http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/26/prehistoric-frilled-shark-found-off-japanese-coast/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/26/prehistoric-frilled-shark-found-off-japanese-coast/#comment-1466 Big in Japan | World’s largest squid caught off New Zealand coast Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:14:17 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/26/prehistoric-frilled-shark-found-off-japanese-coast/#comment-1466 [...] This is a hell of a catch. New Zealand fisherman working in the deep waters of the Ross Sea near the Antarctic. The 10m/33ft, 450kg/1000lb Colossal Squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni in Latin, had latched itself onto one of the toothfish that had been caught. Now this squid had been down at around 1,800m/6,000ft when it was originally hooked, which gives you an idea of how deep these lines and nets go when they are fishing in the really deep waters. When it got to shore, it was obvious the squid was in distress and wasn’t going to last too long. So the fisherman managed to get a cargo net around it and bring it on board. This is the biggest Colossal Squid to have ever been caught, and it’s certainly an amazing sight, as you cans see from these photos. Japanese chefs are licking their fingers in anticipation of all the sushi that could be made from this, and Godzilla is once again on standby incase the Colossal Squids team up with the great white sharks and frilled sharks in a water-based attack on Japan! [...] […] This is a hell of a catch. New Zealand fisherman working in the deep waters of the Ross Sea near the Antarctic. The 10m/33ft, 450kg/1000lb Colossal Squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni in Latin, had latched itself onto one of the toothfish that had been caught. Now this squid had been down at around 1,800m/6,000ft when it was originally hooked, which gives you an idea of how deep these lines and nets go when they are fishing in the really deep waters. When it got to shore, it was obvious the squid was in distress and wasn’t going to last too long. So the fisherman managed to get a cargo net around it and bring it on board. This is the biggest Colossal Squid to have ever been caught, and it’s certainly an amazing sight, as you cans see from these photos. Japanese chefs are licking their fingers in anticipation of all the sushi that could be made from this, and Godzilla is once again on standby incase the Colossal Squids team up with the great white sharks and frilled sharks in a water-based attack on Japan! […]

]]> http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/26/prehistoric-frilled-shark-found-off-japanese-coast/#comment-1284 Bim Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:43:34 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/26/prehistoric-frilled-shark-found-off-japanese-coast/#comment-1284 How cool! A giant giant giant eel with a funny head. (Technical description!) Try not to get close enough to one to take your pwn pics Dave! Bim x How cool! A giant giant giant eel with a funny head. (Technical description!) Try not to get close enough to one to take your pwn pics Dave!
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