Tsunemi Kubodera
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Tsunemi Kubodera is a Japanese zoologist with the National Science Museum of Japan. He was the first individual to successfully photograph a living giant squid in its natural habitat on 30 September 2004.[1] He managed to successfully film a live giant squid for the first time on December 4, 2006.[2] In 2005, Kubodera became the first to film the Dana Octopus Squid (Taningia danae) in its natural habitat.[3]
[edit] Finding the giant squid
With Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, Kubodera captured photos of the elusive giant squid with his special cameras, after three years of attempts. The cameras, which were able to store 600 photos, were programmed to flash and take a picture every thirty seconds. Tsunemi's hope was that one of these pictures would contain a photograph of the giant squid. The camera was mounted on a line that used two hooks. To this line Kubodera attached two cuttlefish as bait. The line was then lowered to 2950 feet.[4] A giant squid took the bait and got caught on one of the hooks. The squid spent more than four hours trying to get free before severing one of its tentacles and fleeing. The tentacle was still moving when the camera was hauled up.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Kubodera, T. & K. Mori 2005. First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild.PDF Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1581):2583-2586.
- ^ Giant squid caught on video by Japanese scientists
- ^ Kubodera, T., Y. Koyama & K. Mori 2006. Observations of wild hunting behaviour and bioluminescence of a large deep-sea, eight-armed squid, Taningia danae.PDF (295 KiB) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (published online). doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.0236
- ^ Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
- ^ Live giant squid caught on camera
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