Here are National Geographic Dangerous Encounters: Cannibal Squid video and photos. The new episode in the series will be broadcast on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Nat Geo channel.
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In this episode Dr. Bradley Barr and his team of researchers embark upon a risky mission to study the Humboldt squid, up close. The mammoth sea creatures grow up to six feet in length and travel in enormous schools numbering upwards of 1,200. They are highly aggressive and reportedly have attacked divers. They are also quite elusive, as they are able to use their funnel to propel themselves out of the water and escape from predators, and they use their fins to glide on water, almost flying. These characteristics, along with their ability to change colors, have earned them the nickname “diablos rojos” (red devils) by Mexican fishermen.
Little is known about the invasive species which threatens commercial fisheries in the coastal waters of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Dr. Barr’s goal is to capture one of the squid unharmed, and attach National Geographic’s state-of-the-art Crittercam.
Click here for a program overview and additional pictures: Dangerous Encounters: Cannibal Squid. Click here to see a Bradley Barr biography. Video is below.
Top Photo: Santa Rosalia, B.S.C., Mexico: Brady Barr releases a Humboldt squid back into the sea of Cortez. Fitted with a CritterCam, this squid will be able to send back images of where it travels and how it interacts with other squid- valuable information to researchers. (Photo Credit: © NGT)
Video “Squid vs. Squid” – As Brady attempts to mount a camera onto a helpless giant squid, another squid lurks out of the depths and attacks. Link
Photos and video courtesy of National Geographic Channel
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National Geographic Dangerous Encounters: Cannibal Squid (Video, Photos)
“diablos rojos” (red devils) has never been used by Mexican fishermen. It’s an invention by another freak that wanted to sell his filming.
[National Geographic] Dangerous Encounters: Cannibal Squid
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I suspect that the squid which has been put on the camera could have made it interesting to the other squids. Watching on the video, that was why we saw that many squids were getting close to the squid with the camera.
As to what they were checking out about the camera, that is still a mystery.
> another squid lurks out of the depths and attacks
What is “lurks out” supposed to mean?