Sentences with phrase «of giant squid»

I'm very impressed with their research of giant squid, for which they don't seem to kill any of them, so I want to know WHAT has their destructive whaling research produced?

One of the highlights in the Marine Hall is a model of a giant squid, Architeuthis, the largest invertebrate animal in the world and the most elusive.

Perhaps the best of the bunch, however, are the two special effects featurettes that focus on the development of Davy Jones as a character («The Anatomy of Davy Jones») and the creation of the giant squid monster, the Kraken.

Two Japanese researchers published the first photos of a giant squid in the wild.

The genetic uniformity of giant squid across distant oceans hints at a past evolutionary bottleneck, but also at low resiliency toward future crises.

«What's fascinating is that sperm whales, a globally distributed and (formerly) abundant predator of giant squid, also exhibit extremely low genetic diversity.

Aristotle wrote of various forms of «calamari»; seaside cultures have long feared mythic, tentacled beasts like the Norse kraken; Jules Verne, of course, entrenched in us images of a giant squid battling Captain Nemo's steampunk submarine.

(For comparison, the mantle of the giant squid, Architeuthis dux, only reaches a little over 2 meters.)

You might discover that her dread of the water is actually a fear of giant squid, which (as you can explain) don't live in swimming pools.

opinions - Speaking of Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God, perhaps a better question for you to ask is why we humans have an inferior eye compared to that of a giant squid?

First, it was the attack of the giant squids — and now this: the invasion of the monster Australian jellyfish that are threatening to devour the Gulf of Mexico's native fish.

The esophagi of Giant Squids pass through a hole in their donut - shaped brains before reaching their stomachs.

Not exact matches

Now Laptikhovsky and his team have revealed one of the squid's secrets — they seem to have a taste for the Antarctic toothfish, another deep - water giant.

If you trawl a fine mesh net through any of the globe's five subtropical gyres — giant ocean vortexes where currents converge and swirl unhurriedly — you will haul on deck a muddle of brown planktonic goop, the occasional fish, squid or Portuguese man - of - war — and, almost certainly, a generous sprinkling of colourful plastic particles, each no larger than your fingernail.

Giant squids, once believed to be mythical creatures, are squid of the Architeuthidae family, represented by as many as eight species of the genus Architeuthis.

A sperm whale has this puny lower jaw, but it eats a huge variety of prey, from little bitty lantern fish about the size of a pocketknife to giant squid as long as a school bus.

The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) lives in Antarctic waters and is thought to be more aggressive than the famed giant squid (Architeuthis dux)-- one of which has been «plastinated» and put on display in Gunther von Hagens's Body Worlds exhibition.

Giant squid in ice; courtesy of Fir0002 / Wikimedia Commons Giant and colossal squid can grow to be some 12 meters long.

Related site More colossal squid pictures at the Octopus News Magazine Online (free registration required) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Information about the giant squid

The better - known giant squid «is quite a puppy in comparison,» says squid expert Steve O'Shea of the Auckland University of Technology.

A commercial fishing crew in New Zealand has hauled up what may be the finest example yet of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the colossal squid, which is thought to outweigh the giant squid and rival it in length.

These include the ammonite Diplomoceras, a distant relative of modern squid and octopus, with a paperclip - shaped shell that could grow as large as 2 metres, and giant marine reptiles such as Mosasaurus, as featured in the film Jurassic World.

This gal thinks scientists are cooler than rock stars: Shirley Ann Jackson, recites Lia in an excited crescendo, «explores the invisible particles that make up everything in the universe, including you and me and your computer and Limburger cheese and the rings of Saturn and even giant squids!»

The finding comes from an analysis of tissue samples from 43 giant squid (Architeuthis spp.) from around the world.

The ancestors of today's largest whales were gruesome carnivores that sucked giant fish and squid into tooth - filled jaws.

Among living creatures, only deep - sea giant squid have eyes of comparable size.

City of coughing angels; Absinthe doesn't really make the art grow fonder; Giant squid dissected and more...

On the morning of September 30, 2004, on their 23rd attempt, they got their reward: a giant squid wrapped two long tentacles around the bait, snagging itself in the process.

Giant squid have the largest eyes on Earth, about the size of a basketball — but why do they need such big peepers?

In both cases, state - of - the - art technologies were crucial to observe these elusive species alive: a low - noise submarine for the giant squid; a low - temperature AFM for the aryne.»

Among the classics is the squid, which made its way into the history of science on account of the «giant axon» — a millimeter - wide neuron that runs down the length of each of its tentacles.

And then there's the ending — the topic of most debate amongst fanboys ever since news leaked that the movie wouldn't be using the original conclusion involving a giant squid.

, an unsettling facts - about - giant - squids piece hosted by oceanographer Scott Cassell; «The Musical Legacy of Paul Smith» (11 mins.)

by Walter Chaw The title refers to a New York Museum of Natural History diorama called «Clash of the Titans» that proposes what a tussle between a sperm whale and a giant squid would look like — and it functions as the final, stirring tableaux of a 16 mm film self - consciously shot in the manner of early Jim Jarmusch or Spike Lee joints.

Sailing the open seas meant stumbling into danger — whether giant squids or storms on the stretch of blue skies coming in as unexpected thrills.

(An important note: We decided to focus on the major character deaths — sorry to the giant space squid in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

No human had ever seen an adult giant squid alive, and though they had eyes as big as apples to scope the dark of the ocean, theirs was a solitude so profound they might never encounter another of their tribe.

I'm just an interior decorator, pointing out the elephant (stores lack e-commerce websites, and thus face competition from a store six states away which does have an online store) and the rotting giant squid (digital comics sales will quicken the demise of print comics dominance).

Two blue ringed octopus, several leaf fishes, squids, a giant sponge crab and heaps and heaps of little shrimps in one dive — almost impossible to top!

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balsquids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balSquids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

The game looks like a lot of fun with all the wacky characters and guns the series is known for and at one point the players appear to be on jet skis evading a monstrous cross between a blow fish and a giant squid.

If you like the draw of simple casual play, a physics engine mixed with action gameplay, or shooting down enemy ships in a giant squid shaped plane, then Mini Squadron is a worth a look at.

You get a group of shapeshifting squids, a giant inky mess, and a game that looks more fun than it -LSB-...]

As you go into the depths, don't be surprised if you run into Giant Squids or others Oarfish that lives into the warm water of the deep - sea.

Tusoteuthis Vampyrus: A monstrous relative of the vampire squid, Tusoteuthis bears a closer resemblance to giant squids.

This is our interpretation of Captain Nemo looking at the giant squid from the porthole.

Other noteworthy inclusions were Frédérique Loutz's exquisite artist's books made from a single folded sheet of paper; a giant display of lithographs dwelling on contemplation, traces and loss, from conceptual artist Marie - Ange Guilleminot's ensemble Nuancier (Color Chart); Mélanie Delattre - Vogt's fine lithographic drawings, based on culinary images from a 1970s freezer manual where disembodied hands cut up squid, duck, pig and bunches of rhubarb.

The drawing features a giant botanical - like squid swallowing a whale - shaped universe made up of bionetworks and miniature cities.

Sea monsters, sirens, sperm whales, giant squids, octopi, submarines, drowned sailors and shipwrecks are all portrayed here by many of art history's «greats» JMW Turner, Odilon Redon, Hokusai, Barbara Hepworth and Oskar Kokoshka among them.

In an interview 20 years ago, Gordon Robertson, an elderly member of the Haisla tribe along the northern British Columbia coast, recalled an extraordinary moment from his childhood when a killer whale broke the surface not far from shore in the middle of a thrashing struggle with a giant squid.