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I was wondering when you were going to post this.
That's pretty cool. Too bad they weren't able to mount a camera or tracking device or something on the squid.
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I thought it was pretty cool too -- except for the "struggling for four hours until it lost a tentacle" part.....
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Yeah Farmgirl, I had the same response. I wonder how serious losing a tentacle is for a squid. Anyone have any idea?
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I can't find anything solid on tentacle loss in Cephalods (but I did learn a new word!) That was my first thought too, that this squid had ripped its tentacle off to escape.
From general piecing together of information it sounds like the lost of a single tentacle is not disastrous for the squid, though, as it seems to use its eight legs as tentacles.
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About the squid, I saw it earlier today and wondered when it would show up here. That was fast, Noemon!
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Yeah, giant squid is cool and everything, but I saw on msn.com this morning that there are also colossal squid, which are even bigger (as you would expect). I wanna see one of those.
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[nerd voice]Only because our culture and educational system teach us to be infatuated with Latin. ::snort:: [/voice]
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If we were really infatuated with Latin, we would use the Latin root and plural, not the Greek root and an incorrect plural.
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I think that we're going to be seeing more and more of this sort of thing--the X Prize really blazed a trail in terms of this method of encouraging technological development (I don't know that the X Prize was the first such competition, but it's certainly the first that really caught the attention of the wider media). The government can offer cash prizes for technology that are tiny compared to the amount it would cost them to develop the technology themselves. It's a brilliant way of developing new tech, I think.
The race itself is pretty cool too. It's interesting to see how much more able this race's robots are than the previous race's.
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quote: This year, Carnegie Mellon entered two vehicles, an improved Sandstorm and a converted Hummer called H1ghlander. The latter, which signals its presence by fire siren sounds, ran the course in about 10 minutes Wednesday, but sideswiped a couple of obstacles.
A good friend of mine gives me daily updates on the progress of these robots. He's part of Red Team, the makers of Sandstorm and H1ghlander. I'm excited to see how the race turns out. Posts: 1225 | Registered: Feb 2002
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When I was twelve I thought everything was -i in the Latin plural. I tried to be smart and wrote a story called "Escape of the Rabbi" about two runaway bunnies. Needless to say, my teacher was both initially confused, and then terribly, terribly amused.
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No one actually knows if "colossal" squid are bigger than giant squid. It's the kind of thing that sparks passionate arguments between marine biologists. (Yes, I am on a listserv on which marine biologists get into passionate fights over squid size - you haven't lived until....)
Thing is, there just aren't enough specimins of either to say for sure. But colossal squid do have nasty looking teeth on their tentacles, and one did get into what might have been a fight with a fishing net (there was also a passionate debate over whether the squid attacked, or was just struggling to get free, thus dividing the academics and aquarists into aggressive squid v. passive squid camps.)
Interesting thing about the giant squid pix, they were taken almost a year ago and just now got released in a peer reviewed journal.
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quote: This year, Carnegie Mellon entered two vehicles, an improved Sandstorm and a converted Hummer called H1ghlander. The latter, which signals its presence by fire siren sounds, ran the course in about 10 minutes Wednesday, but sideswiped a couple of obstacles.
A good friend of mine gives me daily updates on the progress of these robots. He's part of Red Team, the makers of Sandstorm and H1ghlander. I'm excited to see how the race turns out.
I was supposed to start volunteering with the team out of UL-Lafayette, but I got too busy. I think it's fascinating though, and I'm definitely still following it.
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A mushroom walks into a bar, sits down and orders a drink. The bartender says "We don't serve mushrooms here." The mushroom says, "Why not? I'm a fun guy!"
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Yeah, but, camus, what's that got to do with colossal squid and robotic vehicles? What, you think you can just post anything on this thread????
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OlavMah, I admit it has absolutely nothing to do with colossal squid or robotic vehicles. It was merely something that came to mind while I was reading half of the thread dealing with plural words.
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I was kidding... I would think that if we've wandered the gamut from colossal squid to robotic vehicles, we can consider this an unfocused thread.
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OK, forgive the lame joke...to get back on topic...
quote:Below the camera, they suspend a weighted jig - a set of ganged hooks to snag the squid - along with a single Japanese common squid as bait and an odour lure consisting of chopped-up shrimps.
I don't know if I like the way this little contraption works. It sounds pretty dangerous to begin with.
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quote:But colossal squid do have nasty looking teeth on their tentacles
Munching hands!
When this was announced on NPR, it was right after them announcing that there was a trip to the Arctic where they found far more life there than they were expecting--particularly large animals. So I assumed that the giant squid was caught on camera in the Arctic.
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I'd like to return this camera; there seems to be a live giant squid caught on it, and I just can't manage to get it loose.
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