Friday Squid Blogging: Greenpeace Wants Videos of Giant Squid
Watch the video “Gavin and his toys.”
“Or we might lose the entire camera if it gets eaten by a giant squid.”
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John Moore • May 6, 2006 8:01 AM
There’s an Arthur C. Clarke short story about a scientist in a deepsea submersible who notices squid communicating with light flashes and whose last words to the surface are something like, “Here comes big brother”.
Ted Demopoulos • May 6, 2006 7:44 PM
Hmmmm, giant squid rings!
Ted,
As has been pointed out many times here before: you can’t eat the giant ones. They are full of ammonia.
Richard Braakman • May 7, 2006 3:58 PM
Not ammonia. Ammonium chloride. Otherwise known as salmiak, which is used to make a wide variety of candies. I bet these squid are yummy.
another_bruce • May 8, 2006 10:45 AM
if the squid was full of ammonia, you could counteract this by marinating it in vinegar for several hours. i don’t think this works for ammonium chloride though.
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Rob Mayfield • May 5, 2006 4:32 PM
Surely if it ate the camera, that would be even more prize footage ? People rarely see the outside of giant squid, let alone the inside …