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12-22-2006 11:22 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/94a1e819-3ab3-469c-83b4-fc308a0b7a59/6DBAE411-740A-4322-BEFF-6466AC839DBA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><SPAN class="primeColor">Live Giant Squid Caught on Film</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P><B>Dec. 22, 2006</B> — A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live — possibly for the first time — and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said Friday.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>
The research team, led by Tsunemi Kubodera, videotaped the giant squid at the surface as they captured it off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo earlier this month. The squid, which measured about 24 feet long, died while it was being caught.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/232E7720-F0CF-4F04-ABC4-E124DC8BE3F0" alt="A Rare Glimpse" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/08C09E90-55E1-4C9E-B9AC-7B486D677076" alt="Small for a Giant" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>
The captured squid was caught using a smaller type of squid as bait, and was pulled into a research vessel "after putting up quite a fight," Kubodera said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>
"It took two people to pull it in, and they lost it once, which might have caused the injuries that killed it," he said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/22/giantsquid_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20061222113000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000"><P>
The squid, a female, was not fully grown and was relatively small by giant squid standards. The longest one on record is 60 feet, he said. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6DBAE411-740A-4322-BEFF-6466AC839DBA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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