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A species of deep-sea squid has the world’s biggest light-producing organs
- russ 3y agoPretty sure there have never been “230-foot-long” sperm whales.
- suzzer99 3y agoYeah that jumped out at me. Sperm whales can grow to 60'. Makes me wonder what other facts might not be accurate.
- mock-possum 3y agoOh wow, glad I’m not the only one caught up on that. Like… that’s basically a 15 story building right? That’s gigantic.
- bombcar 3y agoMaybe it was 230 whales each only a foot long!
- nunuvit 3y agoI think they copied the wrong number. 230 dB is an estimate for how loud they can click.
- XzAeRosho 3y agoThat was a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing! That seal video chasing the squid was so captivating given the context of the article.
- wiz21c 3y agoWhat's impressive is that the chase occurs in a completely dark environement. How the hell do they know where they go ?
- lynx23 3y agoI guess you'd say something similar when thinking about blind people? Humans relying 90% on vision is apparently killing most of their imagination.
- shellfishgene 3y agoThey apparently have sensitive whiskers and hearing adapted to underwater conditions. Also really good night vision.
- Pixelbrick 3y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20230607012046/https://nautil.us/the-mystery-of-the-largest-light-in-the-sea-308189/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230607012046/https://nautil.us...
- dvh 3y agoMaking a subscription dialog with the same look as cookie consent dialog is brilliant and evil at the same time.
- mock-possum 3y ago> They placed the squid in a shipboard aquarium and turned the lights off. After their eyes adjusted to the dark, one of the scientists gently stirred the water with his hand. FLASH! A second of “brilliant blue-green light,” as they described it, was followed by the squid wrapping their tentacles around a finger and delivering a tiny-beaked bite. Poor guy. I hope they let it go after that. Be nice to the weird little squiddy thing.
- skibz 3y agoFascinating. I really enjoyed that.
- pvaldes 3y agoThat must be Taningia of course... yep. I found a few in the pelagic cetaceans. Big animals, as tall as a man. A cool animal that can appear relatively close to the shore in Europe, Japan or US. Looking at two big oblique "cat-eyes" glowing in the pitch black deep sea and blinking at you must be a terrifying sight.
- philipov 3y agoIs it a squid or a k̶i̶d lamp?
- RGamma 3y agoI sincerely hope for them they're inedible.