<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6357005.stm" target="_blank" title="laun.jpg"><img src="http://strangeattractor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/laun.jpg" title="laun.jpg" alt="laun.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="6" vspace="6" /></a>

Incredible <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6357005.stm" target="_blank">video footage</a> of the 7ft <font size="2"><em>Taningia danae </em>squid, </font><font size="2">luminous arms outstretched,</font><font size="2"> attacking a bait and then the camera. From now on this will be known as the "big squid". As their <a href="http://strangeattractor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/squidchart.gif" target="_blank">handy diagram</a> shows, we all know about our old friend the giant squid, </font><em><font size="-1">Architeuthis dux</font></em><font size="2">, but marine biologists also refer to something called the "colossal squid" (</font><em>Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)</em><font size="2">. They kept that one quiet, despite it first being identified in 1925 – teasers! </font>

<font size="2">Full story over at the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6357005.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a>. And here's a <a href="http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/giantsquidfacts.php" target="_blank">great giant squid fact page</a>, with plenty of info on the colossus!   </font>