Originally posted by Crusoe
The Japanese are actively fishing for these giant squid. They "troll" down deep --1000ft to 3000ft--with submerseive underwater movie cameras where
they feed and then send down big 100lb pieces of bait and try to hook them. The are not very successful but are deveolping better sonar technology.
Its sad in many ways that this lone and not at all understood craeture of the deep as become one of the latest target species.It will be a very boring
world when there is nothing living in our vast oceans. |