Comments on: Giant Squids Have Huge Eyes to See Shiny Charging Whales http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 04:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha By: Art http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39721 Art Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:43:09 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39721 re: “Their sonar has a range of a few hundred metres”

Does this take into account the soft body of the squid? Sonar works well against hard surfaces but the density of the squid is likely much closer to seawater than your average fish.

Would this mean the competition between giant squid and sperm whale is closer than otherwise assumed?

]]> By: Lucien Alexandre Marion http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39497 Lucien Alexandre Marion Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:11:20 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39497 Hello! I was wondering how old are these creatures (the giant squid). Are they evoluted from a prehistoric world? Merci / Thank you
Lucien Alexandre Marion
Canada

]]> By: Auricolariecuffie.it http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39469 Auricolariecuffie.it Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:45:35 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39469 When these big eyes look at you, it’s PANIC

]]> By: Jacob http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39408 Jacob Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:25:24 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39408 @Doctor, What about our thumbs?

]]> By: Manuel http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39403 Manuel Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:43:32 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39403 How amazing those 1000 mts. deep death-battles between squids and sperm whales have to be!! Beautiful animals!!!

]]> By: Doctor http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39396 Doctor Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:21:26 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39396 That is awesome! It sucks that we’re to smart to develop any cool physical characteristics

]]> By: winston http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39389 winston Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:06:41 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39389 But the giant squids eyes are smaller than the the colossal squids… I read the article, YOU tough me that!
with that silly Wikipedia link…

]]> By: Joris8pinter http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39383 Joris8pinter Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:44:38 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39383 @aaron faunch:
Wikipedia* lists the eye-size of temnodontosaurus as 20 cm and that is a ‘bit’ smaller than these eyes.

*) I haven’t followed the links, citations etc so have no idea how trustworthy the 20 cm number is. After all, it’s wikipedia, right? Some guy could change it to 50 cm and it might not get changed back for a while.

]]> By: Arikia Millikan http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39362 Arikia Millikan Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:41:44 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39362 Giant squid*

]]> By: Arikia Millikan http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/27/giant-squids-have-huge-eyes-to-see-shiny-charging-whales/#comment-39361 Arikia Millikan Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:41:21 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151281#comment-39361 Nice piece and interesting theory! Question: How did these scientists come up with the 120m figure if we’ve never actually seen a squid hunt before to test its visual acuity?

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