Wasn't there a story that goes "The giant squid was in distress..." or something?Nah it's about a salamanderRefers to Ibuse Masuji's novella The SalamanderSpeaking of which, the giant squid is truly a living legendKnown all over the world as the colossal creature that actually exists in real lifegeso〰〰〰They say the largest one ever recorded was about 27 meters long, with a 9-meter torso, found near Newfoundland, Canada sometime around 1982...I can't fathom that a creature once called the mighty deep sea monster and a cryptid of mythic proportions......is being dried, grilled and consumed nowadaysNo need to get weepy over itApparently, they announced just the other day that giant squids had been found in Kagoshima and Shimane prefecturesThough turns out they were actually caught back in 2013Eh? What took them so long to break a story from 2 years ago?Well, they were tiny. The one from Kagoshima was only 14 cm long, and the ones* from Shimane were about 33 cm.
* There are actually two of them according to this Wikipedia articleSo it took a while to identify them as giant squids based on physical features and DNA analysisSo... So tiny!But here's the catch, these are called "juveniles", which are in their early stages of development. And it was the first time that such young giant squids were discoveredMoreover, the fact that they were found in the shallow waters provides valuable insight into studying their habitat!As giant squids usually live about 300 to 600 meters below the surfacegeso〰〰〰Even so...Calling something that tiny a "giant squid" still makes me chuckleIt's not that odd though. Back in the day there's that one song called One Carrot Still Counts As CarrotA song by Shimon Masato aimed at teaching children how to countIt's on the B-side of Swim On! Taiyaki-kun
Wasn't there a story that goes "The giant squid was in distress..." or something?
Nah it's about a salamanderRefers to Ibuse Masuji's novella The Salamander
Speaking of which, the giant squid is truly a living legend
Known all over the world as the colossal creature that actually exists in real life
geso〰〰〰
They say the largest one ever recorded was about 27 meters long, with a 9-meter torso, found near Newfoundland, Canada sometime around 1982...
I can't fathom that a creature once called the mighty deep sea monster and a cryptid of mythic proportions...
...is being dried, grilled and consumed nowadays
No need to get weepy over it
Apparently, they announced just the other day that giant squids had been found in Kagoshima and Shimane prefectures
Though turns out they were actually caught back in 2013
Eh? What took them so long to break a story from 2 years ago?
Well, they were tiny. The one from Kagoshima was only 14 cm long, and the ones* from Shimane were about 33 cm.
* There are actually two of them according to this Wikipedia article
So it took a while to identify them as giant squids based on physical features and DNA analysis
So... So tiny!
But here's the catch, these are called "juveniles", which are in their early stages of development. And it was the first time that such young giant squids were discovered
Moreover, the fact that they were found in the shallow waters provides valuable insight into studying their habitat!
As giant squids usually live about 300 to 600 meters below the surface
geso〰〰〰
Even so...
Calling something that tiny a "giant squid" still makes me chuckle
It's not that odd though. Back in the day there's that one song called One Carrot Still Counts As CarrotA song by Shimon Masato aimed at teaching children how to count
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