Giant Squid Photographed

[pythoness]

Your post i found offensive,a s many of my good friends are japanese. I did not make a personal attack, merely an observation based soley upon the post you made and which i quoted.

The fact that you dont see the bigotry that you less than eloquently paraded as racist is a key indicator that you probably are.

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Oh no he didn't :O:O
you did not just call me a biggot, did you wow.
and screaming RACIST at me isn't a personal attack, hmmmm
my comment, 'lets hope they don't develop a taste for it" is in direct reference to the FACT that the japanese HAVE been hunting endangered whales for 'scientific' purposes and they are infact eating them. that is a FACT and i commented on that fact, and for that you scream racist at me.
How dare you, you don't know me,,,,, ann my eloquence has nothing to do with it.
there's a line, we both know you crossed it!!!

 

[waruikazi]

Once the research has been done why not eat them? Atleast it is not being wasted that way And i thoght the minke whales were a species tageted for food? Oh well gotta beleive ervything you read on the net

If you want to see really cruel and inhumane ways that whales are killed have a look at the way (i could be wrong on the country) either greenland or Finland do it. They round them up into a bay, then drive a 20 inch hook through their backs and lift them out of the water while they are still kicking and screaming blue murder.

But anyway that's a bit of a tangent.

Hsut i do have a curiousness about the world and i like to know how things work both living things and non living things. I think most people will say i am right in having this curiosity.

I will say this to all the people on the other side of the argument to mine, nature is much much crueler than the way this cephalapod died. I mean think about how pythons kill their prey...

 

[junglist*]

Oh no he didn't :O:O
you did not just call me a biggot, did you wow.
and screaming RACIST at me isn't a personal attack, hmmmm
my comment, 'lets hope they don't develop a taste for it" is in direct reference to the FACT that the japanese HAVE been hunting endangered whales for 'scientific' purposes and they are infact eating them. that is a FACT and i commented on that fact, and for that you scream racist at me.
How dare you, you don't know me,,,,, ann my eloquence has nothing to do with it.
there's a line, we both know you crossed it!!!

Actually whale is not a prized meat in japan. Yes it is eaten, but in ridiculously small amounts. I spent a month there and my girlfriend spent a year there teaching english all across the country. NOT ONCE did either of us see whale meat for sale and we both went looking for it.

They have not been hunting endangered whales, but for the most part according to their quota ones which are not endangered, so your argument falls down again.

I did not call you a bigot, but explained to you that you post was bigoted, and racist. The fact that you cannot see your own prejudices because you claim to be a descendant of so many different ethnic groups i find very funny. I used to have a boss who is greek. He is one of the most racist people i have ever met, and yet when someone called him a wog he got violently angry because of the racism of the comment.

Are you defensive because you realise what you have done??

 

[tree]

the bloody japs have no consideration for the earth and the beautiful creatures we share this planet with.

junglist
The japanese and pro whaling groups want a return to the hunting of specific species of whale. Not all whales are endangered, and so therefore the green idiots from green peace and sea shepherd are actually making the situation.

the sea shephards are absolute legends mate the japanese whalers will slauter any type of whale that comes within range of there harpoons they dont care weather or not its endangered or not what right do we have to ****her one of the most magnificant animals on the planet how would you like to be shot in the ass with a massive harpoon and then to be draged along side a whaling boat until you bleed to death. are you aware of this technic used by the japanesse to catch dolphins what they do is scare entire dolphin podes into a small bay or cove at high tide trap them in with a net and wait for the tide to go out the dophins eventually after a couple of hours run out of water and die on the sand.

and by th way steve irwin would not go out hunting wales and giant squid because it is cruel and wrong, people like you think animals are below us and it realy doent matter because they are just animals and then you play the race card JUNGLIST you might call me a RACIST but when your talking about hunting whales sharks giant squid and dolphins i find that crule and discusting.

 

[RevDaniel]

Not very nice to hear such things

 

[pythoness]

Are you defensive because you realise what you have done??

Certainly not, i have nothing to be ashamed of at all, i'm not racist, and i'm not the one screaming attacking comments.

 

[junglist*]

the bloody japs have no consideration for the earth and the beautiful creatures we share this planet with.

junglist
The japanese and pro whaling groups want a return to the hunting of specific species of whale. Not all whales are endangered, and so therefore the green idiots from green peace and sea shepherd are actually making the situation.

the sea shephards are absolute legends mate the japanese whalers will slauter any type of whale that comes within range of there harpoons they dont care weather or not its endangered or not what right do we have to ****her one of the most magnificant animals on the planet how would you like to be shot in the ass with a massive harpoon and then to be draged along side a whaling boat until you bleed to death. are you aware of this technic used by the japanesse to catch dolphins what they do is scare entire dolphin podes into a small bay or cove at high tide trap them in with a net and wait for the tide to go out the dophins eventually after a couple of hours run out of water and die on the sand.

and by th way steve irwin would not go out hunting wales and giant squid because it is cruel and wrong, people like you think animals are below us and it realy doent matter because they are just animals and then you play the race card JUNGLIST you might call me a RACIST but when your talking about hunting whales sharks giant squid and dolphins i find that crule and discusting.

CRUEL, DISGUSTING.

Technique.

whether (correct use, its not the clouds you're talkinga bout).
Slaughter

dragged

Ok, as we can see that you didnt finish high school and are probably not fully informed about the situation i'll cut you some slack on the spelling.

People like you make me ashamed to be australian. Steve irwin wouldn't have chased giant squid and whales?? He violated the whale sanctuary and the keep your distance laws 2 years ago all for the sake of a shot of him swimming in the water with whales. You are UNINFORMED.

How on earth can you speak with such broad generalisations with no actual information about the circumstances.

Groups like green peace are renowned for using propaganda techniques using small amounts of information which disregard the major evidence in most cases to promote an emotional crusade by people who are sucked in by the propaganda.

How do you know that all whales will be hunted if commercial whaling is allowed on a restricted basis?? And why are whales such an emotional issue?? I cant work it out, we will allow land based species to run into extinction, and yet whale species which are not endangered seem to come under some broad umbrella of species not allowed to be harvested sustainably???

 

[waruikazi]

LOL! I go back to my original comment. Take a teaspoon of concrete and goddam harden up you salad eating, tree hugging, PETA loving, eco-terrorists greenies! Maybe you need to increase the ammount of meat in ur diets so your not all so grumpy all the time! BAhHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Hsut77]

Once the research has been done why not eat them? Atleast it is not being wasted that way

What I would love to know, what excatly is the research they are doing?? Does it taste better with tomato sauce or soy sauce?? (no, this is not a racist remark I could have easily said bbq sauce....... just to keep on the right side of the PC bleeding hearts)

 

[croc_hunter_penny]

I think everyone has gone a bit off topic :lol:

I don't understand the fighting and namecalling, I thought this was a discussion board where people discuss things.

I wonder what whaling has to do with video footage of a giant squid? :?

 

[waruikazi]

The whaling was brought up by the eco-terrorist trying to show a racist beleif that the japanese kill everything in the ocean they possibly can under the guise of scientific research so they can eat it.

 

[IsK67]

I wonder what whaling has to do with video footage of a giant squid? :?

Maybe the whales were trying out their new camcorder?


IsK

 

[waruikazi]

What I would love to know, what excatly is the research they are doing?? Does it taste better with tomato sauce or soy sauce?? (no, this is not a racist remark I could have easily said bbq sauce....... just to keep on the right side of the PC bleeding hearts)

Perhaps that is something you could research, i've heard the internet is pretty good for that lol

 

[Hsut77]

Penny when one cannot make a strong argument they usually degrade themselves and the topic by using name calling and lots of simile faces.

 

[Hsut77]

The whaling was brought up by the eco-terrorist trying to show a racist beleif that the japanese kill everything in the ocean they possibly can under the guise of scientific research so they can eat it.

Racist beleif.....no. Everthing in the ocean, well, fancy a swim? Eco terrorist??? - watch the personal attack.

 

[waruikazi]

No a similie is saying something is like somthing else that it actually isn't ie. That dog looks like a bear. We all know a dog is not a bear but by saying it is like a bear allows us to picture it better in our minds.

Smilies are usually used to show that people are making a joke, some people don't appear to understand this and get offended.

 

[waruikazi]

Racist beleif.....no. Everthing in the ocean, well, fancy a swim? Eco terrorist??? - watch the personal attack.

OH MY GOD NOOOOO, not an accusation of personally attacking someone. That could construed as slander

Disclaimer:
THAT WAS A JOKE!!!!

 

[croc_hunter_penny]

interesting

I found this: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00030326-0783-133B-878383414B7F0000
an interesting little read about some older "footage" of giant squids (progressive photos rather than video)

this link is some earlier photo evidence that Tsunemi Kubodera had recorded, i guess they decided to go back and get some video footage.


also an interesting read : http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/040524fa_fact1?040524fa_fact1

A fair while ago I remember reading about Steve O’Shea, a marine biologist from New Zealand, who has a different approach to researching the giant squid. He is not trying to find a mature giant squid; rather, he is scouring the ocean for a baby, called a paralarva, which he can grow in captivity. A paralarva is often the size of a cricket.

I wasn't too fond of his research, because they all died. I actually do like some of his findings, but I wished that his captive specimens managed to survive, and I hope he improves his tank system to ensure their survival.

 

[FAY]

As far as the animal world is concerned....humans have a lot to answer for!!!!
I will never get over how they let the Tasmanian Tiger become extinct!!!!!

 

[Hsut77]

Well I will definetly agree to disagree on this topic. So I will say Red Necks 1 - Earth 0 :lol:

p.s was that the correct use of a smilie??