File:Live giant squid in natural habitat.jpg
Live_giant_squid_in_natural_habitat.jpg (263 × 379 pixels, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
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A cropped frame from the first footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, recorded from a manned submersible off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in July 2012. The animal is seen feeding on a 1-metre-long Thysanoteuthis rhombus (diamondback squid), which was used as bait in conjunction with a flashing squid jig. The giant squid's silvery-metallic appearance came as a surprise to the expedition team, and had never been observed before (stranded specimens invariably have reddish skin, if it is present at all). |
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| Source |
Frame from a documentary about the 2012 expedition to film a live giant squid. Footage was originally shown by NHK on 13 January 2013 (released on Blu-ray as NHKスペシャル 世界初撮影! 深海の超巨大イカ; 73 mins.). Later also shown as part of Discovery Channel's Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real and BBC Two's Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible. Cropped directly from [1]. |
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| Portion used |
single cropped frame from 23-minute-long film |
| Low resolution? |
yes (<100k pixels) |
| Purpose of use |
As a frame from the first film of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, the image depicts a historically significant and widely reported event. It is intended to show: (a) a representative image of the event itself; (b) the appearance of the specimen in its live state, particularly its metallic appearance, which has never been observed before and was much commented on by the expedition team, and which can only be seen in a live animal and cannot be conveyed in text alone; (c) the feeding method and posture of the giant squid, observed here for the first time; and (d) the method used to attract the specimen to the submersible (viz. Thysanoteuthis rhombus bait) and the giant squid's size in relation to this (already very large) species. |
| Replaceable? |
Irreplaceable as it depicts a historical event of which no free images exist. |
| Other information |
The image is used here strictly for educational purposes. Original copyright for this image belongs to NHK / NEP / Discovery Channel. |
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| current | 23:37, 9 December 2018 | | 263 × 379 (35 KB) | Mgiganteus1 (talk | contribs) | {{Non-free use rationale | Description = A cropped frame from the first footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, recorded from a manned submersible off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in July 2012. The animal is seen feeding on a 1-metre-long ''Thysanoteuthis rhombus'' (diamondback squid), which was used as bait in conjunction with a flashing squid jig. The giant squid's silvery-metallic appearance came as a surprise to the expedition team, and had never been... |
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