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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « Mysterious Refrigerators in Toronto | Main | Homeland Security Blanket » September 21, 2007Friday Squid Blogging: Whale Eating Giant SquidCaught on film, first time ever: "We looked hard and saw a tentacle of a squid hanging from its mouth and there were other pieces of squid stuck to the whale’s body. It made a number of brusque movements on its side in the water to free the tentacle to eat it – and there we were filming and photographing it all." Posted on September 21, 2007 at 4:05 PM • 9 Comments To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. jkohen • September 21, 2007 4:50 PM It would be interesting to give these whales some sort of high-sensitivity cameras or other image recording device that would work in the dark, deep waters so they can bring us live footage of their hunting immersions. Terry Cloth • September 21, 2007 5:26 PM Pooh. It's only a pilot whale---I was expecting a sperm whale.* Nonetheless, this is Really Cool (tm). A strong, if circumstantial, hypothesis gets about the best evidence possible. * I have to admit my ignorance came into play here. I'd always thought of pilot whales as a sort of overgrown dolphin, hanging out near the surface. I had no idea that they can get down to 1.2 km, and can stay down for over 20 minutes. (The article says they can ``only'' stay down 22 mins. Such a letdown.) Terry Cloth • September 21, 2007 5:31 PM Oops---insufficient fact checking. The article says ``... staying down for no more than 22 minutes at a time.'' Sounds dismissive to me, but `only' isn't in there. Bruce Schneier • September 22, 2007 1:46 AM "Aw, man! Where's the video?" I know. I looked all over the Internet for it. betabug • September 22, 2007 3:37 AM > "I'm in ur sea, eatin ur whalez!" Well, I misunderstood the headline at first too, the lego grammar of English sometimes gets in the way. Probably should be: "I'm in ur sea, eatin ur squidz!" Because obviously it's not the giant squid who is a whale eater. Olaf • September 24, 2007 4:01 AM Cool, I've been on holiday down there a few times and seen the pilot whales in action. Never seen a squid though except on my plate. aeschylus • September 24, 2007 4:40 PM If the squid had been eating the whale, the title would be "Whale-eating Giant Squid".
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