
She said,”I’ve tried eels
And disported with seals,
But once you’ve been squid, you’ve been did.
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posted on
11/03/2009 2:58:54 AM PST
by
Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
11/03/2009 12:32:51 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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